MAP for Nonprofits’ Team Values

MAP for Nonprofits’ Team Values

(Also see Ethics:
Practical Toolkit for Business
).

This document serves as an example
of a code of ethics. As well as having corporate codes, codes
can be geared for specific purposes and be focused on various
relationships. The following code is geared to support the working
relationships among staff at MAP
for Nonprofits.

These team values guide how we MAP
staff members interact with each other in our workplace. The integrity
of these values rests on how consistently we apply them. We regularly
review and update these values to reflect current priorities in
our workplace.

– Actively work for the common good –

LEADERSHIP

· Model MAP’s corporate vision, mission and values, as
well as these team values

RESPONSIBILITY & INTEGRITY
· Participate — say what you believe
· Work to know who will do what and by when
· Do what you say you’re going to do when you say you’re going to do it
· Take initiative!

RESPECT
· Actively listen and acknowledge my viewpoint
· Recognize the value of my job — ask for my help and
realize that I have other priorities
· Be sensitive to my values, my culture — reap the richness
of diversity
· Be friendly and thoughtful to all

TEAMWORK
· Recognize others’ contributions and successes
· Cooperate with fellow staff members and support their efforts
· Support MAP decisions and strategic objectives
· Don’t take ourselves too seriously — have fun!

CREATIVITY
·Encourage thinking “outside the box”
·Encourage discussion around points of disagreement or uncertainty
·Challenge the status quo
·Envision possibilities
·Allow yourself to experiment, fail and try again

– Respectfully hold people responsible for these Team Values –

1997

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