02208nam a22003258a 4500001001600000003000700016005001700023006001900040007001500059008004100074020002600115020002900141020003000170040002400200050002300224082001500247245016200262264005200424300005900476336002600535337002600561338003600587500007300623520093700696700005001633700004401683700004901727776003501776856007101811CR9781139086356UkCbUP20180107143415.0m|||||o||d||||||||cr||||||||||||110511s2012||||enk     s     ||1 0|eng|d  a9781139086356 (ebook)  z9781107018044 (hardback)  z9781107651692 (paperback)  aUkCbUPcUkCbUPerda00aJZ4841 b.C73 201200a172/.422304aThe Credibility of Transnational NGOs :bWhen Virtue is Not Enough / [electronic resource]cEdited by Peter A. Gourevitch, David A. Lake, Janice Gross Stein. 1aCambridge :bCambridge University Press,c2012.  a1 online resource (248 pages) :bdigital, PDF file(s).  atextbtxt2rdacontent  acomputerbc2rdamedia  aonline resourcebcr2rdacarrier  aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 09 Oct 2015).  aWe rely on NGOs to monitor the ethical practices of governments and for-profit firms and to undertake many humanitarian tasks that public and private actors will not do. While we are critical of public and private sector failures, we do not reflect enough on the credibility of the NGOs which take their place. Can we be sure that products NGOs label as child-labor free are in fact so, that the coffee labeled as 'fair trade' is farmed in sustainable ways, or that the working conditions monitored by NGOs are safe and that the wages are reasonable? Can we know that humanitarian organizations are, in fact, using our donations to alleviate human suffering rather than pursuing other goals? This book explores the problems of establishing the credibility of NGO activities as they monitor working conditions, human rights and elections and provide finance through microcredit institutions, development aid and emergency assistance.1 aGourevitch, Peter A.,eeditor of compilation.1 aLake, David A.,eeditor of compilation.1 aGross Stein, Janice,eeditor of compilation.08iPrint version: z978110701804440uhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139086356zCambridge Books Online