A legal scholar argues that assigning a designated contrarian and rotating this role over time will help nonprofit boards resist the dangerous pull toward passivity and deference.
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Georgia authorities have filed charges against Network for Strong Communities trustees. The nonprofit opposes the Atlanta Public Safety Training Center, which protesters call ‘Cop City.’
Their primary obligations consist of three duties: care, loyalty and obedience.
The group’s bottom line has been shaky for years. And its board has been unwilling or unable to respond.
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Professor, Paul H. O'Neill School of Public and Environmental Affairs, Indiana University Bloomington, Indiana University
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Executive Director of the Center for Community and Nonprofit Studies, University of Wisconsin-Madison
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Professor of Accounting, The Ohio State University
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Professor of Law, Brooklyn Law School
