Volunteering For Trouble Or Trouble With Volunteers?: A Guide To The Liability Risks For Nonprofits And Their Volunteers.

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Volunteering For Trouble Or Trouble With Volunteers?: A Guide To The Liability Risks For Nonprofits And Their Volunteers.

Volunteers often constitute an essential portion of the "workforce" of nonprofit organizations. Volunteers can play an essential role in providing important charitable services and constitute a vital link to an organization's constituency and the public--enhancing or harming a nonprofit's image and functioning. The use of volunteers, however, entails risk--both from and to volunteers. For example, volunteers can be placed in positions where their own personal safety may be endangered or where they may present a threat (physical, economic or otherwise) to employees, visitors, patients, members, or others making use of the nonprofit's services or facilities. At...

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