Public unsatisfied with transparency of charities
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China.org.cn, December 30, 2011
The public?remain unsatisfied with the transparency of charity organizations, according to a survey conducted by a research institute under the Ministry of Civil Affairs.
An overwhelming majority of respondents, 92 percent, said that the country's charity organizations fail to disclose vital financial and internal management information.
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Transparency of charities fails public's needs.[Photo/China Daily] |
The China Charity and Donation Information Center on Thursday released a report on the transparency of charity organizations.
Four criteria - information completeness, accuracy, promptness and accessibility - are used to assess the information disclosure capability of charity organizations. The maximum score is 100.
A total of 1,000 organizations were covered in the survey. The average score was 33. Only 8.2 percent scored more than 60.
According to Liu Youping, deputy director of the center, charity organizations have made progress in information disclosure, but the progress still failed to meet the public's needs.
A series of charity scandals took place in 2011 in China. As a result, the public has shown a greater interest in charity groups' financial information.
Of 1,053 netizens polled, about 64 percent said they kept a close eye on the information charity organizations had released, while less than 14 percent said they did not care.
