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APPENDIX B
CONFLICT POLICY CHECK LIST
This is for guidance only, we recommend you take legal advice on any speci c issues.
O Reason for the policy
Including legal duties re con icts and private bene ts. NB: Extra
requirements for companies.
O Guidance on identifying con icts of interest Ÿ Including relevant examples:
o Trustee sitting on boards of two charities which need to work together (trustee of RO charity also on School charity board)
o Close family member of a trustee applies to be employed by the charity
o Funds being spent on the building trustees are living in
o Duty of trustees to act in the best interests of the objects of the charity of which they are a trustee and requests from the generalate for funding
o Trustees being housed/fed by the charity of which they are a trustee, because they are members of the institute – This has long been accepted by the Charity Commission, as the trustee volunteers all his/her time to the charity. Howeve, lavish parties can be seen as a personal bene t over what is accepted as
the norm
O Procedure to declare/document interests Applicable to Current and Potential trustees
Ÿ Declaration of Interests Form:
o Atrustee’spersonalinterests
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