Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10953/1374
Title: Measuring what is not seen—Transparency and good governance nonprofit indicators to overcome the limitations of accounting models
Authors: Moreno-Albarracín, Antonio Luis
Licerán-Gutiérrez, Ana
Ortega-Rodríguez, Cristina
Labella, Álvaro
Rodríguez, Rosa María
Abstract: One of the most complex challenges currently faced by non-profit organizations (NPOs) is demonstrating that they manage resources with the highest levels of efficiency and excellence, and do not deviate from the accomplishment of their mission. Transparency and good governance are highly valuable issues for the survival of these organizations. However, empirical studies and models to measure these concepts are scarce and lack consensus. The objective of this article is to develop a uniform procedure for measuring the levels of transparency and good governance in NPOs, validated by experts, that integrates the most important contributions. The main proposals are supported by lists of indicators whose compliance they try to verify. Finally, we considered the experts’ preferences to obtain the indicator weights by means of the Best–Worst Method and Minimum Cost Consensus model. The result of our work is the development of a list of indicators, which integrates the existing battery of Spanish indicators. We contribute, with this work, to improving the credibility of the third sector from the perspective of donors, users, public administrations, and society. This is an essential issue for the survival of these NPOs.
Keywords: third sector
non-profit organizations (NPO)
transparency
accountability
good governance
batteries of indicators
Best-Worst Method (BWM)
minimum cost consensus (MCC)
Issue Date: 4-Sep-2020
metadata.dc.description.sponsorship: Universidad de Jaén, Instituto de Estudios Giennenses (Diputación de Jaén), Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad (Gobierno de España) a través del Proyecto de Investigación Nacional del Gobierno de España PGC2018-099402-B-I00 y el Contrato Postdoctoral Ramón y Cajal (RYC-2017-21978).
Publisher: MDPI
Citation: Moreno-Albarracín, A. L., Licerán-Gutierrez, A., Ortega-Rodríguez, C., Labella, Á., & Rodríguez, R. M. (2020). Measuring what is not seen—Transparency and good governance nonprofit indicators to overcome the limitations of accounting models. Sustainability, 12(18), 7275.
Appears in Collections:DEFC-Artículos



This item is protected by original copyright


Items in RUJA are protected by copyright, with all rights reserved, unless otherwise indicated.