Reimagining Faith and Management

10Normativity in practice: Governance in secular and faith-based non-profit organisations

Helen Cameron

Faith may direct what you do

You may choose to be secular too

Whatever your creed

You’ll get what you seed

Take care to decide what is true

Godfrey D’Lima

Introduction

My fascination for the topic of governance comes from encountering it from several different perspectives both as an academic and a practitioner. Teaching students working in non-profit, and in particular, faith-based organisations (FBOs) made me aware not only of the huge variety of governance arrangements but also their importance for the identity, strategic direction and probity of organisations. This led me to write about governance drawing upon questions ...