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What Happens When Truth Disappears?

When I was growing up it was easy to understand truth from lies; to distinguish fact from fiction. Truth emanated from the mouths of politicians, priests, sports heroes, policemen, business leaders and the newspapers. We trusted people in uniform and those representing large institutions, both secular and religious. We trusted our scientists and our teachers. We trusted the books in the library and the bloke who lived next door. We knew that some people were prone to exaggeration, but we…

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It’s Not Enough To Be Good

Community organisations, just like for-profit entities, must actively protect their reputation. Not-for-profit organisations largely spend their time, and resources, “doing good”. It’s easy to think they have less of a need to invest in protecting their reputation when the public feeling toward them is generally favourable. Community organisations consistently rank higher [1] on reputation measures than Australian corporations, even compared with the strongest and most trusted corporate brands like Qantas. Not-for-profit organisations largely spend their time, and resources, “doing good”.…