- Category: Board
- Topic: Directors' Code of Conduct
- Board meeting date: 1 October 2008
- Resolution number: 2008.10.01.02, 2008.10.01.03
- URL for Board minutes/resolution: http://www.icann.org/en/minutes/minutes-01oct08.htm
- Status: Completed
Summary
Board adopts ICANN Directors' Code of Conduct that was posted for public comment from 15 July 2008 through 29 August 2008.
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Whereas the members of ICANN's Board of Directors are committed to maintaining a high standard of ethical conduct;
Whereas the Board Governance Committee developed a Board of Directors' Code of Conduct ("DCC") to provide the Board with guiding principles for conducting themselves in an ethical manner;
Whereas the DCC was posted for public comment from 15 July 2008 through 29 August 2008;
Whereas ICANN has received public comments from the community (i.e. ICANN's Business Constituency, the International Trademark Association, and the Coalition for Online Accountability), and the Board Governance Committee has found merit in comments submitted;
RESOLVED (2008.10.01.02), the Board of Directors adopts the ICANN Directors' Code of Conduct ("DCC"), and refers the DCC to the Board's Conflicts of Interest ("COI") Committee for implementation.
Also, it is, RESOLVED (2008.10.01.03), the Board of Directors asks the COI Committee, as part of its implementation of the DCC, to review and consider public comments in extending the DCC's reach and in reviewing possible changes to the COI Policy.
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Implementation Actions
- Implement the Directors' Code of Conduct.
- Responsible entity: Board's Conflicts of Interest Committee
- Due date: None provided
- Completion date: October 2008
- Review public comments to Directors' Code of Conduct.
- Responsible entity: Board's Conflicts of Interest Committee
- Due date: None provided
- Completion date: 2008
Other Related Resolutions
- Board Resolution 2008.06.26.09, adopted 26 June 2008, directing ICANN staff to post the proposed ICANN Board of Directors' Code of Conduct for public comment, available at: http://www.icann.org/en/minutes/resolutions-26jun08.htm#_Toc76113177.
- Other resolutions TBD.
Additional Information
- The Board of Directors' Code of Conduct is available at: http://www.icann.org/en/committees/board-governance/bod-code-of-conduct-01oct08-en.pdf.
- Request for Public Comment on Board of Directors' Code of Conduct, available at: http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-2-15jul08-en.htm.
- The Board Governance Committee now oversees the implementation of the Directors' Code of Conduct. See http://www.icann.org/en/minutes/resolutions-06mar09.htm#10.
- The resolution does not address funding for the items identified therein.
Explanatory text does not modify or override Resolutions. See Board Resolutions Page for more information.
