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Wednesday, June 25, 2008 Keeping Advocacy Alive While the age old Washington practice of coddling elected officials with large sums of cash is now looked upon with great disdain, the ethical advocacy efforts of nonprofits must not be placed alongside the actions of unethical and opportunistic lobbyists. A recent op-ed in The Chronicle of Philanthropy , by David Cohen and Larry Ottinger, provides ample justification for not drawing a parallel between the advocacy efforts of big businesses and the advocacy work of nonprofits. Aside from explaining the basic components of a proposed set of ethical principles for nonprofits, this op-ed also calls for increased numbers of pro bono lobbying and a more recent review of the original ethics code.
Cohen and Ottinger remind readers that: Public interest lobbying helps ensure that our government remains a government of the people, by the people and for the people. |
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