Tax exempt nonprofit organizations
A. Cannot lobby. Doing so would jeopardize their tax exempt status.
B. Can lobby, and if they choose the 501 (h) option, they can spend up to 20 of their first 500,000 of exempt purpose expenditures on lobbying activities.
C. Can lobby, but only if they restrict their discussions to general concepts rather than specific legislation.
D. Can lobby in the same way that any other organization can lobby. That is, there are no additional restrictions placed on tax exempt nonprofits.
Q. 2In the Global Perspectives section you can see
A. From Asiaempowering people through advocacy and lobbying fits well with most existing, conventional paradigms and practices.
B. From Asiait is clear that lobbying can only be practiced in the western democracies of Europe and North America.
C. From Israelthere are many situations where avoiding paying attention to national politics damages implementation of social work activities, for example, situations when a country enters a state of war.
D. From the Arcticthe culture of indigenous groups has prevented their members from active engagement in policy formulation.
Q. 3Lobbying
A. Is the purposeful communication with a public official with the intention of influencing a decision the official may make on a specific matter.
B. Is the process of passing legislation.
C. Requires substantial training in law.
D. Is the process of exchanging favors in order to gain an advantage during an election cycle.
Q. 4Policy is developed in a variety of ways and at a number of different levels. Among them are
A. Public agencies administering public programs setting forth rules and regulations, but only those working within these agencies can influence the development of rules and regulations.
B. Direct democracy, like initiatives and referenda, though only a handful of states and local governments have provisions for direct democracy.
C. Federal legislative advocacy, where most health and human services workers can play a pivotal and sustained role.
D. State legislative advocacy, where many decisions affecting your community are made and where you can have a significant impact.
Q. 5When dealing with resistance and personal risk
A. Recognize that resistance is not necessarily a bad thing.
B. Use the most threatening tactics to produce the desired result.
C. Recognize that all proposals will equally benefit all groups within the organization.
D. Understand that because workers have no rights those who act as agents of change in their own organizations are much more likely to experience the loss of their job than they are to gain any personal sense of fulfillment.
Q. 6Principles for increasing your effectiveness include
A. Understanding that spending time on the history of an issue will only bog you down.
B. Creating support systems that promote worker involvement in change, ones that are not mechanisms for complaining.
C. Recognizing that the culture of the organization has little influence on the change process.
D. Recognizing that low ranking people really have few resources.
Q. 7In the Global Perspectives section you can see
A. From Peru change happens as a result of internal factors, not external factors.
B. From Australiamoral considerations have no place in critical analysis.
C. From South Africamanagement practices need to overcome locally held values and practices.
D. From Australiaconstructing integrity invokes both personal exploration and socio-political analysis.
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