Model ________[Congregation]________ Operational Ethics Policy This Operational Ethics Policy addresses conflicts of interest and business ethics but does not include the other ethical values and policies of [Congregation ] of the in . 1. Each person who is a director (Congregation Council member), officer, committee member or employee (all referred to below as Representative”) of the “Congregation [Congregation] shall exercise good faith and best efforts in the performance of his or her duties to the Congregation and all entities affiliated with the Congregation. In all dealings with and on behalf of the congregation, or any affiliated entity, these Congregation Representatives shall be held to a standard of loyalty and honest and fair dealing with the Congregation and its affiliated entities. 2. No Congregation Representative shall use his or her position, or knowledge gained therefrom, so as to create a conflict, or the appearance of a conflict, between the interests of the Congregation or any affiliated entity and the other interests of such Congregation Representative. In all matters affecting the Congregation or any affiliated entity, no Congregation Representative shall take any position or engage in any act that could adversely affect the Congregation or any affiliated entity. 3. No Congregation Representative accept any material compensation, gift, or other favor that could influence or appear to influence such person's actions affecting the Congregation or any affiliated entity. Each Congregation Representative should promptly disclose to the pastor, an officer of the Congregation, or a committee chair (and as appropriate to the board or committee) any gift, employment, activity, investment, or other interest that might compete or conflict, or appear to compete or conflict, with the interests of the Congregation or any affiliated entity. At the discretion of an officer or committee chair, the matter may be referred to the Congregation Council or Executive Committee. 4. No Congregation Representative should vote, or be counted in determining the quorum for any vote, on any transaction between the Congregation and any other corporation, firm, association, or other entity in which such Congregation Representative has a direct or indirect substantial financial interest. Any such duality of interest should be disclosed by the Congregation Representative to the other appropriate Congregation Representatives as applicable
Model ________[Congregation]________ Operational Ethics Policy This Operational Ethics Policy addresses conflicts of interest and business ethics but does not include the other ethical values and policies of [Congregation ] of the in . 1. Each person who is a director (Congregation Council member), officer, committee member or employee (all referred to below as “Congregation Representative”) of the [Congregation] shall exercise good faith and best efforts in the performance of his or her duties to the Congregation and all entities affiliated with the Congregation. In all dealings with and on behalf of the congregation, or any affiliated entity, these Congregation Representatives shall be held to a standard of loyalty and honest and fair dealing with the Congregation and its affiliated entities. 2. No Congregation Representative shall use his or her position, or knowledge gained therefrom, so as to create a conflict, or the appearance of a conflict, between the interests of the Congregation or any affiliated entity and the other interests of such Congregation Representative. In all matters affecting the Congregation or any affiliated entity, no Congregation Representative shall take any position or engage in any act that could adversely affect the Congregation or any affiliated entity. 3. No Congregation Representative accept any material compensation, gift, or other favor that could influence or appear to influence such person's actions affecting the Congregation or any affiliated entity. Each Congregation Representative should promptly disclose to the pastor, an officer of the Congregation, or a committee chair (and as appropriate to the board or committee) any gift, employment, activity, investment, or other interest that might compete or conflict, or appear to compete or conflict, with the interests of the Congregation or any affiliated entity. At the discretion of an officer or committee chair, the matter may be referred to the Congregation Council or Executive Committee. 4. No Congregation Representative should vote, or be counted in determining the quorum for any vote, on any transaction between the Congregation and any other corporation, firm, association, or other entity in which such Congregation Representative has a direct or indirect substantial financial interest. Any such duality of interest should be disclosed by the Congregation Representative to the other appropriate Congregation Representatives as applicable
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