REVISED 1/2009
Conflict
of Interest Protocol
Policy for all School Employees
All school employees must avoid situations involving actual or potential
conflict of interest. IEM Schools consider certain activities and situations to
be a conflict of interest and therefore will not allocate school funding
towards these nor allow these potential conflict of interest situations to
occur. A brief description of each is listed below. This is not an exhaustive
list of all possible situations which would constitute conflicts of interest.
The school administration reserves the right to add to or amend this list as it
deems appropriate. Any relationship or action which creates an expectation of
benefit or profit beyond an employee’s normal employment relationship with the
School can impair an employee's ability to exercise good judgment on behalf of
the School, and therefore creates an actual or potential conflict of interest.
It is the School’s policy that all School employees must scrupulously avoid all
such situations. We expect that the ESs authorizing expenditures from the
school Instructional Funds will be responsible to see that none of these
activities under their control are allowed.
Examples
of conflict of interest could be (but are not limited to):
Policy for the Parent Council
The School Parent Council places great importance on making clear any existing
or potential conflicts of interest. All such conflicts of interest shall
be declared by the member to the School Parent Council for consideration.
A School Parent Council member who believes another School Parent Council
member has an undeclared conflict of interest should specify in writing the
basis of this potential conflict.
Parent Council Procedures
1. Members shall declare any conflicts of interest
either at the start of the School Parent Council meeting concerned or when a
relevant issue arises. The nature of this conflict of interest should be
entered into the meeting minutes.
2. Where a conflict of interest or potential conflict of
interest is identified and/or registered, the School Parent Council member
concerned shall leave the room as soon as that item comes up for discussion.
The concerned School Parent Council member shall not vote on that issue, nor
initiate or take part in any School Parent Council discussion on that topic
(either in the meeting or with other School Parent Council members before or
after the School Parent Council meetings), unless expressly invited to do so by
unanimous agreement by all other members present.
3. If a person declares themselves to have existing or
potential conflict of interest confidentiality will be respected. If a person
alleges that another person has a conflict of interest, whether existing or
potential, and if the School Parent Council cannot resolve this allegation to
the satisfaction of both parties they will consult with Innovative Education
Management as a mediator and legal advisor.
Examples
of Parent Council conflict of interest could be (but are not limited to):
1. No ES, school employee, or any school
employee's spouse or dependent may serve as a School Parent Council member.
2. When a School Parent Council member or
his/her immediate family or business interests stands to gain financially from
any business dealings, programs or services of the organization.
3. When a School Parent
Council member him or herself offers a professional service to the
organization.
4. When a School Parent
Council member stands to gain personally or professionally from any insider
knowledge if that knowledge is used to personal advantage.
5. Where a School Parent Council member or the
ex/officio member of the School Parent Council has a role on the governing body
of another organization and the activities of that other body may be in direct
conflict or competition with the activities of SSCS.