Nonprofits as socially responsible actors: Neoliberalism, institutional structures, and empowerment in the United Nations Global Compact

• Main Author: LIM, Alwyn
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2022
• Subjects: Actorhood; institutional structure; neoliberalism; nonprofit organizations; social responsibility; Nonprofit Administration and Management; Politics and Social Change; Public Affairs, Public Policy and Public Administration
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soss_research/3323; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/soss_research/article/4580/viewcontent/Nonprofits_2020_av.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

Nonprofit and nongovernmental organizations have become prominent participants in a global organizational responsibility movement. This trend of nonprofit responsibility is puzzling because nonprofits are presumably already dedicated to the pursuit of collective well-being objectives. This article e...