How Ethical is Your Nonprofit Organization?
This article from GuideStar examines such issues as honesty, openness, conflict of interest, privacy and fundraising issues.
http://www.guidestar.org/DisplayArticle.do?articleId=827

Ethics & Accountability Code
Maryland Association of Nonprofit Organizations developed a document entitled Standards of Excellence: An Ethics and Accountability Code for the Nonprofit Sector which is available as a free download at their site.
http://www.marylandnonprofits.org/html/standards/04_02.asp

Ethics and Nonprofit Organziations
Division of Public and Nonprofit Administration at the University of Memphis published this newsletter edition that features a number of ethics resources.
http://padm.memphis.edu/connect/Connect05Spring.pdf

Ethics Resource Center - 2007 National Nonprofit Ethics Survey
Available for download with free registration
https://www.ethics.org/research/nnes-order-form.asp

Ethical Standards Erode at Nonprofit Groups, Study Finds
The Chronicle of Philanthropy reports on the 2007 National Nonprofit Ethics Survey.
http://philanthropy.com/news/updates/index.php?id=4238

Independent Sector's Checklist for Accountability
This checklist makes nine recommendations to improve the accountability and transparency of nonprofits.
http://www.independentsector.org/issues/accountability/Checklist/index.html

Nonprofit Governance, Transparency, and Ethical Standards     
The Montana Community Foundation has put together a booklet to help nonprofit leaders become familiar with legislative and sector led efforts to increase nonprofit governance, transparency, and ethical standards.
http://www.mtcf.org/pdfs/Good_Governance.pdf

Document Destruction 
The Sarbanes-Oxley Act addresses the destruction of business records and documents and turns intentional document destruction into a process that must be carefully monitored. This document outlines minimum requirements for document retention.
http://www.ncna.org/_uploads/documents/live/Document_Destruction.doc

10+ Self-Audit Tips For Nonprofit Accountability
Charles B. Maclean, PhD and founder of PhilanthropyNow has developed a self-audit for nonprofits to help prevent behaviors that could have a negative impact on donors. In his article, Maclean offers tips for nonprofit accountability.
http://www.pnnonline.org/article.php?sid=734

Accountability
Resources for Developing a Code of Ethics
http://www.independentsector.org/issues/accountability/code_resources.html

Accountability and the Sustainable Nonprofit
This author proposes that "we must account for ourselves, something that requires each of us to exercise constant vigilance and sensitivity. It is a promise we should all make and try our best to keep. If we can keep that promise, we may even find a new path to sustainability for our organizations and the work they do."
http://foundationcenter.org/pnd/tsn/tsn.jhtml?id=79800022

Oversite & Accountability
NCNA provides this page as  resource.
http://www.ncna.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=Page.viewPage&pageId=537

Financial Accountability and Audit Committees
When the Sarbanes-Oxley Act was signed on July 30, 2002, significant changes to financial practices and governance regulations were introduced. Notably, the Act instructs corporations to establish an audit committee, a process for electing audit committee members, and a method for maintaining adequate reporting procedures.  http://www.ncna.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=Page.viewPage&pageId=429