Policy 11: Code of Conduct
Policy 1: Membership
Policy 2: Standing Committees
Policy 3: Nominations Committee
Policy 4: Officers/Directors and Executive Committee
Policy 5: Board of Directors
Policy 6: Affiliated Groups
Policy 7: Sponsorships, Associations, and Partnerships
Policy 8: Travel
Policy 9: Administrative Unit
Policy 10: Civility
Policy 11: Code of Conduct
Policy 12: Confidentiality
Policy 13: Privacy
Policy 14: Electronic Voting
The Board is committed to effective decision-making and, once a decision has been made, speaking with one voice. Towards this end board members will:
- Act in accordance with the Policy 5.1 Values Statement of the Board Members.
- Represent one’s own view as an individual view (“my own thinking on this is that…”).
- Be honest with others and true to themselves.
- Endeavour to build on other’s ideas or offer alternative points of view as options to be considered and invite others to do so too.
- Be balanced in one’s effort to understand other board members and to make oneself understood.
- Be properly prepared for board deliberations.
- Once a decision is made by the board, support and defend the decision, even if one’s own view is a minority one.
- Not disclose or discuss differences of opinion on the board outside of board meetings, especially with stakeholders or members. The board should communicate externally with one voice.
- Respect the confidentiality of information on sensitive issues and abide by the Confidentiality Policy of the board.
- Be an advocate for the organization and its mission wherever and whenever the opportunity arises in their own personal and professional network
- Refrain from speaking for the organization unless authorized to do so by the board.
- Refrain from giving direction, as an individual board member, to the Executive Director or any member of staff unless directed by the board to do so.
- Disclose one’s involvement with other organizations, businesses or individuals where such a relationship might be viewed as a conflict of interest and abide by the Conflict of Interest Policy of the Board.
Approved by the Board, 17 April 2020