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Logistics network design to reuse second-hand household appliances for charities

, 2020
The increased urban population, lifestyle change, diet change, as well as increased welfare level and life standards in urban societies have caused huge amount of solid waste in metropolitan cities.
A. Sadrnia, Najme Roghani Langarudi, Amirreza payandeh Sani   +2 more
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The charity of the uncharitable

Economic Inquiry, 1971
If I understand the common view among modern intellectuals, income redistribution is considered to be a rather simple and almost entirely ethical matter. There are, basically, two theories. The first is that those of us who are well-off use the state as a mechanism for making gifts to the poor.
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Hospitals and charity

2017
Medieval hospitals in Italy, originally intended to house pilgrims and comfort the dying, evolved from religious institutions reflecting communal and personal piety to civic facilities intended to provide a comprehensive social welfare and medical service to the urban community.
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Charity Implies Meta‐Charity

Philosophy and Phenomenological Research, 2004
The principle of charity says that all agents are rational. The principle of meta‐charity says that all agents believe all agents are rational. My thesis is that the arguments which are used to support charity also support meta‐charity. Meta‐charity implies meta‐meta‐charity.
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Assessing the Financial Reserves of Social Service Charities Involved in Public Service Delivery

Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, 2018
Delivering services in partnership with government is commonly considered a source of financial stability for charities and other nonprofits. However, in liberal welfare states, government funding may also heighten financial risks, where it exposes ...
N. Cortis, Ilro Lee
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An Economic and Ethical Approach to Charity and to Charity Endowments

Review of Social Economy, 2010
We examine how and why donors divide gifts between people in the present (across distance) and between the present and future (across time). US donors tend to give less to charities that benefit the poor and more to charities that benefit the non-poor (such as museums, universities, and arts organizations).
John E, Core, Thomas, Donaldson
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“Bucket auctions” for charity

Games and Economic Behavior, 2014
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Jeffrey P. Carpenter 0002, Jessica Holmes, Peter Hans Matthews   +2 more
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Religious charities and the juridification of the Charity Commission

Legal Studies, 2001
The Charity Commissioners have indicated that they possess a law-making role. This paper evaluates the extent to which the Commissioners have exercised this role in relation to charities for the advancement of religion, and evaluates this role in the light of the Human Rights Act 1998.
Peter W Edge, Joan M Loughrey
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“… In Charity, for the Sake of Charity, and with Charity”

History of Pharmacy and Pharmaceuticals, 2022
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Christmas charity

Nursing Management, 2005
December is traditionally the month of giving and receiving but, if you are put off festive shopping by its sheer commercialism, have look at www.goodgifts.org/goodgifts/default.php for presents with a difference.
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