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Ethical Fundraising - Imagine Canada
This is an article prepared by the Imagine Canada relating to the Ethical Practice for charitable organizations. As this is such an important area within fund development we have reproduced it along with a link to the Imagine Canada page outlining their ethical guidelines.
The Ethical Fundraising and Financial Accountability Code was introduced in 1998 in response to growing public concerns about accountability among Canada’s charities. The Code lays out standards for charitable organizations to manage and report their financial affairs responsibly. Participation is voluntary, allowing use of a trustmark which signals to donors a charity’s compliance with the Code’s fundraising and financial accountability standards.
Imagine Canada launched a review of the Code in mid 2006. The review included both empirical research on fundraising issues, trends and regulation and consultations with charities on what the appropriate standards should be given charities’ varying capacity to engage in self-regulation.
The Code is intended to be complementary to the Association of Fundraising Professionals’ (AFP) Code of Ethical Principles and Standards of Professional Practice. The AFP’s code is focused on the fundraising professional.
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For more information about Imagine Canada please refer to: http://www.imaginecanada.ca