Some of the directors of my nonprofit want to be paid a per diem for board and board committee work. Is this ethical? There's recently been a lively online international discussion among governance professionals and senior staff on this very...
My organization just elected a married couple to its board. Is this ethical? In most circumstances it is ethical, but often unwise. I usually advise against it but I sit on a board myself that has not one but three...
I was invited to sit on the board of directors for a charitable organization. I am looking for work in the charity sector, including perhaps this very organization. Is it a conflict of interest for me to accept this invitation?...
In my organization, each chapter appoints a representative to the provincial board. But the one from my chapter has been voting against what the chapter wants. She says she votes for what's best for the province instead. How do we...
For the vast majority of Canada's 85,000+ charities, the work they do is often unheralded, workmanlike and of interest only to the stakeholders impacted by their cause. The organization keeps its head down, does the best it can on whatever...
I sit on the board of an organization that is greatly intertwined with a major funder. The board members of the major funder are also the only members of my organization. Their part-time executive director also serves as our part-time...
I'm a CA, and I was recruited as treasurer to help a very small charity overhaul its accounting systems and start providing good financial information to the board. Now I want to quit because the chair is making major financial...
When Alain Mootoo first heard about DiverseCity onBoard in 2008, he was inspired to give them a call. An initiative of The Maytree Foundation, DiverseCity onBoard connects candidates from racially and ethnically diverse communities to governance positions on boards, commissions...
Purpose of the performance appraisal The performance appraisal gives both the board and the executive director the opportunity to review the executive director's agreed-upon goals and outcomes for the past year and to set goals and objectives for the coming...
My board chair wants to change audit firms to one where a friend of hers is a partner. If their quote is reasonable, is that ethically OK? I am assuming you are referring to the financial audit, since you likely...
