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Minding the Gaps: Neuroethics, AI, and Depression

NonProfit Quarterly

4 In practice, thats proven difficulta systematic review of American healthcare data done in 2011 revealed high rates of re-identification, raising ethical concerns. AI is transforming neuroscience, and addressing these issues is essential for any hopes of an ethical path forward. 3 By law, these must remain anonymous when used.

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ESG Is Not Impact Investing and Impact Investing Is Not ESG

Stanford Social Innovation Review

Coined in 2004, ESG emerged as a joint effort by the UN, the International Finance Corporation (IFC), and the Swiss Government to support the financial industry’s consideration of ESG issues in mainstream investment decision-making (although its roots exist in the socially responsible movement, or SRI). ESG is a framework.

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What To Do About Fundraising’s Dark Side

The Agitator

But frankly, we wish we were getting even more concerned and constructive response. The national media outlet is reporting on recent inv estigations from the Tampa Bay Times and Center for Investigative Reporting, which reveal outrageous ethical breaches in our industry. He writes: We must ask questions and offer advice.

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Segregation Helped Build Fortunes. What Does Philanthropy Owe Now?

Stanford Social Innovation Review

By Claire Dunning In early 1926, Cafritz Construction placed an advertisement in The Washington Post celebrating the speed with which their “Life-time Homes” were selling in the Petworth neighborhood of Washington, DC. Perhaps potential buyers would be swayed by the “superior construction” or the “unusually big lots.”

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The Promise of Impact Science

Stanford Social Innovation Review

We looked at spending across the social impact sector; including government , global and domestic philanthropy, and S-themed ESG assets under management; and found that globally we are spending an extraordinary amount of money—roughly $72 trillion annually—making social spending the world’s largest financial market.

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Unlocking the Innovation Potential of Biocultural Capital

Stanford Social Innovation Review

In the Andes mountains, the traditional floating homes of the Uros people are inspiring low-cost, eco-friendly construction techniques worldwide that can improve water quality and biodiversity.

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A Social Movement Requires Momentum

Stanford Social Innovation Review

What if more communities of faith exercised an ethic that steeps money in systemic and local economic justice, and thousands of religious endowments invested those assets in local and regional economic development? What if local governments had sufficient organizational infrastructure to engage cross-sector community members?