EVPA Code of Conduct
All EVPA members are committed to upholding the highest standards of practice in conducting their affairs with their donors, the charities they work with, Governmental authorities and the community at large. This practice is founded on the principles of transparency, ethical behaviour, mutual respect, and the application of venture philanthropy key characteristics for professional business conduct.
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We urge all EVPA members to keep in mind that they each contribute in their daily work towards building the venture philanthropy industry (the Industry), with enhancing societal impact as an overall objective.
In pursuit of setting the highest ethical standards for the Industry, EVPA has adopted the Code of Conduct (the “Code”) as a set of minimum principles with which compliance is mandatory for all EVPA’s full and VP investing members and their employees.
The primary objectives of the Code are:
In pursuit of setting the highest ethical standards for the Industry, EVPA has adopted the Code of Conduct (the “Code”) as a set of minimum principles with which compliance is mandatory for all EVPA’s full and VP investing members and their employees.
• to set the standards of conduct for a newly developing industry;
• to state the principles of ethical behaviour that members of EVPA abide by;
• to assert on behalf of the membership the collective view that the highest professional standards and just and equitable principles of philanthropy, trade and investment shall be observed; and
• to provide the basis for consideration of and dealing with lapses in professional conduct within EVPA.
Acting within the Rule of Law and within the Laws and Conduct of Business Rules of a particular jurisdiction in which an EVPA member organisation operates is the minimum expected of all members and their employees. The benefit of the Code is that it offers a framework for the resolution of ethical dilemmas.
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The EVPA Code of Conduct is available for download
here.
