Publication Type
Report
Year
6-2025
Abstract
This research addresses the lack of a unified framework for measuring the governance maturity of impact organisations across countries with diverse legal landscapes and cultures, which complicates international assessment and collaboration. In response, we propose a governance framework tailored to the legal context of six countries: India, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, and Thailand. Our analysis identifies six overarching principles embedded in the non-profit laws of the six countries: (1) purpose and impact, (2) leadership, (3) integrity, (4) communication, (5) efficacy, and (6) financial transparency and accountability. These six overarching principles form the proposed framework, which was operationalised and further developed into the Governance Maturity Framework (GMF). Beyond a mere framework for good governance, the GMF is a reflection of an impact organisation’s journey towards optimal governance maturity.
Keywords
governance maturity, non-profit governance, Southeast Asia, impact organisations, legal frameworks, organisational integrity, accountability, leadership, international collaboration, Governance Maturity Framework
Disciplines
Public Affairs, Public Policy and Public Administration | Social and Behavioral Sciences
Subject(s)
Applied or Integration/Application Scholarship
ISSN/ISBN
9789819435524
Publisher
Lien Centre for Social Innovation
Version
publishedVersion
Language
eng
Copyright Holder
Singapore Management University
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 International License.
Format
application/PDF
Citation
WONG, Janna; TAN, Eugene K. B.; and LOH, Steve.
Rationale and justification of the overarching principles in the Governance Maturity Framework. (2025). 1-41.
Available at: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/lien_reports/22