Charity registration and reporting: a cross-jurisdictional and theoretical analysis of regulatory impact

Governments increasingly regulate charities to restrict the number of organizations claiming taxation exemptions, reduce charities’ ability to abuse state support, and detect and deter fraud. Public interest theory arguments suggest that regulation could increase philanthropy through enhancing public trust and confidence in charities. Nevertheless, public choice theory argues that regulators seek to maximize political returns, ‘manage’ charity-government relationships, and reduce potential regulatory capture.

We analyse charity regulatory regimes using these two regulatory theories and the relative costs and benefits of different regulatory regimes. Heeding these should reduce regulatory inefficiency and balance accountability and transparency demands against benefits charities receive from regulation.     

NONPROFIT EMPLOYEES' MACHIAVELLIAN PROPENSITIES

Nonprofit organizations are held to high ethical standards due to their charitable missions serving the common good. Incidents of fiscal mismanagement within the nonprofit sector make it relevant to assay the ethical principles of employees. This study examines the level of Machiavellian propensities of US nonprofit employees. Results indicate Machiavellian propensities do exist in certain nonprofit employees and these employees agree with questionable behavior. Policy makers and oversight agencies may find these results useful in developing corporate governance and accountability measures for nonprofit organizations. Furthermore, board of director members may use these results to monitor employee actions and address management training.     

我国政府公共危机管理问责制的完善——基于矿难行政责任追究的视角

现阶段，我国政府公共危机管理的绩效评价工作才刚刚起步，“官员问责”还存在着一些问题。在政府公共危机管理体系中，绩效评价和问责是较为薄弱的一环。文章通过对我国近几年发生的六起煤矿特别重大事故行政责任追究结果的分析，厘清我国政府公共危机管理绩效评价和问责存在的问题。在此基础上，借鉴国外政府公共危机管理绩效评价工作的做法，提出应分别从问责目标、问责主体、问责对象、问责内容、问责程序和方法、问责结果的应用等方面完善我国政府公共危机管理问责制。     

企业文化对员工心理契约的影响机制研究——以某高科技上市公司为例

本文的基本观点是,企业文化是通过影响员工心理契约的形成而发挥作用的。本研究发现,企业文化是员工心理契约形成的更一般性的基础,企业文化的特征将决定员工心理契约的性质。我们认为,员工心理契约是一个平衡结构,员工责任和组织责任在内容和强度上都需要平衡。     

论会计信息的相关性与可靠性

会计信息的可靠性和相关性是构成会计信息质量特征的两个重要方面,它们存在着相辅相成、此消彼长的关系,本文从相关性和可靠性的内涵和外延入手分析,详细阐述了两者的对立面,并就如何协调两者的关系提出自己的观点.     

政府业绩计量和报告：一个受托责任观点

受托责任要求政府对公民负责，说明公共资金的筹集和使用。这要求政府对外披露业绩信息以评价其受托责任，对内提供业绩信息以改进决策。本文探讨了受托责任的内涵及其与业绩报告的关系，分析如何计量和报告业绩，并根据我国的实际情况提出了改进我国政府业绩计量和报告的建议。     

Doing the right thing in the workplace: Responsibility in the face of accountability

Changing trends and the nature of the work force dictate increased personal responsibility by employees and expanded use of self-management practices. Nevertheless, organizations also feel the need to maintain external control. We propose a progressive view of accountability theory which can resolve the dilemma of how internal and external control can effectively coexist. Success of accountability forces is determined primarily by the relationship between the principal (party to whom one is accountable) and the agent (employee). The agent’s felt responsibility is enhanced to the extent that accountability leads to the structuring of expectations, the agent’s perceptions of the task or activity as significant, and the agent’s perception of control over the situation. Propositions that may be used to guide future research are offered throughout the article.     

企业可持续发展的战略选择：社会责任管理

在经济全球化的背景下 ,社会责任管理是任何一个企业都不能回避的问题 ,它关系到企业的生存和发展。企业应该把社会责任管理作为可持续发展的战略选择 ,并努力构建有效的社会责任管理模式。     

社会责任管理体系（SA8000）对中国出口企业的影响

SA8000标准是全球第一个可用于第三方认证的社会责任国际标准,旨在通过有道德的采购活动改善全球工人的工作条件,最终达到公平而体面的工作条件。主要内容包括童工、强迫劳工、安全卫生、结社自由和集体谈判权、歧视、惩罚性措施、工作时间、工资报酬及管理体系等9个要素。在某种程度上,SA8000是新出现的贸易壁垒,但是,对中国企业提高竞争力以及企业的长期稳定的发展以及提高中国产品的整体声誉有很大的积极作用。企业应该积极采取措施落实相关要求以提高企业的竞争力,政府也应该出面参与相关标准制定的国际谈判。     

Do accountabilities change when public organisations transform to service systems: A new conceptual approach

In this conceptual paper, we discuss from the service systems perspective how accountabilities differ from a hierarchic and organisational perspective within the domain of New Public Management, looking to shed new light upon accountability as a research topic. The concept of service systems and their accountabilities are scrutinised and the role of integrated social and health care services is discussed in particular. The main argument in the text is the changing nature of accountabilities as the public organisations are being transformed into service systems. To date, the understanding of accountability has remained structural by nature – such is the case also for productivity measurement – but the shift from organisations towards services systems means that accountability ought to be considered as processual by nature. By processual it is meant that accountability should be considered as flows within systems – that is: flows between agents the content of which we argue includes not only knowledge on the outputs of public services, but also values, empathy and thus multi‐layered understanding of accountability. The paper concludes with practical insights for managerial purposes on the basis for this accountability shift.