One of the most pernicious forms of corruption in global sports
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"Spot-fixing" is the practice of manipulating small, discrete events that
have little to no bearing on the outcome of a game—the timing of a yellow
card in...
Sunday, September 14, 2008
Tuesday, September 2, 2008
What is the purpose of "non-profits"?
From Managing the Nonprofit Organization, Principles and Practices by Peter F. Drucker,
A business has discharged its functions when the customer buys the product, pays for it, and is satisfied with it. Government has discharged its function when its policies are effective. The "non-profit" institution neither supplies goods or services nor controls. Its "product" is neither a pair of shoes, nor an effective regulation. Its product is a changed human being. The non-profit institutions are human-change agents. Their "product" is a cured patient, a child that learns, a young man or woman grown into a self-respecting adult; a changed human life altogether.
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