Boards are accountable for their charities’ actions and must ensure staff and contracted third-parties behave ethically towards beneficiaries and donorsThe charity fundraising debacle of summer 2015 will scar the memories of many who run or work for charities. And so it should,but the purpose of the report published this week was not to find fault, rather advise on future steps. The public administration and constitutional affairs committee hopes that the lessons of final summer are learned and newly embedded in the culture of every charity that seeks extensive fundraising from the public. And there is only one group of people who can develop sure of that in each case, or that is the trustees of those charities.
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Source: theguardian.com