Welcome to Reality DOSE!
This site focuses on equipping the mission/aid sectors with materials on health and dysfunction. One of the initial resources is an article in 12 languages called: Wise as Doves and Innocent as Serpents? Doing Conflict Resolution Better. The article deals with dysfunction, discipline, and conflict resolution. It is written by Dr. Kelly O’Donnell, and was first published in January 2007 in an international journal.
The "Reality DOSE" site gets its name from the above article (DOves and SErpents). It refers to getting a good "dose of reality" so that we in the mission/aid sectors can: a) better understand our “relational reality”, b) strengthen our “relational resiliency”, and c) promote good practice to develop and protect workers/sending groups.
Wise as Doves and Innocent as Sepents?
**The 12 different languages of this article are available below for you to download and distribute to your colleagues/networks.
**Special thanks to the colleagues who translated the original article from English into the other languages.
Download now!
Arabic: Doves and Serpents.pdf
Bahasa Indonesia: Doves and Serpents.pdf
Chinese: simplified characters Doves and Serpents.pdf
Chinese: traditional characters Doves and Serpents.pdf
English: update December 2007 Doves and Serpents.pdf
French: traduction fidele au texte Doves and Serpents.pdf
French: traduction plus libre Doves and Serpents.pdf
German: Doves and Serpents.pdf
Korean: Doves and Serpents.pdf
Portuguese: Doves and Serpents.pdf
Russian: Doves and Serpents.pdf
Spanish: Doves and Serpents.pdf
Turkish: TBA
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Comments on this Article:
To make comments:
To read comments from others:
DOSE: Comments as of 2 January 2008.pdf
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Member Care Materials in Different Langauges:
Chinese: Running to Win--Resources for Chinese Workers
(articles, two books, case studies--written and audio)
Spanish: Programa de Cuidado Integral , COMIBAM
(articles related to member care--currently being revised)
Spanish: Compendio de Cuidado Integral, COMIBAM
(compendium of member care materials from II Asemblea de COMIBAM)
Cuidado Integral COMIBAM noviembre 2003 El Salvador.pdf
Bahasa Indonesia: Resources for Senders and Workers
(articles related to member care; a photo gallery too of people/places)
http://IndonesiaMemberCare.googlepages.com
English: Running to Win
(See the English section/materials)
Arabic: coming soon
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Other Important Resources:
Ethne Member Care
**The January 2008 special edition of the Ethne-Member Care Update focuses on "Health and Dysfunction in Mission/Aid."
http://www.ethne.net/files/uploads/EthneMC_Update_December_2007.pdf
**See also the "Web Links" section for resources and organisations related to member care.
http://www.ethne.net/MemberCare/pages/weblinks
Evangelical Council for Financial Accountability
http://www.ecfamembers.org/documents/PolicyOnSuspectedFraud.doc
(Discusses the whistle-blower protection provision contained in the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (USA, 2002) and its applicability to nonprofits as well as general misconduct, dishonesty, and fraud prevention - includes a sample)
International Business Ethics Institute
(creating an open and non-retaliatory workplace)
http://www.business-ethics.org/newsdetail.asp?newsid=83
Global Compliance
(developing ethics and compliance in organisations)
Public Concern at Work
(UK-based gorup and resources; new book: Whistle Blowing Around the World: Law, Culture and Practice; Public Interest Disclosrue Act--UK 1998
http://www.pcaw.co.uk/law/wbaroundtheworld.htm
Independent Sector
(checklist for accountability in organisations)
http://www.independentsector.org/issues/accountability/Checklist/Checklist_Full.pdf
Markkula Center for Applied Ethics, Santa Clara University
(background and perspectives on internal whistle-blowing)
http://www.scu.edu/ethics/publications/submitted/whistleblowing.html
People In Aid
(Code of Good Practice)
