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Is There A Perfect Environment For A Villain And Villainess To Thrive?, Kim Weinert Jul 2013

Is There A Perfect Environment For A Villain And Villainess To Thrive?, Kim Weinert

Kim Weinert

Any form of a non-profit organisation possesses universal characteristics that differentiate them from being a household, a corporate or a government agency. The fundamental characteristic of non-profit organisations, which delineates them from other types of organisations, is the undercurrent of trust and altruism from the individuals in control, who achieve the organisation's charitable aims and for those individuals not to gain any personal benefits along the way. In many instances, however, the notion of charity takes a back seat to obtaining a personal benefit. The practice of opportunistic management and abusing a position of trust by individual/s within a non-profit …