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<br />2.3. Conflicts of Interest and Outside 'Vil'ork
<br />The policy applies to all persons working, paid or unpaid, on behalf of the IFC, whether they are
<br />employees or volunteers (for the purpose of this document, all paid and unpaid persons working
<br />on behalf of the IFC shall be referred to as "staff"). During their involvement with the TFC, staff
<br />shall abide by the following Conflict of Interest / Ethical Standards Policy:
<br />If the IFC has a contract, agreement or transaction with a third party, or if the IFC is
<br />contemplating entering into any contract, agreement or transaction with a third party, staff shall
<br />fully disclose in writing to the Executive Director any financial interest or relationship that staff
<br />has with the third party. -The President or Executive Director shall disclose this information to the
<br />Board of Directors, which may approve the contract, agreement or transaction in question by a
<br />majority vote. if a board member or the Executive Director is the interested staff member, that
<br />person may not participate in the vote.
<br />Staff shall not act as representatives of the iFC or claim to act on behalf of the 1FC to bolster,
<br />legitimize or benefit any other organization or individual, unless authorized by the Executive
<br />Director to do so.
<br />Staff shall not seek to personally employ, or provide services to, beyond those provided in the
<br />regular course of their work with the IFC, any individual who has received or is receiving
<br />services from the TFC without the approval of the Executive Director. The Executive Director
<br />shall keep a written :record of such approvals and inform. the ]Board of Directors of them.
<br />Staff shall maintain professional, ethical standards of conduct. Staff shall not engage in personal
<br />relationships of any nature with clients, guests or residents of the IFC, or with any person who
<br />has received or is receiving services from the IFC. This includes, but is not limited to the
<br />following examples, and any other type of relationship that extends beyond the professional
<br />boundaries of the normal IFC /client relationship:
<br />• Living or residential arrangements, for. any length of time, including
<br />room mate or landlord/tenant relationships, temporary housing, or any official or
<br />unofficial living arrangement
<br />• Personal, intimate, friendship and /or sexual relationships
<br />• Financial relationships where money is given, accepted, lent (loaned), borrowed or in
<br />any way exchanged between the staff and the recipient of IFC services, or in which items
<br />are bought and/or sold between an IFC staff member and a client, guest or president of the
<br />1FC
<br />o Employment, including recruiting, hiring, employing or in any way paying for services
<br />provided, for any length of time
<br />® Individual requests, including, but not limited to, doing favors, running errands, picking_
<br />up or dropping off family members, friends or relatives, or any other type of personal
<br />requests
<br />P Sponsorship in Alcoholics Anonymous or Narcotics Anonymous: no staff member
<br />may sponsor a client, guest or resident of the IFC for participation in either of these, or
<br />any other, addiction - assistance groups. Staff should become knowledgeable about
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