Not-For-Profit Accountability and Responsibility 2 CPE

With today’s uncertainty and volatile economy, all organizations are at peril for becoming less important in the eyes of their stakeholders. The current pandemic has left no rock unturned. Not-for-profit entities are as “at risk” similar to other organizations. In this time, ensuring your stakeholders trust your organization, believe in your ethical principals’ and embrace your governance policies will be key factors to surviving and thriving during this time. Not-for-Profit’s exist for a mission. It is critical they obtain the public’s trust. This is done through commitment to ethical principals’, transparency and accountability.

This session reviews a number of leading practices for considering conflict of interest (COI), financial transparency and governance processes for a Not-for-Profit (NFP).

Prerequisites

No advanced preparation or prerequisites are required for this course.

Learning Objective

• Explore and examining accountability and code of ethics for a not-for-profit.
• Identify and exploring concepts important in a conflict-of-interest policy.
• Explore and examining the criticality of cybersecurity risks.
• Identify and exploring required record retention protocols.
• Explore ethical fundraising and ethical leadership.
• Discover and examine concepts important to executive compensation in a not-for-profit.
• Identify the necessity of financial management and financial transparency for the not-for-profit.
• Explore the concept of internal controls and public disclosure in a not-for-profit.

Last updated/reviewed: July 28, 2025