{"id":142406,"date":"2016-06-07T19:37:07","date_gmt":"2016-06-07T19:37:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/force11.org\/board-code-of-conduct\/"},"modified":"2025-11-10T19:59:23","modified_gmt":"2025-11-10T19:59:23","slug":"board-code-of-conduct","status":"publish","type":"about","link":"https:\/\/force11.org\/info\/board-code-of-conduct\/","title":{"rendered":"Board Code of Conduct"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"ct_body\">\n<h3><span id=\"docs-internal-guid-6ba0382b-2c5b-cf01-ca95-0cb3aabc2e4a\">Preamble<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span id=\"docs-internal-guid-6ba0382b-2c5b-cf01-ca95-0cb3aabc2e4a\">The FORCE11 Board of Directors (\u201cthe Board\u201d) is an elected leadership body. Membership in the Board brings with it certain responsibilities, expressed here as the FORCE11 Board Code of Conduct. All Board members commit to adhere to this Code of Conduct. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span id=\"docs-internal-guid-6ba0382b-2c5b-cf01-ca95-0cb3aabc2e4a\">Code of Conduct<\/span><\/h3>\n<ol>\n<li><span id=\"docs-internal-guid-6ba0382b-2c5b-cf01-ca95-0cb3aabc2e4a\">The FORCE11 Board represents the interests of all members of the FORCE11 community, and safeguards the long-term mission of FORCE11 as outlined in its Mission Statement, policies, principles and decisions taken by the Board.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span id=\"docs-internal-guid-6ba0382b-2c5b-cf01-ca95-0cb3aabc2e4a\">Board members will demonstrate exemplary support for FORCE11, model its principles, and will not bring either into disrepute.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span id=\"docs-internal-guid-6ba0382b-2c5b-cf01-ca95-0cb3aabc2e4a\">Board members agree to read, understand and uphold the organizational bylaws (<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1lmuIqTgkpMffS4-e0tdfzGt2D4l2p5tbOf3lurYaqzE\/edit?tab=t.0#heading=h.23ckvvd\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">link<\/a>).<\/li>\n<li><span id=\"docs-internal-guid-6ba0382b-2c5b-cf01-ca95-0cb3aabc2e4a\">Board members will declare any conflicts of interest openly and recuse themselves from discussions and votes where conflict of interest may be perceived. They act with integrity at all times.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span id=\"docs-internal-guid-6ba0382b-2c5b-cf01-ca95-0cb3aabc2e4a\">Board matters and internal discussions are engaged in collegially, courteously, and objectively. \u00a0Disagreements are never personalized.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span id=\"docs-internal-guid-6ba0382b-2c5b-cf01-ca95-0cb3aabc2e4a\">Board discussions are confidential. Board members strive for transparency in the communication of decisions while recognising that some internal discussions may be sensitive and therefore discussions should not be shared outside the Board unless specifically authorized. Summaries of all decisions taken will be made publicly available.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span id=\"docs-internal-guid-6ba0382b-2c5b-cf01-ca95-0cb3aabc2e4a\">The Board and its members do not discriminate or show preference on the basis of race, religion, national origin, gender, or sexual preference, and consistently model non-discriminatory behavior in daily interactions.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span id=\"docs-internal-guid-6ba0382b-2c5b-cf01-ca95-0cb3aabc2e4a\">Press inquiries will be directed to the President\/Chair of the Board or to a\u00a0designated representative to speak on behalf of the organization. <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span id=\"docs-internal-guid-6ba0382b-2c5b-cf01-ca95-0cb3aabc2e4a\">Any questions or potential issues concerning adherence to this Code, including \u00a0potential conflicts of interest (of your own or another person) should be raised with the President\/Chair of the Board. Where this is not appropriate issues should be raised with another officer (Vice President, Secretary, Treasurer) of the Board. <\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"ct_meta\"><span class=\"ct_label\">Archive:<\/span>\u00a0<a class=\"ct_archive\" href=\"https:\/\/archive.force11.net\/node\/7377\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/archive.force11.net\/node\/7377<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":205903,"featured_media":0,"template":"","class_list":["post-142406","about","type-about","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"featured_img":false,"coauthors":[],"author_meta":{"author_link":"\/members\/admin","display_name":"FORCE11 Admin"},"relative_dates":{"created":"Posted 10 years ago","modified":"Updated 4 months ago"},"absolute_dates":{"created":"Posted on 7 Jun 2016","modified":"Updated on 10 Nov 2025"},"absolute_dates_time":{"created":"Posted on 7 Jun 2016 19:37","modified":"Updated on 10 Nov 2025 19:59"},"featured_img_caption":"","tax_additional":[],"series_order":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/force11.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/about\/142406","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/force11.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/about"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/force11.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/about"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/force11.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=142406"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}