Human service community NGOs occupy a significant position in western civil
society, holding roles such as employer, service provider, volunteer, carer,
victim, advocate, partner and leader. They claim a shared philosophical and
moral basis to support these roles and this unquestioned assumption causes
significant consequences for their future as they embrace commercial practices
and governance models. Does the NGO have the capacity to provide
ethical leadership now with its shifting value systems, an increasing loss of
meaningful relationships as defined by spiritual formation and...