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Nonprofits That Push the Political Envelope |
| Section: CURRENT ISSUES / ANALYSIS |
| Author: Alan Reynolds |
| Publication: The world & I online |
| Issue Date: 1/1/1998 |
| Size: 2,092 Words, 14,442 Characters |
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A rapidly rising number of today’s “nonprofit” groups wear sanctimonious robes of spotless white while dressed underneath in fatigues for political combat or in three-piece suits for the hurly-burly of the business world.
The term nonprofit is often used today to convey the impression of ethical purity and political objectivity Unlike businessmen or other mere mortals, every manager, trustee, and employee of a nonprofit organization is assumed by many people—including the media—to be a selfless altruist, blessed with a correct vision of the “public interest” and concerned about nothing else.
Many people are quick to assume, for example, that “non-profit” hospitals must be less expensive than for-profit hospitals, or more compassionate toward the poor. Yet several studies have fai...
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...nonprofit world. But the watchdogs are relatively tiny sometimes biased, inadequately supported by the larger nonprofits, and inadequately covered by the media.
It’s increasingly recognized that, in the otherwise admirable nonprofit world, a few bad apple need to be discarded from time to time—and that Congress and the president have to take the lead in passing and enforcing necessary laws.
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