The credibility of transnational NGOs

when virtue is not enough

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The credibility of transnational NGOs

when virtue is not enough

"We rely on NGOs to monitor the ethical practices of governments and for-profit firms and to undertake many humanitarian tasks that public and private actors will not do. While we are critical of public and private sector failures, we do not reflect enough on the credibility of the NGOs which take their place. Can we be sure that products NGOs label as child-labor free are in fact so, that the coffee labeled as 'fair trade' is farmed in sustainable ways, or that the working conditions monitored by NGOs are safe and that the wages are reasonable? Can we know that humanitarian organizations are, in fact, using our donations to alleviate human suffering rather than pursuing other goals? This book explores the problems of establishing the credibility of NGO activities as they monitor working conditions, human rights and elections and provide finance through microcredit institutions, development aid and emergency assistance"--

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The credibility of transnational NGOs: when virtue is not enough
2012, Cambridge University Press
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Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Published in
Cambridge, New York
Other Titles
Credibility of transnational non-governmental organizations

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
172/.4
Library of Congress
JZ4841 .C73 2012, JZ4841

The Physical Object

Pagination
p. cm.

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL25061276M
Internet Archive
credibilitytrans00gour
ISBN 13
9781107018044, 9781107651692
LCCN
2011040407
OCLC/WorldCat
756045339

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