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ACTIONS
The Illinois Association of Park Districts (IAPD) created The Board Member’s Creed as a guide to individual board member responsibilities for performing proper functions as a board member, maintaining desirable relations with other members of the board, meeting responsibilities to the community and working with the executive.
The Illinois Association of Park Districts supports board member commitment to ethical public service by encouraging board members to follow the tenants of The Board Member’s Creed.
IAPD created The Board Member Code of Conduct as an instrument that provides a framework so discussions regarding whether a particular action is ethical or unethical can go beyond an airing of individual opinions.
The Illinois Association of Park Districts encourages boards to adopt a resolution such as The Board Member Code of Conduct as a pledge to work in harmony to best represent the citizens served.
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