Nonprofit corporation
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+ | A '''nonprofit corporation''' is any legal entity which has been [[Incorporation (business)|incorporated]] under the law of its jurisdiction for purposes other than making profits for its owners or shareholders. Depending on the laws of the jurisdiction, a nonprofit corporation may seek official recognition as such, and may be taxed differently from for-profit corporations, and treated differently in other ways. | ||
- | A '''corporation''' is a [[Separate legal personality|legal personality]], usually used to conduct [[business]]. Corporations exist as a product of [[corporate law]], and their rules balance the interests of the [[shareholder]]s that invest their [[capital]] and the employees who contribute their [[Labour (economics)|labour]]. People work together in corporations to produce. In modern times, corporations have become an increasingly dominant part of economic life. People rely on corporations for [[employment]], for their goods and services, for the value of the pensions, for [[economic growth]] and social development. | + | == See also == |
- | ==See also== | + | * [[Civic society]] |
- | *[[Cooperative]] | + | |
- | *[[Corporate crime]] | + | |
- | *[[Corporate scandal]]s | + | |
- | *[[Corporatism]] | + | |
- | *[[Corporatocracy]] | + | |
- | *[[Corporatization]] | + | |
- | *[[Evil corporation]] | + | |
- | *[[Guild]] | + | |
- | *[[Megacorporation]] | + | |
- | *[[Nonprofit corporation]] | + | |
- | *[[Organizational culture]] | + | |
- | *[[The Corporation (film)]] | + | |
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A nonprofit corporation is any legal entity which has been incorporated under the law of its jurisdiction for purposes other than making profits for its owners or shareholders. Depending on the laws of the jurisdiction, a nonprofit corporation may seek official recognition as such, and may be taxed differently from for-profit corporations, and treated differently in other ways.
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