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Favor and face–favor (or reneging) connotes a set of social norms by which one must abide to get along well with other people, particularly in
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Competence: the belief that an organization has the ability to do what it says it will do (Hon/Grunig). The notion of a fiduciary relationship operates particularly when a not-for-profit organization is a party to the relationship
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