Self-regulation and accountability

In 2005, Fundraising Institute Australia commenced the process of overhauling its Codes of Ethics and Professional Conduct, a significant project that is intended to enhance the self regulation agenda for professional fundraising and to provide greater transparency and accountability in the use of donor funds. 
FIA undertook this project as independent research commissioned by FIA (Zappala, 2004) revealed [...]

Current Fundraising Issues

Fundraising Institute Australia research has recently focussed on five key areas and the principal issues are summarised below.  
First, definitions of terms. There is some confusion in the fundraising profession between common usage of terminology and the definitions in many of the state government Acts. FIA suggests that clarification would enhance the application of fundraising legislation. Currently [...]