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Title: | Literature-informed definitions employed to define the scope and nature of small not-for-profit organisations in Australia | Contributor(s): | William, Daisy (author) | Publication Date: | 2013 | Open Access: | Yes | Handle Link: | https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/20122 | Abstract: | A Productivity Commission report released in 2010 indicated that the not-for-profit (NFP) sector contributed $43 billion to Australia's GDP in 2006-07. Of the 600 000 NFPs, only 58 779 have an active tax role while the majority are small unincorporated organizations. Although there are many studies focussing on large and small companies and large NFP organisations, there is not much literature focussing on small NFPs. The four business structures above differ in their reporting requirements, make up and organisational structure. There is a distinct gap in literature for small NFP organisations. The Term NFP is somewhat misleading as it implies that the organisation does not make a profit. In practice, NFPs do make profits but the profits are not distributed to its members but channelled back into the organisation as surplus. This paper presents literature-informed definitions for NFP organisations employed to define the scope and nature of the organisations under study. This paper is the first part of a larger research with the final objective of proposing a model code of conduct for Directors and Officers of small NFP. Steps that will be taken to reach the above outcome is to review literature in the area, propose a model of best practice, carry out a survey of NFPs using a questionnaire and finally design a model code of conduct by analysing the data. The larger study will consider a sample size of 300 small NFP organisations in NSW based on the NSW Department of Fair Trading Tier 2 organisations. | Publication Type: | Conference Publication | Conference Details: | Partnerships and the Research Journey 2012: 7th Annual Faculty of The Professions Postgraduate Research Conference, Armidale, Australia, 22nd - 24th October, 2012 | Source of Publication: | Partnerships and the Research Journey: Proceedings of the 7th Annual Postgraduate Research Conference, p. 137-146 | Publisher: | University of New England | Place of Publication: | Armidale, Australia | Fields of Research (FoR) 2008: | 150303 Corporate Governance and Stakeholder Engagement | Fields of Research (FoR) 2020: | 350701 Corporate governance 350717 Stakeholder engagement |
Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2008: | 940199 Community Service (excl. Work) not elsewhere classified 940117 Structure, Delivery and Financing of Community Services |
Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2020: | 230113 Structure, delivery and resourcing | Peer Reviewed: | Yes | HERDC Category Description: | E1 Refereed Scholarly Conference Publication |
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