Liberty The definition of liberty to me is still best expressed by Thomas Jefferson‚ who once gave us the following definition: “Rightful liberty is unobstructed action according to our will within the limits drawn around us by the equal rights of others. I do not add ‘within the limits of the law’ because law is often but the tyrant’s will‚ and always so when it violates the rights of the individual.” This definition of liberty was and still is the foundation for us to follow. I would like to expand
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Nonprofit versus for-profit healthcare and organizations For-profit and not-for-profit hospitals generate revenues through daily operations. For-profit hospitals are able to generate funds through issuing stocks while non-for-profit hospitals do not have this ability. Accordingly‚ non-for-profit hospitals can issue tax-exempt bonds and can accept tax-deductible contributions. Non-profits were created with the intention of servicing the needs of the poor. This subsequently led
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Ethics in the Nonprofit Sector Nataly Schwartz Nonprofit and Association Organizations and Issues University of Maryland University College Jennifer J. Wood March 30‚ 2011 “When governmental and nonprofit organizations are good‚ they are very good. And good they must be‚ because we entrust them with society’s most important functions- educating our minds‚ uplifting our souls‚ and protecting our health and safety…But when governmental and nonprofit organizations are bad
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Here I have demonstrated my knowledge of the function of financial literacy and the role of stewardship in the effective oversight and management of nonprofit organization resources. Nonprofit managers need to be able to solve a variety of problems. Knowledge and skills are the tools within the metaphorical tool boxes and will enable us to find the right situations. Having a large tool box will ensure we are able to fix a wider variety of problems ‚but knowing how to use each tool and when to the
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Nonprofit organizations are tax-exempt under the law according to the IRS that are charitable or not-for-profit corporations that have been set up to serve some public purpose (Wolf 7). Nonprofits are organizations whose income is not used for the benefit to profit but use earnings to achieve goals. Nonprofits organizations work to assist millions of in-need individuals through various methods. In order to provide a service or supply goods all nonprofits must have a strategic plan. Therefore‚ they
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Financial Management in Nonprofit Organizations - Discuss financial management in nonprofit organizations and write an essay that compares and contrasts the application of financial management techniques in nonprofit and for-profit organizations. Sources of funds‚ use of debt‚ performance evaluation (efficiency in use of contributions and meeting the organization’s objectives)‚ governance mechanisms in non-profits‚ etc. would be good topics/issues for discussion in the essay. In order for
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undergraduate degree‚ my experience with the nonprofit sector dealt primarily with serving as a volunteer. Now‚ as I a paid staff member at a nonprofit‚ I realize that nonprofit work has a variety of benefits. The three top reasons I continue to be interested in nonprofit are as follows. 1) Each day brings variety. 2) I get work in multiple roles. 3) There are opportunities to work with and serve amazing people. Noticeably‚ I have played primarily support in nonprofits. I realize that to become an effective
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Reflecting on the beginning of my journey with Liberty University Online (LUO)‚ I can see how I have grown professionally‚ spiritually and academically. I can take what I have learned through this process to grow as a Christian Nurse. The courses have allowed me to look at my current practice and see how I can continue to improve as I try to take it to the next level. How I have grown personally‚ professionally‚ spiritually‚ and academically After taking LUO courses‚ I have grown personally‚
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Telephone: 49-67489 E-mail: fu106@purdue.edu Office Hours: Monday‚ 10:00-11:30am Course Website: Katalyst Wednesday‚ 10:00-11:30am Course Objective This is an accounting elective course offered at Krannert School of Management‚ Purdue University. The course is aimed to help students: (a) understand the content of corporate financial reports and analyze the information therein‚ (b) use the information for evaluating the financial health‚ operating performance‚ and growth prospects of corporation-type
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Rediscovering the African Seedbed of Western Christianity By Thomas C. Oden Downers Grove‚ Ill: Intervarsity Press‚ 2008‚ 204 pp‚ $ 19.00 hardcover. Thomas Oden‚ an accomplished scholar in systematic and historical theology‚ and retired professor at Drew University‚ has offered a compelling and positively provocative work in How Africa Shaped the Christian Mind. A work of scholarly repentance‚ he ably repudiates the posture of western theologians and historians (i.e. Harnack‚ Bauer‚ Schleiermacher) toward
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