Tuesday, January 17, 2006

BCNG Portals Page

BCNG Portals Page: "Marnie Hill, Canadian ethics chair for the Association of Fundraising Professionals, said association members are expected to live up to a clearly defined code of ethics. Those who break the rules risk having their memberships terminated, but only in the rarest of cases are there legal or criminal repercussions.
“It’s up to the donors to ask these questions,” she said, adding that not all charities operate on a level playing field. “Legislators have tried to find ways to regulate these things, but they have yet to come up with a clear way to measure apples against oranges. It’s something we struggle with as fundraisers.”
Financial records indicate that hefty payments for both in-house and outside tele-marketers are partly to blame for Help Fill a Dream’s high overhead."

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