Article Archives >> Risk and Reward >> July 1-15, 2005

Preview of Article:

Protect Your Mission by Preparing for the Worst

Bad news comes in threes. In the past three weeks, the Center has provided advice to three organizations responding to accidents or deaths of an employee, a service recipient and a volunteer. The circumstances facing the nonprofits varied. One involved an incident of workplace violence resulting in the physical injury of a staff member. The second dealt with allegations of abuse of a vulnerable client. The third ended in death of a participant in a fundraising event.

The purpose of this article is to share the core elements of the advice given to the leaders of these three organizations that will provide nonprofit leaders with an appropriate response to the victims and their families in the face of the tragedy, while preparing them with sound steps to protect the nonprofit’s mission.

Full Text

Article Archives >> Risk and Reward >> July 1-15, 2005




None of the information on the Nonprofit Issues Website should be deemed legal advice or
should be acted upon without prior consultation with appropriate professional advisors.
Materials prepared by Nonprofit Issues contained in these pages is copyrighted by Nonprofit Issues, Inc., 2009.

Home | Article Archives | Ready Reference | Ask the Editor | Bookstore | About Us

Access Subscriber Account
Subscribe or Renew

Free E-notice

Nonprofit Issues, Inc.
P.O. Box 482
Dresher, PA 19025
(215) 542-7547 FAX (215) 542-7548
1-888-NP-Issue

E-mail Us