POSC 200 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Nonprofit Organization, Corporate Social Responsibility, Planned Parenthood
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Includes services, gatt only addressed trade of goods. Organizations that are not related to government: may receive resources from them. Some ngo"s are very wealthy even compete with states in terms of income. Some ngo"s are on a volunteer basis and barely getting by. Some have members and some do not. Could be advocacy organizations: to support or promote, example: advocate and work in favor of marriage equality. Private volunteer organizations: used interchangeably with ngo"s, often staff is paid. Third sector: used interchangeably with ngo"s, 1st sector- related to the states, 2nd sector- market, 3rd-sector- everything else, not related to the market. No real enforcement capacity: cannot enforce decisions. Lack democratic transparency: you don"t know how decisions are reached. There can be conflicts with state sovereignty: happens often with human rights organizations. Feeding vermont: charity type of organization. 2005 70000 parent organizations & 690,000 affiliates worldwide: british petroleum, dutch shell oil, coca cola, mcdonalds, apple.
