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When nonprofit boards face whistleblowing decisions that threaten organizational survival

Our nonprofit board discovered that our executive director has been understating program costs to funders for years, and now we're split between those who want to report it immediately and those who think it will destroy the organization and hurt the communities we serve. We can't seem to find a path that feels both honest and protective of our mission.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

A group committed to shared values discovers that protecting those values might require destroying the vehicle for expressing them.

Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Whistleblowing and moral courage?”

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