Credibility means the responsibility to report, explain and defend a certain matter; to be responsible for one's own actions and to accept questioning.
Public trust refers to the trust in fairness, justice, efficiency, humanity, democracy, and responsibility shown by public power in the face of time differences, public interactions, and interest exchanges in public life.
Public credibility is not only a kind of social system trust, but also a true expression of public authority, which belongs to the category of political ethics.
Credibility is very important for public welfare organizations, which directly affects the public welfare organization's ability to raise funds, so it is even more important for foundations, especially public fundraising foundations.
The credibility of a foundation comes from the social recognition and trust accumulated during the operation of the institution. Good credibility comes from two aspects: compliance with legal constraints and self-discipline.
To enhance its credibility, the foundation must strengthen its information disclosure work and at the same time improve its interaction and communication with the public in its daily work.
Extended information: The social impact of credibility: 1. The SARS outbreak in 2003 prompted domestic theoretical circles to begin research on government credibility.
The more representative definitions include: Government credibility refers to the trust gained by the public based on the government's own credit.
2. For media organizations’ research on credibility, the more representative definitions are: Media credibility is a socially responsible communicator who provides objective, comprehensive, timely and authoritative information through mass media and is generally recognized by society.
3. For the study of judicial credibility, the representative definitions are: a kind of public credibility established by the judicial institutions of a certain society in the entire society through their power activities.
4. Public credibility of civil society organizations.
The more representative definitions include: referring to society’s recognition of an organization.