Issues of Confidentiality and Ethics to Consider in Nonprofit Organizations

When purchasing this web training, you will have 30 days to complete it once you have started the course.

This program is 1 hour and 30 minutes in length

Nonprofit organizations deal with confidentiality and ethical issues on a regular basis. With respect to confidentiality, nonprofits must be concerned with client confidentiality, personnel confidentiality, possible trade secrets or proprietary information, and donor confidentiality. Balanced against all that, nonprofits are expected to operate with a high level of transparency and accountability. With respect to ethical concerns, nonprofit staff and board members must continuously work to spot and avoid possible conflicts of interest while also balancing ethical concerns with profitable, efficient operations. Attend this class to learn about the laws, standards, and best practices nonprofits need to know as they navigate issues of confidentiality and ethics.

Objectives:

1. Understand nonprofit information that should be kept confidential
2. Understand the balance between (a) expectations for transparency in nonprofit operations and (b) need for some decisions and information to remain confidential
3. Learn the elements of a good conflict of interest policy for a nonprofit organization
4. Learn how to identify and handle conflict of interest situations in nonprofit operations
5. Explore professional code of ethics guidelines on confidentiality including NASW Code of Ethics and NBCC Code of Ethics.

DAN SISE, JD, is Interim Director of the Public Policy Administration (PPA) program at the University of Missouri – St. Louis. Dan initially joined the PPA staff as a part of the Nonprofit Management and Leadership program (NPML) in 2008. In his roles with the PPA and NPML programs, Dan has been an instructor on legal issues for nonprofits, the NPML program’s academic coordinator, the NPML program’s Community Engagement Manager, and now is the PPA program’s acting director. In addition, Dan still directs the NPML program’s non-credit, continuing education classes and training.

A 1997 graduate of the University of Illinois College of Law, Dan is currently licensed to practice law in Missouri and Illinois. Dan has served on multiple nonprofit organization boards, and he currently serves on the board of directors of the Daughters of Charity Foundation of St. Louis, and the Camp Rainbow Foundation. Prior to joining the faculty of the PPA/NPML program, Dan worked at Habitat for Humanity St. Louis where he was director of operations.

Accreditation:

The University of Missouri St. Louis, Missouri Institute of Mental Health will be responsible for this program and will maintain a record of your continuing education credits earned.

MIMH will award 1.5 clock hours or 18 contact hours (.18 CEUs) for this program.