Category: Nonprofit organizations

Tenets of Diversity in Nonprofit Organizational Management
Chapter 18 of the text, The Nonprofit Human Resource Management Handbook, discusses the need to expand the definition of diversity from only recognizing observable phenotypical differences to less visible differences like affiliations or orientations. Nonprofit human service organizations emphasize diversity inclusion and sensitivity when dealing with their client populations but often neglect to be inclusive and sensitive to the diversity of their own workforce. To succeed in managing a workforce that is increasingly diverse, human service leaders will need to strive for cultural proficiency and acknowledge individual and group identity differences and similarities among populations in the United States.
Please respond to the following:
What does diversity mean to you?
Why is it so important to enhance diversity in human service organizations?
In what ways can leaders unwittingly oppress employees who have been historically discriminated against?
What are some things managers and leaders in the workplace should know?
What do you see as solutions that could decrease barriers to accepting workplace diversity?
How can leaders and managers assist employees in overcoming and reducing preconceived thoughts (i.e., stereotypes, bias, and prejudice) about those outside of the dominant group?
How can evaluating an organization’s values be helpful in becoming a culturally sensitive and inclusive workplace?
Congress, E. P., Luks, A., & Petit, F. (2017). Nonprofit Management: A social justice
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you explored the larger context of nonprofit organizational management (broader culture and trends) that significantly impact the skills and accomplishments of human service leaders. For this journal, please reflect on the skills that organizational leaders require to combat ethical issues and dilemmas.
Please respond to the following:
How does the current political and economic climate impact the role and responsibilities of organizational leaders in the nonprofit sector as they relate to ethical challenges?
What changing trends and practices in human services should organizational leaders focus on educating employees about in an effort to avoid an increase in ethical challenges?
References to use
Chapter 4: “Integrating Managerial Excellence and Social Justice” in Nonprofit Management: A Social Justice Approach (Congress, Luks, & Petit, 2017)
Chapter 5: “Law, Governance, and Ethics” in Nonprofit Management: A Social Justice Approach (Congress, Luks, & Petit, 2017)
“A Model of Ethical Decision Making: The Integration of Process and Content” (McDevitt et al., 2007)
“Entrepreneurs and Uncertainty: Max Weber and the Sociology of Economic Action” (Parsons, 2020)
Code of Ethical Standards (Association of Fundraising Professionals, 2014)
Ethical Standards for Human Services Professionals (National Organization of Human Services, 2015)