BOARD OF DIRECTORS CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY
- All members of the Board of Directors must exercise
good faith and avoid participating in any activity of
the Board where there exists an actual or perceived
conflict of interest. Such conflicts may exist, for example,
where the Board member has a past or present relationship
with a program under consideration for accreditation,
or with a person who is employed in or closely associated
with such program.
- Members of the Board must discharge their duties
in good faith, recognizing at all times their fiduciary
duty to CACREP. To
avoid any conflict of interest, CACREP Board members
may not serve on the Boards of any other national professional
counseling associations.
- To further avoid any foreseeable conflict of
interest, CACREP Board members may not serve on any
national committees, interest groups, task forces or
other such groups that might impact the work of CACREP.
- With respect to Board decisions, members of the
Board who become aware of circumstances that pose an
actual or potential conflict of interest must recuse
themselves from the decision-making process and take
no part in the discussion or the vote.
If the member advises the Chair that he or she
wishes to be recused from
the decision-making process, the Chair will honor the
Member’s decision, and the recusal
will be noted in the minutes.
- Members of the Board shall not use their position
on the Board or information obtained as a result of
their service on the Board to obtain financial gain
or advantage for themselves or members of their family
or business associates.
- Members of the Board shall not disclose any confidential
or proprietary information.
- Any member of the Board who becomes aware of
circumstances that he or she believes pose a conflict
of interest for another Board member should:
- Discuss the issue with the Member;
- If the issue is not resolved to the satisfaction
of both parties, inform the Chair of the underlying
facts and her or his assessment of the appropriate
resolution of the potential or actual conflict;
- If the issue is not resolved to the satisfaction
of all parties, the Chair presents the issue to the
Board for decision.
- If the Board determines that there is an actual
or potential conflict of interest, the Member will be
recused from all discussion and decision-making in the
matter. The minutes
will reflect a decision to recuse
at any step in the process and will reflect any Board
decisions not to recuse.
- With respect to any other matter involving a
fiduciary duty to the Board, the Member shall disclose
the matter to the Chair, who may request additional
information from the member. The Chair may refer the matter to the full
Board which shall have the final decision and may prescribe
any reasonable corrective action.
- Each Board Member shall file, upon appointment
and annually thereafter, a disclosure statement to the
CACREP Executive Committee outlining her or his specific
involvement in national professional counseling organizations.
Adopted July 16, 2005
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