Good Governance Quiz 1

These are non-governmental, non-profit groups that operate independently from government and business, focusing on advancing shared goals and interests within society

________is an area in which managers can directly impact ethical decision-making by establishing and maintaining structures, policies, and process that support ethical decision-making.

Civil society is advanced when citizens share a social right of access to the resources produced, used, and exchanged through natural and social economies in a community and through a society.

Community-based civic engagement in political governance exists when community members have the opportunity to hold positions of public decision-making and leadership.

Civil Society as the _______Civil society is distinct from both the state (government) and the market (business sector).

CSOs are often mission-oriented, promoting ethical values like justice, equality, environmental protection, or human rights.

They are not motivated by earnings of the organization. Any financial surplus is reinvested to promote their cause or services.

Many CSOs advocate for rights, such as rights to life, dignity, education, and healthcare.

Civil society is advanced when citizens have the right to be involved in all aspects of political governance and the authority to make decisions and perform actions affecting all levels of public life, without the institutions of public life being “captured” by the interests of specific groups or individuals.

CSOs give voice to the concerns of groups that might otherwise be ignored, especially the marginalized and disadvantaged sectors.