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Strengthening communities by supporting the nonprofit workforce 

Candid

The voices and experiences of workers of color are critical to achieving nonprofit missions and are needed at all levels, from non-management to the C-suite and boards. However, gaps persist: Men, who made up 35% of manager and non-manager positions, accounted for 48% of chief executive positions and earned more than female CEOs.

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The Long Shadow of Workplace Surveillance

Stanford Social Innovation Review

Any non-mandated break, including going to the bathroom, is counted as “time off task,” which is also tracked by managers. This is not simply an invasive business practice, but an operating principle to control workers and optimize for profits. The reality is far more pervasive. And that makes sense, historically.

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Reimagining Business Ownership in the Global South

Stanford Social Innovation Review

Unlike in typical agricultural value chains, this has brought substantial rewards in terms of higher and more stable prices, and profit distributions, for the 3.6 Additionally, an investment from the International Finance Corporation helped the company launch its coffeehouse retail outlets in Colombia.

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Investing in Enterprises That Work for Everyone

Stanford Social Innovation Review

Meanwhile, even mission-oriented enterprises struggle to achieve net positive impacts since the logic of shareholder primacy always encourages them to maximize profit at the expense of everything and everyone else. The retailer Publix and the food company King Arthur Baking Company are both owned by ESOPs.