Practical Governance: Conflict of Interest

You didn’t join the board to enrich yourself, and you don’t think your fellow board members did either. But are your decisions truly free of conflict of interest? More importantly, would your members, donors, and volunteers be convinced?

As long as board members have loyalties to friends, relatives, and business interests, the potential for conflict of interest exists. The task of good governance is to identify these concerns and deal with them effectively.

In Practical Governance: Conflict of Interest, Debi Peverill shows the way with practical steps and guidance. In this book, you’ll discover:

• what a conflict of interest is and how can you spot one
• how to implement a conflict-of-interest policy with a process that helps your board members stay compliant
• eight situations you may run into when hiring, purchasing, and receiving gifts
• how your feelings and emotions can sabotage ethical decision-making
• tips for assessing and declaring a conflict of interest

This book also includes a sample policy with procedures and templates. With the help of these resources, you’ll be on your way to building up your board’s trustworthiness and safeguarding its reputation.

68 pages

Available in paperback or Kindle

Part of the Practical Governance series