Volunteer Code of Ethics
1+1=U, Inc. recognizes the critical role of its volunteers and is extremely grateful for their dedication, time, and compassion. 1+1=U, Inc. accepts the service of all volunteers with the understanding that such service is at the sole discretion of the agency.
1+1=U, Inc. asks you as a volunteer to:
- Perform your service to the best of your ability, maintain the clients’ interests as your primary focus
- Maintain an environment free of harassment (physical, sexual, or verbal), discrimination, and
unprofessional conduct.
- Refrain from false, misrepresented, or omitted information on a volunteer application form and understand that 1+1=U, Inc. cannot accept applications with such information.
- Observe, maintain, and protect confidentiality regarding clients, and avoid sharing with anyone information that identifies clients.
- Treat proprietary or privileged information involving staff members or other volunteers as strictly confidential.
- Avoid activity construed as conflict of interest, i.e. neither accept loans or gifts of money or property from clients nor give gifts of money or property to clients, unless through an organized agency program
- Refrain from offering medical, legal, or financial advice to clients.
- Respect the cultural, religions, and political views of clients and refrain from imposing your beliefs on clients.
All applicants are must obtain their own police background checks.
Thank you for completing this application form and for your interest in volunteering with us.
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