Nonprofits Need to Denounce Bad Fundraising Practices

When confronted by nationwide headlines about some of charities’ worst practices, the overwhelming response of nonprofit leaders has been to bury their heads in the sand and try to pull the hole in after them. What these leaders fail to appreciate is that when the scandalous behavior of their colleagues is exposed, silence is neither golden nor in their own interest. Charities’ leaders need to stand up and speak for the common good even when that means denouncing some of their peers. Their own organizations’ interests and those of the public require it.