Ethics Policy.
1. Overview
The purpose for this ethics policy is to establish a culture of openness, trust and integrity in nonprofit practices. Effective ethics is a team effort involving the participation and support of every Organization volunteer and employee. All regular volunteers should familiarize themselves with the ethics guidelines that follow this introduction.
The Organization is committed to protecting employees, partners, vendors and the company from illegal or damaging actions by individuals, either knowingly or unknowingly. When the Organization addresses issues proactively and uses correct judgment, it will help set us apart.
The Organization will not tolerate any wrongdoing or impropriety at anytime. The Organization will take the appropriate measures act quickly in correcting the issue if the ethical code is broken. Any infractions of this code of ethics will not be tolerated.
2. Purpose
The purpose for authoring a publication on ethics is to emphasize the Board, employee, volunteer, donor, and consumer’s expectation to be treated to fair practices. This policy will serve to guide behavior to ensure ethical conduct.
3. Scope
This policy applies to employees, volunteers, contractors, consultants, temporaries, and other workers at the organization including all personnel affiliated with third parties.
4. Policy
Grandma’s Gifts employees and volunteers must:
5. Fair and Equal Treatment of Volunteers, Donors, and Future Employees
Grandma’s Gifts is committed to providing a work, volunteer, and donor environment that values diversity among all. All policies and activities are intended to create a respectful Organization where every individual has the opportunity to reach their highest potential. Employees, volunteers, and donors are provided opportunities regardless of color, race, religion, gender, age, culture, heritage, sexual orientation, disability, job title, physical appearance, marital status, education, training, and/or experience. At Grandma’s Gifts we believe that to fully reach our constituents, work with our donors, and volunteers we must be an organization that not only recognizes diversity but deeply appreciates it. We know that by loving everyone for who they are and what they embody will lead to innovative and creative problem solving, recognition of opportunities for improvement, and new projects.
These policies apply to both applicants and employees in all phases of employment including, recruiting, hiring, placement, training, development, transfer, promotion, demotion, performance reviews, compensation, benefits, and separation from employment. We will evaluate how we are living up to our code of ethics by requesting feedback on a regular basis from our volunteers, donors, and customers.
6. Fair and Equal Treatment of Individual Gift Recipients
Grandma’s Gifts works to insure that no person is excluded from receiving goods because of cultural heritage, race, national origin, ethnicity, age, gender, veteran status, sexual orientation, marital status, religion, or any other discriminatory reason.
Individuals that receive goods from Grandma’s Gifts must reside within the Appalachian Region of the United States as defined by the United States Government’s Appalachian Regional Commission for at least 90% of the year (January – December) AND be an individual “in need”. Individuals “in need” are for example, children who qualify for federal free lunch; individuals residing at a homeless shelter, safe haven shelter, or veterans hospital; individuals who are able to receive free treatments from county or city health departments; etc.
7. Fair and Equal Treatment of Organization Gift Recipients
Organizations that receive goods from Grandma’s Gifts to hand out to their clients must be an educational, religious, or nonprofit organization within the Appalachian Region of the United States as defined by the United States Government’s Appalachian Regional Commission AND serve peoples “in need”. Organizations receiving goods from Grandma’s Gifts are not to discriminate against current or future clients for reasons of cultural heritage, race, national origin, ethnicity, age, gender, veteran status, sexual orientation, marital status, or religion.
Donations received by organizations from Grandma’s Gifts may not be sold, bartered, or exchanged by the receiving organizations with its clients for services, goods, or funds. Grandma’s Gifts works to protect its donors and gifts recipients from the unacceptable practices of the sale, barter, or exchange of donated items for other goods, services, or funds.
We expect our partner organizations (and their associated agencies) to abide by our policies and guidelines and to report partners and agencies that do not. Grandma’s Gifts takes such complaints very seriously. All complaints will be investigated and appropriate legal action, criminal and/or civil, will be taken against any partner who is not using received items in compliance with Grandma’s Gifts guidelines.
Grandma’s Gifts cooperates fully with all law enforcement and administrative agencies while investigating complaints. Further, agencies not using received items in compliance with Grandma’s Gifts guidelines will have their partnership terminated. Partners should realize that violation of Grandma’s Gifts policy against the sale, barter or exchange of donated items has far-reaching implications.
Any item that is lost or stolen must be reported immediately to Grandma’s Gifts by a telephone call to (614) 388-9007. Please take an inventory of what items are missing and how they were lost or stolen. Notify us in writing of all of the information regarding the loss, including steps or measures taken to prevent any future losses. Grandma’s Gifts may not be able to replace lost or stolen donations.
8. Enforcement
Any infractions of this code of ethics will not be tolerated and Grandma’s Gifts will act quickly in correcting the issue if the ethical code is broken. Any employee found to have violated this policy may be subject to disciplinary action, up to and including termination of employment.
The purpose for this ethics policy is to establish a culture of openness, trust and integrity in nonprofit practices. Effective ethics is a team effort involving the participation and support of every Organization volunteer and employee. All regular volunteers should familiarize themselves with the ethics guidelines that follow this introduction.
The Organization is committed to protecting employees, partners, vendors and the company from illegal or damaging actions by individuals, either knowingly or unknowingly. When the Organization addresses issues proactively and uses correct judgment, it will help set us apart.
The Organization will not tolerate any wrongdoing or impropriety at anytime. The Organization will take the appropriate measures act quickly in correcting the issue if the ethical code is broken. Any infractions of this code of ethics will not be tolerated.
2. Purpose
The purpose for authoring a publication on ethics is to emphasize the Board, employee, volunteer, donor, and consumer’s expectation to be treated to fair practices. This policy will serve to guide behavior to ensure ethical conduct.
3. Scope
This policy applies to employees, volunteers, contractors, consultants, temporaries, and other workers at the organization including all personnel affiliated with third parties.
4. Policy
Grandma’s Gifts employees and volunteers must:
- Be honest and ethical in their conduct, including ethical handling of actual or apparent conflicts of interest between personal and professional relationships.
- Comply with applicable government laws, rules and regulations.
- Maintain the confidentiality of information entrusted to them by the Grandma’s Gifts or its Customers except when authorized or otherwise legally obligated to disclose.
- Deal fairly with Grandma’s Gifts customers: donors, suppliers, competitors, volunteers, and employees.
- Provide constituents with information that is accurate, completely objective, relevant, timely, and understandable.
- Proactively promote ethical behavior as a responsible partner among peers in the work environment.
- Protect and ensure the proper use of company assets.
- Prohibit improper or fraudulent influence over the External Auditor.
5. Fair and Equal Treatment of Volunteers, Donors, and Future Employees
Grandma’s Gifts is committed to providing a work, volunteer, and donor environment that values diversity among all. All policies and activities are intended to create a respectful Organization where every individual has the opportunity to reach their highest potential. Employees, volunteers, and donors are provided opportunities regardless of color, race, religion, gender, age, culture, heritage, sexual orientation, disability, job title, physical appearance, marital status, education, training, and/or experience. At Grandma’s Gifts we believe that to fully reach our constituents, work with our donors, and volunteers we must be an organization that not only recognizes diversity but deeply appreciates it. We know that by loving everyone for who they are and what they embody will lead to innovative and creative problem solving, recognition of opportunities for improvement, and new projects.
These policies apply to both applicants and employees in all phases of employment including, recruiting, hiring, placement, training, development, transfer, promotion, demotion, performance reviews, compensation, benefits, and separation from employment. We will evaluate how we are living up to our code of ethics by requesting feedback on a regular basis from our volunteers, donors, and customers.
6. Fair and Equal Treatment of Individual Gift Recipients
Grandma’s Gifts works to insure that no person is excluded from receiving goods because of cultural heritage, race, national origin, ethnicity, age, gender, veteran status, sexual orientation, marital status, religion, or any other discriminatory reason.
Individuals that receive goods from Grandma’s Gifts must reside within the Appalachian Region of the United States as defined by the United States Government’s Appalachian Regional Commission for at least 90% of the year (January – December) AND be an individual “in need”. Individuals “in need” are for example, children who qualify for federal free lunch; individuals residing at a homeless shelter, safe haven shelter, or veterans hospital; individuals who are able to receive free treatments from county or city health departments; etc.
7. Fair and Equal Treatment of Organization Gift Recipients
Organizations that receive goods from Grandma’s Gifts to hand out to their clients must be an educational, religious, or nonprofit organization within the Appalachian Region of the United States as defined by the United States Government’s Appalachian Regional Commission AND serve peoples “in need”. Organizations receiving goods from Grandma’s Gifts are not to discriminate against current or future clients for reasons of cultural heritage, race, national origin, ethnicity, age, gender, veteran status, sexual orientation, marital status, or religion.
Donations received by organizations from Grandma’s Gifts may not be sold, bartered, or exchanged by the receiving organizations with its clients for services, goods, or funds. Grandma’s Gifts works to protect its donors and gifts recipients from the unacceptable practices of the sale, barter, or exchange of donated items for other goods, services, or funds.
We expect our partner organizations (and their associated agencies) to abide by our policies and guidelines and to report partners and agencies that do not. Grandma’s Gifts takes such complaints very seriously. All complaints will be investigated and appropriate legal action, criminal and/or civil, will be taken against any partner who is not using received items in compliance with Grandma’s Gifts guidelines.
Grandma’s Gifts cooperates fully with all law enforcement and administrative agencies while investigating complaints. Further, agencies not using received items in compliance with Grandma’s Gifts guidelines will have their partnership terminated. Partners should realize that violation of Grandma’s Gifts policy against the sale, barter or exchange of donated items has far-reaching implications.
Any item that is lost or stolen must be reported immediately to Grandma’s Gifts by a telephone call to (614) 388-9007. Please take an inventory of what items are missing and how they were lost or stolen. Notify us in writing of all of the information regarding the loss, including steps or measures taken to prevent any future losses. Grandma’s Gifts may not be able to replace lost or stolen donations.
8. Enforcement
Any infractions of this code of ethics will not be tolerated and Grandma’s Gifts will act quickly in correcting the issue if the ethical code is broken. Any employee found to have violated this policy may be subject to disciplinary action, up to and including termination of employment.
Donor Privacy.
Our Commitment to Privacy
We treat our donors, volunteers, and gift recipients as we would like to be treated. We know the importance of personal privacy and will act to protect yours. To better protect our donor’s privacy and wishes we created this notice explaining our online and personal information practices.
Web Collected Information
This notice applies to all information collected or submitted on the Grandma’s Gifts website. When you use the public areas of our website, you are doing so anonymously. On some pages, you can make requests and/or register for our newsletter. The following personal information MAY be collected at these pages: Name, Organization, Physical Address, E-mail address, Phone number, Phone/fax numbers
The Way We Use Information
We do collect aggregate use information, such as the number of hits per page, for internal and marketing use only; we do not provide your personally identifying information to the public. We use the information you provide about yourself when conducting a transaction to complete that transaction only. We do not share this information with outside parties except to the extent necessary to complete your request. We use return email addresses to answer the email we receive. Email addresses may also be added to organization mailing lists. Individuals have the opportunity to request to have their email addresses removed via EmailBrain, Grandma's Gifts email organizing web-based software. Grandma's Gifts is not responsible for EmailBrain inability to manage such addresses.Such addresses are not shared with outside parties.
We treat our donors, volunteers, and gift recipients as we would like to be treated. We know the importance of personal privacy and will act to protect yours. To better protect our donor’s privacy and wishes we created this notice explaining our online and personal information practices.
Web Collected Information
This notice applies to all information collected or submitted on the Grandma’s Gifts website. When you use the public areas of our website, you are doing so anonymously. On some pages, you can make requests and/or register for our newsletter. The following personal information MAY be collected at these pages: Name, Organization, Physical Address, E-mail address, Phone number, Phone/fax numbers
The Way We Use Information
We do collect aggregate use information, such as the number of hits per page, for internal and marketing use only; we do not provide your personally identifying information to the public. We use the information you provide about yourself when conducting a transaction to complete that transaction only. We do not share this information with outside parties except to the extent necessary to complete your request. We use return email addresses to answer the email we receive. Email addresses may also be added to organization mailing lists. Individuals have the opportunity to request to have their email addresses removed via EmailBrain, Grandma's Gifts email organizing web-based software. Grandma's Gifts is not responsible for EmailBrain inability to manage such addresses.Such addresses are not shared with outside parties.