The program has included Standards of Conduct in the member service agreement. There are no mandated requirements for what must be in standards of conduct. However, program must establish program specific conduct and consequences. Prohibited Activities - 45 CFR § 2520.65, Terms and Conditions V.C. Each of the following are listed in member service agreement: 1. Attempting to influence legislation. 2. Organizing or engaging in protests, petitions, boycotts, or strikes. 3. Assisting, promoting or deterring union organizing. 4. Impairing existing service agreements for services or collective bargaining agreements. 5. Engaging in partisan political activities or other activities designed to influence the outcome of an election to any public office. 6. Participating in, or endorsing, events or activities that are likely to include advocacy for or against political parties, political platforms, political candidates, proposed legislation, or elected officials. 7. Engaging in religious instruction; conducting worship services; providing instruction as part of a program that includes mandatory religious instruction or worship; constructing or operating facilities devoted to religious instruction or worship; maintaining facilities primarily or inherently devoted to religious instruction or worship; or engaging in any form of religious proselytization. 8. Providing a direct benefit to: a) a business organized for profit; b) A labor union; c) A partisan political organization; or d) A nonprofit organization that fails to comply with the restrictions contained in section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 related to engaging in political activities or substantial amount of lobbying except that nothing in these provisions shall be construed to prevent participants from participating in advocacy activities undertaken at their own initiative; and e) An organization engaged in the religious activities described above in prohibited activity 7, unless CNCS assistance is not used to support the religious activities. 9. Conducting a registration drive or using CNCS funds to conduct a voter registration drive; 10. Providing abortion services or referrals for receipt of such services 11. Such other activities as CNCS may prohibit. AmeriCorps members may not engage in the above activities directly or indirectly by recruiting, training, or managing others for the primary purpose of engaging in one of the activities listed above. Individuals may exercise their rights as private citizens and may participate in the activities listed above
The program has included Standards of Conduct in the member service agreement. There are no mandated requirements for what must be in standards of conduct. However, program must establish program specific conduct and consequences. Prohibited Activities - 45 CFR § 2520.65, Terms and Conditions V.C. Each of the following are listed in member service agreement: 1. Attempting to influence legislation. 2. Organizing or engaging in protests, petitions, boycotts, or strikes. 3. Assisting, promoting or deterring union organizing. 4. Impairing existing service agreements for services or collective bargaining agreements. 5. Engaging in partisan political activities or other activities designed to influence the outcome of an election to any public office. 6. Participating in, or endorsing, events or activities that are likely to include advocacy for or against political parties, political platforms, political candidates, proposed legislation, or elected officials. 7. Engaging in religious instruction; conducting worship services; providing instruction as part of a program that includes mandatory religious instruction or worship; constructing or operating facilities devoted to religious instruction or worship; maintaining facilities primarily or inherently devoted to religious instruction or worship; or engaging in any form of religious proselytization. 8. Providing a direct benefit to: a) a business organized for profit; b) A labor union; c) A partisan political organization; or d) A nonprofit organization that fails to comply with the restrictions contained in section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 related to engaging in political activities or substantial amount of lobbying except that nothing in these provisions shall be construed to prevent participants from participating in advocacy activities undertaken at their own initiative; and e) An organization engaged in the religious activities described above in prohibited activity 7, unless CNCS assistance is not used to support the religious activities. 9. Conducting a registration drive or using CNCS funds to conduct a voter registration drive; 10. Providing abortion services or referrals for receipt of such services 11. Such other activities as CNCS may prohibit. AmeriCorps members may not engage in the above activities directly or indirectly by recruiting, training, or managing others for the primary purpose of engaging in one of the activities listed above. Individuals may exercise their rights as private citizens and may participate in the activities listed above
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