Title:	Managing the Public’s Trust in Non-profit Organizations
Authors:	Christopher D. B. Burt Stuart C. Carr
Keywords:	Organizations
Issue Date:	2014
Publisher:	Springer
Description:	The time has come for innovative social science to contribute more to poverty reduction. The 2015 Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) are at risk from the global financial crisis and climate change inertia (United Nations 2012).1 There are calls for hitherto silent disciplines—work psychology being the leading example— to help translate this MDG ‘‘grand plan’’ into everyday human behavior (Easterly 2006).2 Just as demand has risen noticeably, so too has psychology’s supply (Carr and Bandawe 2011).3 For the first time since the 1940s, in fact, a critical mass of psychological research is now focused not simply on poverty per se but on its reduction (Carr 2013).4 Moreover, we find ourselves for the first time arguably (see Footnote 4) focusing in the same place as the policy makers and other disciplines such as economics—the enablement of ‘‘human capabilities’’ (Sen 1999).5 Human capabilities, perhaps we might call them competencies, are the stock-in-trade of psychology, as well as in other social sciences. They include (for instance) improved health and well-being, supportive classroom environments, the promotion of social inclusion, gender equity, decent work conditions, and environmental awareness (Carr and Sloan 2003).6 According to capability theory, these behavioral freedoms are all key means by which poverty is reduced. This series connects supply with demand. First, it features the very best innovative psychological research on poverty reduction and capability development. Second, it employs an innovative format, the Springer Brief. This is because the research is programmatic—too big for a journal article, too new for an entire book, but tailor-made for a monograph. Third, it will build momentum in the nascent field of humanitarian work psychology, including poverty reduction and its links with development economics and related social sciences
URI:	http://10.6.20.12:80/handle/123456789/53023
ISBN:	978-1-4939-0560-7
Appears in Collections:	Population Studies

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