This research demonstrates how sustained charity fraud is supported when organisations do not develop strong accountability links to salient stakeholders. Whilst increased regulation is one response to reduce charity fraud and to increase organisational accountability, regulators seldom...

It has long been recognized that governments world-wide, and the State, will support charities with financial support because the charities operate to offer functions which would otherwise have to be undertaken by the government. When the call was made for papers for this special issue, the...