Activities at Work After several years serving as a respected department directo

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Activities at Work After several years serving as a respected department director in the local hospital, you have been invited to join the board of directors of a local clinic that serves the homeless in your cmmunity. It is organized as a not-for-profit corporation. You begin attending board meetings. Over the course of the first year of your appointment you notice that the clinic's executive director is heavily involved in local political activities, and she places political literature in the clinic waiting areas and exam rooms as reading material. You also hear rumors that she is funneling donated funds intended for the clinic into the campaign funds of some of her political friends, one of whom serves as alongside you as a member of the board of directors. When you approach her to ask about this, she reminds you that she is a 51 percent owner of the corporation and therefore she has the control to decide how best to direct all funds. You are disgusted by this response and lose the enthusiasm for your appointment and you begin to skip board meetings. 1. 1. What risks are posed by this scenario? To the corporation? To the board of directors collectively? To you personally? 2. What duty is the "political friend" director violating? 3. What duty are you violating? 4. What recommendations should you make to the board of directors to manage the risks and violations you have identified? 5. Which of your behaviors should you change to protect yourself against potential liability?

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1Ans: She is mis using the funds to grow politically and she keeping political magazines rather than health talks in the rooms which creates a bad opinion about the clinic in public. Borad members loose interest to serve people effectiely. I personally can not tolerate seeing such things happening in the hospital sector, whether i walk out or put a meeting and try to solve the issue

2Ans: They are utilising the hospital funds or the political campaign she is trying to get propegated. She working more on political literature than clinical setting.

3Ans: I am violating board member duty, her behaviour will create conflict among the members it leads to violating the clinic rules.

4Ans: Arrange a meeting, discuss about the guidelines they framed to be followed by every member. Discuss laws involved i they file acomplaint against violatin rules, take the corrective and preventive action. Counsel her properly she has to have some other place to build her political career.

5Ans: I would collect signatures on undertaking from from every member and if they violate i can file a complaint. the leadership qualities that i have would protect me always.

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