We all encounter ethical dilemmas in our daily work. But rarely do organisations focus on ethics related to volunteer engagement. This session provides an opportunity for practitioners to understand the difference between personal, organisational and professional ethics. The core values and principles identified by the Council for Certification in Volunteer Administration (CCVA) will be shared.
Participants will learn a process for ethical decision-making that can be applied in any situation, and then practice this using real-life scenarios related to volunteers. Finally, several specific strategies will be offered for increasing awareness of ethics within an organisation and helping both volunteers and staff become more effective at handling ethical dilemmas.
Presenter Biography
Michele D. Baker, CVA began her professional career at the Mississippi Center for Nonprofits helping people start ) charities. Next, she worked for 15 years at Volunteer Mississippi, helping many of those same nonprofits find and keep volunteers, and working with a growing group of AmeriCorps national service members. She has been an officer of DOVIA Mississippi since 1998. In 2017, she was awarded the Hometown Hero Award from the Jackson (Miss.) Visitor’s Bureau for volunteer service; and in 2018, she won a Governor’s Initiative for Volunteer Excellence (GIVE) Award.
Michele is the author of two books: “All We Need Is Love” and “Attitude of Gratitude.” She also edits Lifestyles After 50 magazine and is the owner/editor of eat. drink. MISSISSIPPI. She divides her time between freelance travel and food writing, writing curricula on volunteer management topics, training and speaking on volunteer management topics, and writing and blogging on spirituality, baking, and international travel. She lives in a restored 1920s bungalow, owns too many cookbooks, and loves cats. Read her work at MicheleDBaker.com.
By attending this session you can gain 2 Professional Development Units (PDU) for Certified Volunteer Administrator accreditation. www.cvacert.org
