  urlLink Backstage.com : "...consider what a Washington, D.C.-based coalition of philanthropic organizations has done, in what may be a first for the not-for-profit arena. It has published a comprehensive set of ethical guidelines covering everything from proper fiscal practices to the ways to guard against conflicts of interest. Called 'Statement of Values and Code of Ethics for Nonprofit and Philanthropic Organizations' and developed by a task force of Independent Sector, itself a prominent nonprofit, the document in part aims to quell the growing movement, especially among some state and federal officials, for a much more rigorous legislative oversight of nonprofit groups..." 
