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Committee Code of Conduct
and Professional Ethics
GENERAL STANDARDS
  • Competence - A Committee member shall undertake only those responsibilities and assignments that he/she can reasonably expect to perform with competence and shall make a concentrated effort to perform all tasks/assignments/duties in a superior manner.

  • Due Professional Care - A Committee member, although serving in a volunteer capacity, shall exercise due care to act in a professional manner in the performance of his/her duties and at no time should overstate ones experience, background or professional competency when accepting or in carrying out an assignment or duty.

  • Planning and Supervision - A Committee member shall adequately plan and supervise all accepted functions and assignments. A member who will be unable to fulfill the obligations of a function/assignment or duty shall notify the committee chairman in a timely manner.

INTEGRITY AND OBJECTIVITY

A member may not knowingly misrepresent facts in order to achieve any measure of personal gain for themselves, family members, friends, or any affiliated company from which he/she may benefit. All decisions and representation made to the Homeowners Association must be made with the best interests of the Association in mind.

TECHNICAL STANDARDS

A member shall comply with all technical standards that are in force, (for example: community CC&R's, Arc Guidelines, etc.) or may from time to time be promulgated by the Homeowners Association regardless of personal opinion.

PROFESSIONAL COURTESY

All Homeowners Association Committee members should exhibit professional courtesy to all board and community association management professionals and such professional courtesy shall include among other things:

The Committee Member shall not interfere with contractual relationships between the Board, community management professionals and contractors.

CONFLICT OF INTEREST

No member, or employee of a member, may use their position to enhance their own financial status through recommendation of vendors, suppliers or contractors that may pay a gratuity to the member or employee of a member of the organization. In addition, all situations where any appearance of a conflict of interest could exist' must be disclosed in writing to the Board of Directors at the earliest opportunity. Any dealings with related parties must be fully disclosed to in writing to the Board of Directors at the earliest opportunity. Any dealings with related parties must be fully disclosed to the Homeowners Association and abstentious and/or refusal must be entered on all voting and discussion issues relating to the contractors.

GRATUITIES

It shall be the policy of the Homeowners Association to discourage the acceptance by its committee members of gifts, entertainment, or other favors from existing or prospective clients, vendors or suppliers.

USE OF HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION FUNDS

No committee member may use any funds being held for Homeowners Association business for their own personal use.

RELATED ENTITIES

Any engagement of a company or individual that is related to any Committee Member in anyway, must be disclosed to the Homeowners Association. This disclosure must be made in writing and approved by the Homeowners Association for the Committee Member to remain active on the Homeowners Association Board of Directors.

LIMITATIONS OF PRACTICE

A Committee Member who is also engaged in the practice of another profession shall exclude himself/herself, if the performance of such services is likely to result in a perceived or real conflict of interest. Any member who misses two consecutive meetings of the Committee will be removed. Any member who misses one meeting without informing at least one other Committee Member and/or management, without just cause, may be removed from the committee.

CONFIDENTIALITY

A Committee Member may not knowingly spread untruths or gossip about other committee members, management professionals, and the Board of Directors, vendors or any other person serving the community in a volunteer, contracted or professional capacity. Information discussed during meetings is considered confidential and should not be discussed outside of the committee unless listed as an agenda item or upon final decision of the board. AT NO TIME will any specifics regarding scope of work, contractual amounts, legal issues and/or other information that might be deemed confidential be discussed outside a committee or board meeting without prior approval from the Board.

I, ______________________________________________ , the undersigned agree to the above stated Code of Ethics and Rules of Conduct:

Signature:  _______________________________________ Date: ____________