SDMS Board Policies: Volunteers

Volunteer Code of Conduct

The purpose of the Volunteer Code of Conduct is to focus volunteers on their duties and responsibilities to the SDMS, provide insight into areas of ethical risk, and provide guidance to the volunteer to help recognize and manage ethical issues. The Code also provides methods to report unethical conduct and obtain advice on ethical issues, as well as to help foster a culture of honesty, trust, and accountability. A volunteer must comply with both the letter and the spirit of this Code.

The SDMS is committed to and expects ethical and businesslike conduct of its volunteers, individually and collectively. This commitment includes proper use of authority and appropriate decorum in group and individual settings when acting as SDMS volunteers.

Adopted by the SDMS Board of Directors, 08/09/2017.

Volunteer Conflict of Interest

SDMS volunteers must avoid conflicts of interest that could impact the SDMS or its Board, Board Committees, Advisory Committees, Task Forces, or other volunteers. The impact of a conflict of interest, or perception of a conflict of interest, may be reduced through an understanding of the types of conflicts of interest and how to properly disclose and address conflicts of interest.

Volunteers must complete at least annually, and update as necessary, a conflict of interest disclosure form. Prior to or at the beginning of a Board, Board Committee, Advisory Committee, or Task Force meeting, volunteers must also disclose all conflicts of interest related to any item on a meeting agenda. A conflict of interest may require the volunteer to be recused from part or all of the meeting.

Adopted by the SDMS Board of Directors, 01/01/2017.

For service on the SDMS Board of Directors or the following SDMS committees: Bylaws, Ethics, Finance, Membership and/or Nominating, it would be considered a conflict of interest if a prospective candidate were:

• Concurrently serving on a similar governing board or committee of another national or international sonography/ultrasound professional association.