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Anderson, Lindsay. "Conspicuous charity." [College Station, Tex. : Texas A&M University, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/ETD-TAMU-1616.
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Schroeder, Marc A. "Higher-order Charity." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1997. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk3/ftp04/mq24697.pdf.
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Bozhkov, D. S. "Charity in pricing." Thesis, Sumy State University, 2017. http://essuir.sumdu.edu.ua/handle/123456789/66249.
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Nowadays enterprises in any sphere of activities can not achieve their aims without considering important social needs. The social importance of commodity producers is realized through various programs (sponsorship, patronage, support, etc.). One of the new forms of activities is their involvement in pricing.
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Bozhkov, D. S. "Charity in pricing." Thesis, Sumy State University, 2017. http://essuir.sumdu.edu.ua/handle/123456789/65321.
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Parsons, Elizabeth. "Participating in charity retailing : shopping, volunteering and managing in charity shops." Thesis, University of Bristol, 2001. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.536229.
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Vesely, Peter M. "Categorical combinators for Charity." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1997. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk2/ftp04/mq20858.pdf.
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Tuckey, Charles E. "Pattern matching in charity." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1997. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk3/ftp04/mq24702.pdf.
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Paniculangara, Joseph Thomas. "Essays on consumer charity." Doctoral diss., University of Central Florida, 2011. http://digital.library.ucf.edu/cdm/ref/collection/ETD/id/5003.
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In the second essay, I turn to the joint effect of psychological distance and dispositional empathy on charitable donation. Empathy or "Einf??hlung" is defined as feeling one's way into the situation of another. While the literature suggests that empathy generally increases various forms of prosocial behavior including donations, I argue that this effect is contingent upon the psychological distance between donor and recipient. The role of empathy is especially pronounced when the recipient is perceived to be psychologically closer to the donor. This is because closer psychological distance leads to greater identification by the donor with the recipient, which in turn leads to greater donation. I demonstrated support for the hypothesized interaction between dispositional empathy and psychological distance in three experiments, each addressing a different type of psychological distance. I conclude this dissertation with a discussion of the theoretical contribution and managerial importance of the findings. Managers of not-for-profits are confronted with a multitude of challenges in increasing donations while optimizing their resources. By pointing out the processes that underlie individual donors' decisions on charitable donations, this dissertation addresses a long-felt but rarely addressed lacuna in the literature.; Two essays comprise this doctoral dissertation on consumers and their charitable donations. The overall objective is to investigate the role of psychological distance in charitable donations, with each essay dealing with a different moderator of this relationship. In the first essay, I study the interactive effect of social distance and processing mode (affect vs. cognition). Specifically, people tend to donate more if they use their emotions rather than cognition as diagnostic inputs for decision making, especially when donor and recipient are separated by greater social distance. This may be because affect-driven and cognition-driven donors are influenced by different goals. Affect-driven donors are mainly motivated by a consummatory goal of increasing their "warm glow" utility whereas cognition-driven donors are mainly motivated by an instrumental goal of increasing "public goods" utility (i.e., making a contribution that may benefit the donor as well). While both consummatory and instrumental goals are relevant at closer social distance, only the consummatory goal is at work at greater social distance, which leads to a social distance by processing mode interaction. The hypothesized effect is tested in a series of three experiments that use different contexts and dependent measures (e.g., donation of money vs. time).ID: 030422857; System requirements: World Wide Web browser and PDF reader.; Mode of access: World Wide Web.; Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Central Florida, 2011.; Includes bibliographical references (p. 79-88).
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Fitzgerald, Patrick Allen. "Equality, charity and democracy." Diss., The University of Arizona, 1995. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/187514.
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Equality, Charity and Democracy focuses on the connection between equality and what I call the redistributive relationship. The redistributive relationship is the relationship between benefactor and beneficiary in the provision of goods and services. The redistributive relationship can embody an array of both virtues and vices, but I argue that in most cases we are currently alienated from it. In other words, the current system of governmental aid separates benefactor and beneficiary and thus makes their relationship anonymous and impersonal. The dissertation tries to both explain this problem of alienation and determine whether there is any solution to it that doesn't also create even bigger problems. "Justice, Charity and Discretion" defends a distinction between justice and charity by distinguishing between perfect and imperfect duties. I argue that we should conceive of the duty of charity as merely an imperfect duty. Furthermore, when we think of our duties to aid the less advantaged in this way we need not come to politically conservative conclusions. "Equality as an Action Guide" looks at Ronald Dworkin's theory of equality to determine whether it can guide our political decisions. I conclude that Dworkin's theory can not provide us with an effective action guide--an action guide that is usable, determinate and correct. "Direct, Indirect and Directionless Egalitarianism" describes the problem of alienation and how this problem may motivate three kinds of egalitarian theories. Direct egalitarianism attacks inequality using redistribution alone; indirect egalitarianism attacks inequality using governmental measures other than redistribution, and directionless egalitarianism argues that equality is best promoted by the government doing nothing. "Liberal Indirect Egalitarianism: National Service and Student Loan Reform" compares Franklin Roosevelt's Civilian Conservation Corps and Bill Clinton's AmeriCorps. I argue that Roosevelt's national service program exemplifies direct egalitarianism while Clinton's exemplifies a liberal approach to indirect egalitarianism. "Conservative Indirect Egalitarianism: Devolution and Adoption" looks at the House Republican plan for welfare reform and interprets the main arguments as forms of conservative indirect egalitarianism. "Directionless Egalitarianism: Private Charity and Self-Reliance" looks at the libertarian argument that equality would be best promoted if the government does nothing. I conclude that there are serious problems with these liberal, conservative and libertarian forms of egalitarianism and in the concluding chapter look at education as a prospect for alleviating the problem in the long term.
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Richards, Jacquelyn. "Just take from the rich and give to the poor critique of charity as the solution to economic inequality /." Diss., Connect to the thesis, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/10066/1023.
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Humphreys, Robert. "The Poor Law and charity : the Charity Organisation Society in the provinces 1870-1890." Thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London), 1991. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.361928.
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The thesis studies the response of provincial Charity Organisation Societies (COS's), and similar institutions, to the Poor Law crusade against outdoor relief, 1870-1890. The Societies investigated include those at Birkenhead, Birmingham, Brighton, Leainington, Liverpool, Manchester and Salford, Oxford, Reading, and Southampton. Powerful individualistic propaganda, and support from influential elites, created an aura of COS authority on social affairs which has persisted for more than a century. The research exposes the reality of failure and contradiction in the English provinces behind the facade of unrestrained COS pronouncements. It is shown that provincial COS's were shunned by Poor Law guardians, philanthropists, the clergy, and by the poor themselves. This left scant chance for the Government's intended close working relationships between the official relief and organised voluntary sectors. The thesis examines the disappointing response to COS appeals for lady visitors, and discusses the financial difficulties of many COS's. Within their economic constraints, provincial organising Societies attempted a miscellany of relief methods, some contravening COS principles. The COS ridiculed Poor Law doles for their inadequacy but the research shows that grants from the provincial organised voluntary sector were generally of less value. The ideological and financial advantages of loans increased their popularity with COS's until defaults challenged the efficacy of vaunted COS methodology. COS pensions for "special cases" are shown to have been classdivisive and to possess characteristics the Society themselves criticized about outdoor Poor Law relief. The objectives and provincial achievements of the COS movement by 1890 are debated using criteria they may have chosen in 1870 and are found to be wanting. A number of hypotheses are examined, each designed to explain why a few among the late Victorian provincial middle-class remained committed to cos principles, obdurately indifferent to the changing tide of peer-group opinion.
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De, Masi Sonya Marie. "Xenophobic charity : escaping the cultural ghetto /." Title page and introduction only, 1993. http://web4.library.adelaide.edu.au/theses/09AR/09ard372.pdf.
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Evans, Samantha Jane. "Interpretation and legitimacy in charity regulation." Thesis, Imperial College London, 2009. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.542965.
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Bienkowska, Susann, and Malin Churchill. "Corporate Social Responsibility, a Necessary Charity?" Thesis, Högskolan i Halmstad, Sektionen för ekonomi och teknik (SET), 2014. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hh:diva-26162.
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Martin, N. "Neutrality, charity law and public benefit." Thesis, University College London (University of London), 2014. http://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/1449201/.
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This thesis addresses three interrelated problems raised by charity law. The first concerns the conceptual understanding of the practices of charities. Charitable organisations must pursue one or more of a set of designated purposes; and in pursuing those purposes they must provide public benefit. Although these terms may seem clear, their meaning and implications are contested, and there are some authors who even deny that there are two separate tests. The second problem addressed by this thesis concerns the normative principles that might account for the practices of charities. This problem is prompted by the fact that in granting charitable status the state makes a value judgement about certain goods; it tells us that a given set of conceptions are worthy of special provisions, such as tax exemptions, that are not available to the pursuit of other conceptions. In short, there appears to be prima facie conflict between charity law and liberal neutrality. This gives rise to the third problem of what, methodologically, we are to do when considered judgements and theoretical convictions pull in different directions but both with good reason. In seeking to reconcile the practice of charity and liberal neutrality, this thesis takes a reflective equilibrium approach. Having dismissed several accounts of neutrality as either incapable of accounting for the conflict, or entailing unworkable strategies for the practice of charity, this thesis proposes a two-‐stage argument. The first is a neutral justification for the promotion of altruism in general, and the second draws from neutrality of treatment to explain why all conceptions of the good should have the opportunity to obtain charitable status. This argument contains a proviso for associations to do so, which arises from the conceptual discussion of the two main principles of charity law.
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Crow, Kellie T. "Cognitive control, choice, and charity donation." Thesis, Queensland University of Technology, 2018. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/122922/1/Kellie_Crow_Thesis.pdf.
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While customers are regularly asked to donate to charity at the checkout, and they regularly agree to do so, marketing research has so far been unable to understand what drives checkout donations. The thesis sought to reconcile two theories which offered opposing predictions for how making multiple choices in a row impacts donations to charity. It was found that making many choices in a row, such as those made when buying groceries, increases donations.
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Goodall, Richard Charles. "Identity and the professionalisation of charity shops." Thesis, University College London (University of London), 2002. http://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/1317700/.
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This thesis is a study of organising practices and cultural identities amongst those at the top of charity shop organisations ('Heads'). Its main argument is that people's personal identities are crucial in shaping their material practices and therefore the subsequent economic outcomes of these practices. Those wishing to understand the aspects of life conventionally referred to as 'economic' can learn much by investigating the identification processes of the people involved. Similarly, if policy-makers (governmental or organisational) wish to achieve certain 'economic' outcomes, their policies should address processes of identification. This argument is examined using research into material practices and identity processes in charity shop organisations, in particular the Heads. The thesis questions how the rapid professionalisation of charity shops in the 1980s and 1990s was related to the identifications of a certain generation of charity shop Heads. Using participant-observation fieldwork of three charity shop organisations and semi-structured interviews with twenty charity shop Heads, it develops theories of identity and theories of professionalism. To theories of identity it adds a five-level understanding of selfhood; a distinction between three separate identification processes; the suggestion that personal, organisational and sectoral identities are related and co-emergent; and the argument that identities must be studied as 'produced-in-interaction' as well as received from 'external' discourses. To theories of professionalism it proposes a move beyond the limited view of 'a professional' as a member of an expert occupational group, towards 'professional' as a fluid but powerfully normative description that can be applied to all organisational actors and activities. Finally, the thesis offers support for its main argument and policy recommendations for those working with charity shop organisations; and addresses the spatialised nature of identity processes.
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Land, David Edward. "Geographies of charity : institutionalised mediations of generosity." Thesis, University of Bristol, 2005. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.432674.
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Cavallo, Sandra. "Systems of charity in Turin (1541-1789)." Thesis, University College London (University of London), 1993. http://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/1348923/.
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The thesis represents the first thorough study of forms of charity and medical and poor relief in an Italian city in the post-Renaissance period. It complements the studies of other Italian cities carried out for an earlier period and contributes to comparison between European patterns of charity. The study reverses the usual demand-centred approach, which sees transformations in charitable provision mainly as a response to changing demographic and economic conditions, by focusing instead on the role played by changes in the nature of "supply", i.e. in the social composition of governors and benefactors and in the indirect and symbolic meanings which charity embodied for its dispensers. The main argument of this study is that the nature of control over charity had a significant impact on the form initiatives towards the poor took: dynamics of conflict, prestige and patronage among the elites contributed to forge charitable attitudes and definitions of poverty to a much larger extent than it has been recognised. Wills and other biographical material, figurative representations of charity and analysis of the architectural form of institutions have been used, besides the more obvious sources, to trace shifts in the symbolic implications of charity. This study also contributes to a reassessment of the periodisation and the features usually regarded as typical of the 'Italian model' of charity and poor relief. It argues, in particular, that the importance of institutional forms of care and assistance has been exaggerated and the role played by outdoor relief for the poor and sick underestimated. Moreover, it emphasises the crucial function of the municipal government as agency of relief well into the early modern period.
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Pemberton, Charlie Samuel Christie. "Charity, homelessness, and the doctrine of creation." Thesis, University of Manchester, 2016. https://www.research.manchester.ac.uk/portal/en/theses/charity-homelessness-and-the-doctrine-of-creation(a0e80de6-557b-4f48-8f6b-8837beff4971).html.
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This thesis explores Gustavo Gutiérrez‟s and John Milbank‟s articulations of the doctrine of creation, with a view to developing a criterion that can be used to inform our understanding and evaluation of Christian charities that address homelessness and operate in contemporary British civil society. Milbank and Gutiérrez‟s works both ask questions of the peace or life that can be instituted through charitable practices. They also develop, from the doctrine of creation, their own theological accounts of social and political orders, normative anthropologies, and accounts of the interpersonal. For both Milbank and Gutiérrez, the doctrine of creation maintains a paradox: the internality and externality of the created world in relation to God. Part One of this thesis explores these respective accounts of charity and creation, noting the strengths and limitations of each position. Part One ends with a qualified endorsement of Gutiérrez‟s theology and defends the utility of the criterion he deploys in his work to judge the task of theology and praxis of the church: integral liberation. The second part of this thesis progresses in three steps. First, I put forward a theological methodology which is attentive to the logic of theo-political language and our current neoliberal socio-political order. I argue that it is prudent to think of political theology as a counter-hegemonic discourse, and in dialogue with Ernesto Laclau and Chantel Mouffe, Francis Schüssler Fiorenza and Gutiérrez, I explore and endorse political theology as spiral in character. I go on to extend Laclau and Mouffe‟s analysis of neoliberalism by developing and defending the hypothesis: 'charities are dual'. By engaging with the work of Frank Prochaska, this section argues that charities are both religious and political, as well as being both internal and external to the state apparatus. Furthermore, I contend that charities constitute and ameliorate the social exclusion attributed to homelessness, and that selfless giving, under the current circumstances, is internal to a process of volunteer self-making. By attending to the dualities of homelessness charities, this part of the thesis sets charities in their current context and proposes an elective affinity between current charitable practices and the hegemony of neoliberalism. At the end of the thesis, I return to the doctrine of creation and ask how attention to this doctrinal locus can help us to move homelessness charities beyond their dependence on the existence of homeless people, and their embeddedness in our current neoliberal arrangement. I argue that charities, and civil society more broadly, have an important role to play in envisioning and establishing a theo-politics of common life. To do so, I contend that we need to articulate a robust account of the role of the state, must defend human rights, nurture egalitarian and non-hierarchical charitable practices, be attentive to what the homeless can teach charities and volunteers about our current order, and reform aspects of charitable law. In each of these cases, I defend a paradoxical politics of integral liberation. In summary, this thesis aims to make an original contribution to the growing body of literature that explores homelessness and theology by coordinating the paradox of creation, the duality of charity, and the double truths of neoliberalism.
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Camur, Aysel. "Charity Programmes: Representations Of Poverty In Turkish Television." Master's thesis, METU, 2004. http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/2/12605061/index.pdf.
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This thesis analyses the representation of poverty in the charity programmes broadcast on Turkish television, namely Deniz Feneri, Kimse Yok mu, Yarinlar Umut Olsun and Yolcu. It examines the continuities, discontinuities and breaks in the representation of poor with reference to Turkish cinema, novel and media. Critical discourse analysis of the charity programmes indicates that poverty is legitimised and naturalised, being made no reference to social, economic and political context of poverty. The construction of the poor as &ldquoobjects of aid&rdquo
given by &ldquo
philanthropists&rdquo
is examined and it is argued that the poor become a means of salvation, self-realisation and self-fulfilment of &ldquo
philanthropist&rdquo
. It is here claimed that Islam and nationalist-conservative discourse serve the internalisation and tranquillisation of poverty in the programmes. The study also analyses the visual and aural representations of the poor in the programmes. The slow-motion, black and white photographs, close-up, limited motion, and the music accompanying the pictures are the most fundamental tools of dramatising poverty in the charity programmes
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conscience&rdquo
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philanthropists&rdquo
. It is also argued that voiceover and subtitling efface the voice of the poor.
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Weetman, Jamieson. "Testamentary piety and charity in London : 1259-1370." Thesis, University of Oxford, 2003. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.397460.
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Gibson, Helen Ann. "Towards an understanding of the business-charity link." Thesis, Brunel University, 1998. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.482114.
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Al, Fadhel Hessa Mubarak. "Charity accountability : evidence from the United Kingdom (UK)." Thesis, University of Southampton, 2018. https://eprints.soton.ac.uk/428061/.
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This thesis examines UK charities' accountability through the use of annual reports and annual reviews as formal accountability tools. The overall aim of the thesis is to undertake a coherent analysis of the accountability of annual reports and annual reviews using multiple dimensions of text and disclosures by empirically examining UK charities' accountability disclosure. Given the overall aim, the objectives of this thesis are: first, to assess the effectiveness of narrative communication textual characteristics - specifically chairman's statements - in the context of the role played by trustees in delivering charity accountability; second, to examine the determinants of the extent of performance disclosures in the top 100 UK fundraising charities; and third, to investigate narratives' disclosure trends, strategies and rationales in the annual reports by Kids Company to communicate its performance and activities over time and around critical events, until its final collapse and leaders cognitive behavioural traits (e.g., hubris) impact on disclosures. Systematic engagement with the literature surrounding charities' accountability helps to identify the problems and highlights the knowledge gaps in discharging accountability through public discourse. Three different theoretical frameworks are used to develop and address the research questions of the thesis: stakeholder theory, resource dependence theory, legitimacy theory and hubris. Due to the nature of the research questions and the theoretical framework, the underpinning philosophy for this study is pragmatism. The research outcome of the first paper revealed that charities tend to behave instrumentally when preparing chairman's statements to cover both bad and good news, but charities still reflect some ethical sense by adopting a felt accountability by prioritising internal accountability. The second paper showed that the overall level of the Performance Disclosure Index (PDI) remains weak with a high emphasis on input and output information and less focus on efficiency, outcome and effectiveness disclosures. Moreover, there have been shifts in the influence of resource providers and stakeholders on the level of charity accountability. The third paper revealed that positive and uncertainty words (frequencies) dominated the narrative disclosures, while more positive performance news was emphasised using hyperbole words. It was found that the charity responded to external concerns either reactively or proactively. Finally, informed by hubris literature, it is indicated that the most common form of hubris found in the CEO statements was overconfidence and attribution of performance to self. Overall, this thesis contributed to the field on a number of different levels - theoretical, methodological and contextual - as well as informing policy and practical implications by providing a multi-layered understanding of the charity accountability phenomenon within the UK context.
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Norton, Benjamin. "Strategies for greener logistics in the charity sector." Thesis, University of Southampton, 2015. https://eprints.soton.ac.uk/388074/.
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Charities work throughout the world to raise money for a variety of good causes. Within the UK, the sale of donated used goods is a major stream of revenue for charities. Charities use a range of different logistical methods to collect donations that can run at considerable cost. This study has identified a range of different ways in which charities could change the way in which they operate to find cost, time and environmental savings and maximise use of their assets. One way in which charities can make the most of their existing assets is through improved placement of their donation banks. Of real interest is the impact that bank placement (with respect to the characteristics of the local population) has on stock yield and quality, and what relationships can be derived to realise a more informed bank location and servicing strategy. Donation banks were shown to yield greater amounts during the summer months, and proximity to services such as schools was also found to have a positive effect on donation yields. Areas with an average population age of late 40’s and of high affluence were found to yield the best quality donations. Charities can find cost savings by rethinking the ways that they collect, transport, process and distribute donated goods. The efficiency of localised collection strategy against centralised collection strategy has been studied. Existing routes used by the case study charity have been audited and subsequently optimised. Potential savings were found through increasing the number of shop serviced banks rather than servicing through centralised collection, although requiring a larger fleet of vehicles. The use of ICT technology has been considered in further improving charity logistical strategy. Remote monitoring technology can help to quantify donation collection routes, assist in reducing wasted journeys to donation banks and uncover the magnitude of donation bank textile theft. The developed Smartphone App has shown that it can help to promote collaboration and dynamism within the charity logistics supply chain. A cultural shift in the way that profits are measured will be necessary to see real collaboration between shops.
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Croft, Nicholas Adrian. "The charity hospice : a theory of governance processes." Thesis, Sheffield Hallam University, 2010. http://shura.shu.ac.uk/7491/.
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The study considers the processes by which a charity hospice reconciles internal, external and governmental tensions in the provision of public healthcare services. Thus the focus is on change, decision-making and relationships with public sector partners. The study is practice-based utilising a grounded theory methodology and a case study strategy based in two empirical phases. Phase 1 comprises a single organisation case study at a charitable hospice for the purposes of theory production. Data collection was primarily via participant observations from a close insider perspective as recognised by Adler & Adler (1987). Emerging theory from phase 1 was later tested and developed via Phase 2 empirics, comprising a cluster of four organisational case studies. Data collection during phase 2 was based in semi-structured interviews and, in part, critical incident technique. Around thirty interviews were held, evenly spread across participating organisations and between trustees and managers. The original contribution is a theoretical model of governance processes that identifies the ‘individual contribution’ of trustees and the ‘collective will’ of the board of trustees as key concepts. It is recognised that both are subject to ‘leakage’ from their maximum potential. Component elements of the three concepts are identified and discussed. A three-tier model is presented using these key concepts as linkages between governance, culture and change management. The theory is used to form a framework for practice, aimed at facilitating improved control and effectiveness of a charity hospice board of trustees. The theory is placed in a critical realist perspective for discussion. The study contributes to the debate on issues around public and voluntary sector commissioning and funding relationships. There is also a methodological discussion in the context of researching from the perspective of a close-insider addressing issues of access, ethics and the dual role of researcher/practitioner. There is a contention that production of emergent grounded theory for testing and development and the Scapens (1990) differentiation between positive/normative perspectives may be too simplistic for the purposes of this study.
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Ramjaun, Tauheed R. "Exploring charity brand relationships in a healthcare context." Thesis, Bournemouth University, 2014. http://eprints.bournemouth.ac.uk/22036/.
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The brand relationship paradigm (Heding et al. 2009) has been applied extensively in the commercial consumer-brand context (Breazale and Fournier 2012) but there has been scant attention to the study of corporate brand relationships (Abratt and Kleyn 2010) and more specifically in the charity domain where there has been a growing interest in charity branding during recent years. Therefore, this study consisted of exploring brand relationships within a particular charity context in the UK whereby the host organisation was a national healthcare charity providing different types of services to people living with arthritis. The conceptual framework guiding this study was drawn from both corporate branding and brand relationship theory with a view to apply new approaches to the study of the charity brand. Due to the exploratory nature of this investigation, an inductive research methodology was adopted where data collection involved qualitative interviews with twenty-two participants including three extensive biographical interviews. Findings suggest the importance for charities to better understand the salient aspects of their corporate brand that effect brand-beneficiary relationships. Six aspects have been identified from the perspectives of beneficiaries and were labelled as follows: brand clarity, brand personality, brand communication, brand presence, brand experience, and brand ethics. Morever, brand relationship were investigated from an interpersonal relationship metaphor perspective (Hinde 1997, Fournier 1998, Saledin 2012) resulting in the identification of four brand relationship roles (Mentor, Befriender, Entertainer, Enabler) and one desired brand relationship role (Medical Expert) from the perspectives of beneficiaries. This study therefore contributes to academic knowledge by providing new insights and perspectives on brand relationships between a healthcare charity brand and its beneficiaries. In addition, practical managerial recommendations are suggested to assist the host charity in its branding efforts.
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Sneider, Matthew Thomas. "Charity and property : the patrimonies of Bolognese hospitals /." View online version; access limited to Brown University users, 2004. http://wwwlib.umi.com/dissertations/fullcit/3134359.
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Thesis (Ph.D.)--Brown University, 2004.Available in film copy fromProQuestDissertation Publishing. Vita. Thesis advisor: Anthony Molho. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 234-247). Also available online.
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Mussa, Ehsan. "Gashbin – The Blue House Project : Architecture for charity." Thesis, Umeå universitet, Arkitekthögskolan vid Umeå universitet, 2019. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-160136.
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Gashbin- the Blue House Project, is an Architect for Charity Project concerning a house in Domiz which is situated in the outskirt of Duhok in the Kurdish part of Iraq. The house is used by a non- governmental organisation (NGO), Domiz Organisation for Community Development (DOCD) which organizes activities for children and youth and education for different groups of people. The house is however in need of a renovation and an enlargement and this is the aim of the Blue House Project. The project is supported by the Kurdish European Medical Students Association (KEMSA) and a team consisting of people from DOCD, KEMSA and private persons with different professions leads the project. My part of the project is to give a design proposal for the renovation and the expansion of the building. This thesis includes research of the somewhat unclear history and identity of Domiz, i.e. it is not clear why it was built and by whom and the origin of the name is also unknown. There are also some crucial problems due to the natural environment in the region with a hot and dry climate as well as the lack of resources such as water, electricity and building materials which will be discussed in the technology part of the thesis. The new building will be enhanced with some of the old and original technique of cooling a building and some other low-tech solutions. The project will take advantage of the Meshrabya technique, i.e. the windows and all open parts of the building will be covered with wooden, metal or concrete screens in traditional style to let daylight in and support the ventilation process and also create more privacy
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Nolan, Andrew. "Philanthropy and visual culture in mid-eighteenth century Britain : the public image of the London Foundling Hospital, 1739-1760." Thesis, University of East Anglia, 2002. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.273492.
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Hossain, Naomi Therese. "Elites and poverty in Bangladesh." Thesis, University of Sussex, 2003. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.270558.
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Otzen, Roslyn. "Charity and evangelisation : the Melbourne City Mission 1854-1914 /." Connect to thesis, 1986. http://eprints.unimelb.edu.au/archive/00000640.
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Palmer, Paul William. "External regulation and internal control in the charity sector." Thesis, City University London, 1995. http://openaccess.city.ac.uk/7780/.
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The thesis comprises an analysis of the regulation of the charity sector and its managerial implications, focusing on internal control. The thesis begins with an introduction which outlines the aim of the thesis, research design and method, and is divided into four further interlinking but self contained chapters with appendices. The second chapter reviews the definition problem of charity; the debates on politics, convergence and religious influences; a critical evaluation of the Salamon and Anheier hypothesis; the problem for statistical analysis and new developments. The third chapter places charity into an historical, political and economic context; the 'spirit' of charity is reviewed; the emergence and dismantling of the statutory welfare state is discussed and the policy implications for the future direction of charity. The fourth chapter looks at the history of charity regulation and the events which led to the establishment of the permanent Charity Commission. The 1987 criticisms are considered from the perspective of how much was the Commission itself to blame. The new system of regulation and the charity accounting standard are described and appraised against theoretical perspectives. International comparisons are made and the British system evaluated. The fifth chapter looks at the regulatory focus, the charity trustee. The role of the trustee is considered against the new legislation and managerial perspectives of the ideal trustee are considered. Liability and risk considerations, we argue, inevitably focus on an evaluation of control systems. The absence of information on control functions in charities is considered and why a survey was deemed necessary. A synopsis of the findings in 1991 and their relevance in 1995 is discussed, which offers comfort and concerns about internal control in the larger charities. In the appendix are the full results of the 1991 Internal Audit Survey and the European Survey of Audit, Accounting and Supervision Practices. The Conclusion provides a combination of practical suggestions for improvements of internal control in charities and suggestions for the Charity Commission as it embarks upon a more pro-active role. Future directions for research in this field are recommended.
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Eastaugh, Rachel Kathryn. "The experiences of volunteers in a childhood cancer charity." Thesis, University of Leeds, 2018. http://etheses.whiterose.ac.uk/21559/.
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Introduction: Serious childhood illness has a significant impact on the child and their family, but it is known that strong supportive relationships can act as a buffer. Due to limited NHS resources, volunteers are becoming integral to the support of such families. Despite this, little is known about the experiences of volunteers in such roles, and more specifically, those choosing to volunteer in emotionally challenging areas such as childhood cancer. Method: A sample of seven volunteers working for Candlelighters childhood cancer charity were interviewed using semi structured interviews; transcripts were analysed using interpretative phenomenological analysis. Results: Volunteer’s experiences of working in a childhood cancer charity were described in terms of five superordinate themes: ‘Motivation’, ‘Identity and Roles’, ‘Coping’, ‘Community’, and ‘Family’. Overall, the themes captured what motivates individuals to volunteer and in particular why they chose the area of childhood cancer. The themes also reflected the impact that the role has on their sense of identity and self, and how the participants seemed to cope with that role. It is speculated that this is in part due to the protective experience of belonging to a community as described by the participants, with frequent allusions to an even deeper link in terms of feeling part of a family. Discussion: The findings of this study are related to the wider literature with consideration of role identity theory and the significance of community and relationships. The strengths and limitations are discussed to assess the quality of the study. Implications for our current understanding of volunteers and suggestions for future research are proposed.
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Livingstone, Nicola Diane. "Towards a Marxist understanding of the charity retail form." Thesis, Heriot-Watt University, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10399/2494.
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This thesis examines the development of the charity retailing form, adopting an open Marxist approach which can uncover the practices with create and reproduce this social practice. The ruptures and struggles which permeate capitalist society flow through the charity retailer and consequently through the body of the research. The labour processes within the charity retailer and the spatial representation of the urban form of the charity retailer within the built environment are the central research themes to be addressed. The research was primarily based around the relations at shop floor level and the various actors who reproduce these practices, such as volunteers, managers, area managers and those within the management hierarchy. The research decided to look at charities which have developed to become more professional and commercial in their response to charity and also retailing, to offer an analysis of a retail form under transformation. Mixed research methods were implemented, with both qualitative and quantitative analysis carried out through the software programmes NVivo8 and SPSS respectively. The research suggests that the charity retailer has become a capitalist charity retailer, which chooses locations conducive to profit maximisation and the availability of a strong volunteer base. The charity retailer exists through antagonism of rent/location, volunteer/management and capital/charity. The charity retailer is consistently struggling against the capitalist form of reproduction, attempting to negate the consequences of capitalist crises, however it is a form which is constantly subsumed and limited by the capitalist mode of reproduction.
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Luxton, P. "Aspects of charity regulation : a comparative Anglo-American analysis." Thesis, University College London (University of London), 1988. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.543070.
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The thesis comprises a comparative Anglo-American analysis of two aspects of charity regulation: the doctrine of cy-pres and the legal control of charitable solicitations. The first part considers the jurisdiction and scope of the cy-pres doctrine, including its relationship to analogous principles such as the doctrine of approximation; the requirement of a general charitable intention, including a critical analysis of the distinction between initial and supervening failure; the difficulties that arise where gifts are made to merged charitable institutions; and a critical analysis of the administrative structures which exist to carry the doctrine into effect. The second part is an analysis of the law and practice relating to the regulation of fund-raising by charities. It considers criteria which maybe considered desirable goals of a solicitation system, and, in the light of these criteria, it examines the scope of the present regulative mechanisms in England and Wales. It considers the experience of solicitation laws in a number of States in the USA and constructs, from the bases of such laws, a number of model systems for the control of solicitations.The thesis concludes by considering, in the light of the American experience, possible explanations for the different legal treatment of cy-pres and solicitations under English law, particularly from the point of view of the intentions of charitable settlors or donors, and the extent to which English law might learn from its American counterpart
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Webber, Megan. "London charity beneficiaries, c. 1800-1834 : questions of agency." Thesis, University of Hertfordshire, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/2299/17339.
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In recent decades historians have 'discovered' agency in a wide range of geographical and temporal contexts, amongst many different types of actor. This dissertation employs the concept of agency to dissect the dynamics of power in early nineteenth-century London charities. Concurrently, it uses charity to test the potential applications of agency as a historical concept and as a tool for historical analysis. Through case studies of five different types of charity in early nineteenth-century London, this dissertation explores the varied ways in which plebeians exercised their agency. The case studies engage with current definitions of agency 'intentional action, resistance, the defence of rights and customs, exerting control over one's own life, autonomy, strategy, choice, and voice' and test the boundaries of the concept, proposing different ways in which scholars might characterise agency. This dissertation not only examines how the poor exerted their agency, but also how philanthropists conceptualised the agency of the poor. Although agency had a different set of meanings in the early nineteenth century than it does today, Georgian commentators nevertheless discussed the same phenomena that historians today label as agency. This dissertation considers how philanthropists attempted to mould the agency of their beneficiaries and how the agency of the poor shaped charitable organisations. For all its prevalence, agency is an under-theorised and problematic concept. There is no consensus about what agency is or how to locate it. As a result, agency is a slippery concept that seems to elude meaning. Historians are often so personally invested in the project of recovering the agency of subalterns that they underestimate the structural constraints acting on agency or they project modern conceptions of agency on to the subjects of their study. This dissertation subjects agency to critical examination that is long overdue. It argues that agency, as an 'essentially contested' concept, is a powerful tool for dissecting subtle and diverse dynamics of power. This dissertation proposes and demonstrates ways in which scholars can employ the concept usefully, mitigating its problematic aspects.
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Harrison, Colin. "Heretical necessity : Herman Melville and the fictions of charity." Thesis, University of Nottingham, 1997. http://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/11314/.
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Heretical Necessity explores the various ways in which an idea of value was established and debated through the literature of mid 19th century America. Above all, it concerns moral value, the language of personal virtue and social ethics; this includes notions of sympathy and self-sacrifice promoted in sentimental fiction, which I read alongside Melville's responses in his later work: the perversion of altruism in Pierre, his critique of benevolence in the short stories, and his ironization of trust in The Confidence Man. Charity is a key issue because it refers both to a notion of fellowship integral to the sentimental vision of society and to a principle of unreciprocated (hence antagonistic) action: giving one's all becomes incompatible with the more measured principles of justice on which a democracy has to be based. I argue that moral value is related to the production of value in the economic sphere, since charity is at once a religious and a financial practice, thus linking the Christian notions of fellowship and giving to ideas of utility and luxury in capitalist society. In this respect my work is informed by the idea of symbolic exchange, via the theories of figures like Mauss, Bataille, Baudrillard and Derrida; prompted by these thinkers, I attempt to identify different types of contract in the literature (commercial, social, masochistic, and literary) and incorporate them in the same general analysis, as a way of exploring the structural complexities of the moral narrative and the discourse of American community.
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Fechner, David. "Building an authentic brand through charity sport event sponsorship." Thesis, Griffith University, 2020. http://hdl.handle.net/10072/398440.
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Organisations are required to develop a unique brand as well as meaningful and emotional relationships with their consumers to achieve a sustainable competitive advantage in a crowded marketplace. An increasing number of organisations sponsor charity sport events to assist in achieving these objectives. Charity sport event (CSE) managers and representatives of the sponsor would benefit from the development of an authentic sponsorship program as consumers may form negative attitudes towards corporate partners who partner with an event for overly commercial reasons.
Therefore, the purpose of this thesis is twofold. First, this research examined how CSE managers and sponsors can create sponsorship programs that promote the sponsor’s brand in an authentic manner. Secondly, this research investigated how CSE sponsorship programs facilitate the development of meaningful and emotional relationships between CSE participants and sponsors. Three research questions were advanced. The research questions were addressed through an explanatory sequential mixed method research design consisting of three studies. The MS Moonlight Walk is an annual CSE that supports people living with MS and represents the research context of this thesis.
The research adopted organisational identification theory and service-dominant logic (S-D logic) as theoretical frameworks. According to organisational identification theory, consumers identify and form emotional relationships with brands, which they perceive as meaningful and distinct. Consequently, Study 1 and Study 2 were guided by organisational identification theory.
Study 1 examined how sponsoring a CSE can assist the sponsor to develop meaningful and emotional relationships with event participants. Data were collected from MS Moonlight Walk 2018 participants through pre- and post-event questionnaires. The ii results indicated that event participants were unable to answer the questions included in the questionnaire prior to and after the event due to a lack of knowledge of the event sponsor, Harbour ISP. The low level of sponsorship awareness could be attributed to the low eventsponsor fit and event participants’ limited exposure to Harbour ISP. The findings of Study 1 suggested that sponsoring the MS Moonlight Walk 2018 did not assist Harbour ISP in developing meaningful and emotional relationships with the event participants.
Study 2 investigated how sponsoring a CSE affects participants’ emotional response towards an event sponsor. Building on the suggestions that CSE participants may not be aware of their emotions towards event sponsors, electroencephalography (EEG) data from MS Moonlight Walk 2018 participants were obtained. Findings suggested that MS Moonlight Walk participants had a more neutral than positive emotional response towards Harbour ISP after the event. The results of Study 2 are consistent with the findings of Study 1 and indicate that participants did not develop any association with the brand.
Study 3 examined how event participants, event managers, and representatives from event sponsors perceive the sponsor’s contribution to the value creation process of a CSE. S-D logic served as the theoretical framework. S-D logic suggests that an event represents a value creation space where different stakeholders collaborate to create meaningful event experiences. This research conceptualised the collaboration of CSE participants, managers, and sponsors as a value creation process. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with MS Moonlight Walk 2018 participants, the event manager, and representatives from Harbour ISP. Five themes described how the three stakeholder groups perceive the sponsor’s contribution to the value creation process of the event: providing operational support, raising CSE awareness, cultivating a fundraising network, engaging authentically, and celebrating constituents. Collectively, the findings across all three studies suggested that Harbour ISP did not form meaningful and emotional relationships with event participants which might be a result of the way the sponsorship was implemented.
This research contributed to S-D logic by applying this theoretical framework in a participatory CSE. Conceptualising the value creation process of a CSE as the exchange of skills and knowledge between the CSE participants, managers, and sponsors provides a better understanding of how practitioners can create authentic CSE sponsorship programs. Building on the findings of the present research, a number of recommendations for CSE managers and sponsors are made. For example, practitioners are encouraged to share the sponsor’s motivations to support the particular CSE in the form of a story to promote the corporate partner in an authentic manner. Also, event sponsors can implement strategies which encourage their employees to volunteer to help deliver the CSE effectively. Future research may replicate the current research in a different CSE context and employ different methods to expand the findings obtained from this research.Thesis (PhD Doctorate)
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
Dept Tourism, Sport & Hot Mgmt
Griffith Business School
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Lansley, John Waring. "The interplay of charity and theology, c. 1700-1900." Thesis, University of Manchester, 2010. https://www.research.manchester.ac.uk/portal/en/theses/the-interplay-of-charity-and-theology-c-17001900(c052191c-b7d0-4c52-9fd1-bbce6795db19).html.
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The thesis follows the development of charity, both as a theological concept and as the activity of increasing number of social institutions, over two centuries. The main narrative of the thesis follows these two themes, but it also identifies other background factors, particularly developments in social history. It uses insights from anthropological gift theory, reflected in part in the concept of noblesse oblige, a standpoint which both demands support from the rich to the poor and legitimates social divisions: points frequently made in charity sermons. The thesis explores the development of theologies of charity, in particular in the writings of Butler, Wesley, Sumner, Chalmers, Maurice, and Westcott, and also considers the philosophy of J S Mill and T H Green. From these, it is argued that the key development in theoretical analyses of charity is a shift in discourse from an emphasis on the duty of the rich to behave charitably (as in Butler's concept of benevolence) to a concern with the outcome of such giving on the recipients of charity. This is first seen in the writings and practice of the early leaders of the evangelical revival who saw the poor as children of God, but also as being in need of moral reformation. With the advent of a Christian approach to economics based on the thinking of Malthus and Sumner, a harsher approach developed which saw charity as undermining a divinely ordered social economy and was expressed in the Poor Law Amendment Act of 1834. The reaction against this led to a split in thinking about charity: on the one side a mix of economic theory, Comtean altruism and Greenian Idealism resulted in the growth of an autonomous, secular and professional approach to charity exemplified by C S Loch, and on the other a changing Christian approach to the position of the poor in society, going back to Maurice which was expressed in a call for justice rather than charity by the Christian Socialists of the late nineteenth century. Meanwhile, other political developments were resulting in a greater state involvement in what had hitherto been an independent field of charitable work, and resulted in very different patterns of welfare, in which charity took second place to state provision. The thesis ends by revisiting the split in discourse between givers and receivers of charity, and argues that both sides need to be considered in any theological discussion, including the need for recipients to be allowed to reciprocate to others.
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Fronk, Alexander T. "Kigali Charity School Analyzed Through an Implementation Science Framework." DigitalCommons@USU, 2014. https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/etd/3905.
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Implementation science is a relatively new field focused on ensuring that programs are planned well and then delivered as planned. This thesis describes the implementation process for a nursery-level charity school in Kigali, Rwanda, focusing on the facilitators and difficulties encountered in establishing this school.
The research process consisted of interviewing 13 individuals that are a part of the school in question. The researcher transcribed the interviews using an implementation science framework and found trends in their statements that shed light on the establishment of the school. With the help of three coders, the researcher assessed their comments for evidence of helps and hindrances through the implementation process. This thesis presents the results and the implications for implementation science. It will provide valuable information for those wishing to start and maintain grassroots, charitable programs for children in the developing world.
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Priest, Andrew. "Australian charity organisations: A study of audit fee determinants." Thesis, Edith Cowan University, Research Online, Perth, Western Australia, 2015. https://ro.ecu.edu.au/theses/1695.
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Accounting, and more specifically auditing, plays an important role in charity organisations’ accountability processes. This has been highlighted with the commencement of the Australian Charities and Not-for-Profit Commission in 2012 heralding a new era of accountability and regulation. It is in this context that this study used a stratified sample of 101 Australian charities’ 2011-2012 annual reports to study five aspects of the charity audit market, which formed its objectives. These were: a) to estimate and develop a model of Australian charity fee audit determinants; b) to determine if there was evidence of Big Four audit firm fee premiums in a market where the Big Four may not dominate; c) to test for the existence of audit fee premium pricing amongst non-Big Four audit firms; d) to test for the existence of an audit fee premium for audit firm offices; and e) to test for the existence of an audit fee premium for audit firm partners.
This study found support for the choice of audit firm (Big Four audit firm versus non-Big Four audit firm) having an influence on audit fee pricing. Auditee complexity, a well-established determinant in the private sector literature, was also shown to have some influence on charities’ audit fee costs, in the form of incorporation (company versus non-company) and size as represented by proxy, income being significant. Trading income too indicated a possible influence on charities’ audit fees, but these findings were limited and require further investigation.
In this study a Big Four audit premium was shown to exist in the Australian charity sector. It is also shown that small audit firms with a single client may have been discounting audit fees, but further investigation is required to confirm this.
In summary, this study put the spotlight on a sector that has not previously been examined, and provides deeper insights into the Australian charity sector and audit fee pricing.
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Turnour, Matthew Dwight. "Beyond charity : outlines of a jurisprudence for civil society." Thesis, Queensland University of Technology, 2010. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/31742/1/Matthew_Turnour_Thesis.pdf.
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There is not a single, coherent, jurisprudence for civil society organisations. Pressure for a clearly enuciated body of law applying to the whole of this sector of society continues to increase. The rise of third sector scholarship, the retreat of the welfare state, the rediscovery of the concept of civil society and pressures to strengthen social capital have all contributed to an ongoing stream of inquiry into the laws that regulate and favour civil society organisations. There have been almost thirty inquiries over the last sixty years into the doctrine of charitable purpose in common law countries. Those inquiries have established that problems with the law applying to civil society organisations are rooted in the common law adopting a ‘technical’ definition of charitable purpose and the failure of this body of law to develop in response to societal changes. Even though it is now well recognised that problems with law reform stem from problems inherent in the doctrine of charitable purpose, statutory reforms have merely ‘bolted on’ additions to the flawed ‘technical’ definition. In this way the scope of operation of the law has been incrementally expanded to include a larger number of civil society organisations. This piecemeal approach continues the exclusion of most civil society organisations from the law of charities discourse, and fails to address the underlying jurisprudential problems. Comprehensive reform requires revisiting the foundational problems embedded in the doctrine of charitable purpose, being informed by recent scholarship, and a paradigm shift that extends the doctrine to include all civil society organisations. Scholarly inquiry into civil society organisations, particularly from within the discipline of neoclassical economics, has elucidated insights that can inform legal theory development. This theory development requires decoupling the two distinct functions performed by the doctrine of charitable purpose which are: setting the scope of regulation, and determining entitlement to favours, such as tax exemption. If the two different functions of the doctrine are considered separately in the light of theoretical insights from other disciplines, the architecture for a jurisprudence emerges that facilitates regulation, but does not necessarily favour all civil society organisations. Informed by that broader discourse it is argued that when determining the scope of regulation, civil society organisations are identified by reference to charitable purposes that are not technically defined. These charitable purposes are in essence purposes which are: Altruistic, for public Benefit, pursued without Coercion. These charitable puposes differentiate civil society organisations from organisations in the three other sectors namely; Business, which is manifest in lack of altruism; Government, which is characterised by coercion; and Family, which is characterised by benefits being private not public. When determining entitlement to favour, it is theorised that it is the extent or nature of the public benefit evident in the pursuit of a charitable purpose that justifies entitlement to favour. Entitlement to favour based on the extent of public benefit is the theoretically simpler – the greater the public benefit the greater the justification for favour. To be entitled to favour based on the nature of a purpose being charitable the purpose must fall within one of three categories developed from the first three heads of Pemsel’s case (the landmark categorisation case on taxation favour). The three categories proposed are: Dealing with Disadvantage, Encouraging Edification; and Facilitating Freedom. In this alternative paradigm a recast doctrine of charitable purpose underpins a jurisprudence for civil society in a way similar to the way contract underpins the jurisprudence for the business sector, the way that freedom from arbitrary coercion underpins the jurisprudence of the government sector and the way that equity within families underpins succession and family law jurisprudence for the family sector. This alternative architecture for the common law, developed from the doctrine of charitable purpose but inclusive of all civil society purposes, is argued to cover the field of the law applying to civil society organisations and warrants its own third space as a body of law between public law and private law in jurisprudence.
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Rankin, Cherie L. Breu Christopher. "Working it through women's working-class literature, the working woman's body, and working-class pedagogy /." Normal, Ill. : Illinois State University, 2007. http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?index=0&did=1417799101&SrchMode=1&sid=7&Fmt=2&VInst=PROD&VType=PQD&RQT=309&VName=PQD&TS=1205258868&clientId=43838.
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Thesis (Ph. D.)--Illinois State University, 2007.Title from title page screen, viewed on March 11, 2008. Dissertation Committee: Christopher D. Breu (chair), Cynthia A. Huff, Amy E. Robillard. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 262-273) and abstract. Also available in print.
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Jiang, Yuxuan. "What's in a Name? From Social Organization to Merit Society: Understanding the Change in Buddhist Charities in China Since the Beginning of the Reform Period." Thesis, Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/10393/38026.
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After the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) abolished its total ban on religious activities in 1982, a Buddhist revival has taken place in the People’s Republic of China (PRC). Decades later, after the state gradually opened the public welfare sector to non-state actors, Buddhist charities have grown into important social service providers in the country. However, Buddhist charities do not constitute a homogenous category, nor is the emergence of Buddhist charities without direction and monitoring by the Chinese state. This thesis answers the question of why there are different types of Buddhist charities, namely Buddhist merit societies, Buddhist charity foundations and Buddhist charity federations by examining the PRC’s institutions of religions, social organizations and charitable NGOs in the past decades. I have divided the timeline since 1982 into three major time periods and examine the interaction between various levels of government and Buddhist charities. This thesis has demonstrated that the existence of different types of Buddhist charities is the result of inconsistency and fragmentation of these interactions. While the central-led institutionalization of social organizations is creating more obstacles for Buddhist charities to survive, local governments have more interest in their usefulness to the local development. The reason to the question that why Buddhist charities have different identities such as Buddhist merit society, Buddhist charity foundation and Buddhist charity federation has a close link to whether Buddhist groups or sites have sufficient financial resources and well-established government connections.
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Ma, Mei-lin Linda. "Multimodal discourse analysis of advertisements of Hong Kong charity organizations." Click to view the E-thesis via HKUTO, 2005. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record/B31789729.
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Jadama, Sambou. "Implementation of Web Content Management System for a charity group." Thesis, Mälardalens högskola, Akademin för innovation, design och teknik, 2012. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:mdh:diva-14167.
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Tracy, Spencer. "Charity or change?, the geography of NGOs in Jamaica's development." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 2001. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk3/ftp05/MQ63380.pdf.
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Sandoval, Ruben Dario Flores. "The Social Grounds of Compassion : A Study of Charity Volunteers." Thesis, University of Kent, 2008. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.499723.
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Ma, Mei-lin Linda, and 馬美蓮. "Multimodal discourse analysis of advertisements of Hong Kong charity organizations." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2005. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B31789729.
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