This lengthy guide introduces tax-exemption status for non-profit organizations. Read this if you contemplate establishing a not-for-profit organization.

Laws require corporations, as legal entities owning property, entering contracts, and assuming debt, have a governing board of directors, accountable as a fiduciary to its shareholders, members, or the public. These governing boards organize and operate according to articles of incorporation, bylaws, resolutions, and policies, oversee corporate purpose and plans, select and supervise management, ensure sufficient resources for the organization, and ensure compliance with laws and regulations. This linked page outlines and links many more pages covering governance and policy; roles and responsibilities; operations and systems; accountability and ethics; staffing, compensation, communications and the issues of running an organization. It also covers director training as a comprehensive overview and exemplar of how boards should work. The scope and volume of information make it suitable for a weekend workshop with additional homework in addition to a checklist and toolkit enroute to introducing best practices.

Enron, Google and the evolutionary psychology of corporate environments

plus tThe Corporation (movie) explores the nature and spectacular rise of the dominant institution of our time. Footage from pop culture, advertising, TV ... all » news, and corporate propaganda, illuminates the corporation's grip on our lives. Taking its legal status as a "person" to its logical conclusion, the film puts the corporation on the psychiatrist's couch to ask "What kind of person is it?" Provoking, witty, sweepingly informative, The Corporation includes forty interviews with corporate insiders and critics - including Milton Friedman, Noam Chomsky, Naomi Klein, and Michael Moore -rue confessions, case studies and strategies for change.

Al Gore deserves kudos, but do all the corporations that are going green deserve praise, as well? Can we count on corporations to lead the way on global warming? No, on both counts.

PolicyLink, a non-profit dedicated to fostering best practices and cultivating resources for buillding social capital and social enterprise, surveys financing and ownership models for cooperatives. This guide links many other organizations and programs for specific help.

Incorporating a not-for-profit in New York isn't all that difficult. It doesn't require a lawyer, though ability to understand thick layers of instructions and experience help. This guide answers frequently asked questions, provides instructions for a sample Certificate of Incorporation, and information about fees.

An index and sections 1–134 of the Cooperative Corporations Law in New York state: unfortunately each sections opens in its own page, even though some sections are just one sentence.

Satirical Corporate Identity Correction