Open AccessFaculty Service As Board Members In The Non-Profit Organizational Arena: An Act Of Altruism Complicated By Sarbanes Oxley
Author(s) -
Gregory P. Trudeau
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
journal of college teaching and learning/journal of college teaching and learning
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2157-894X
pISSN - 1544-0389
DOI - 10.19030/tlc.v2i12.1891
Subject(s) - scholarship , public relations , business , service (business) , altruism (biology) , corporate governance , for profit , profit (economics) , marketing , accounting , political science , economics , psychology , law , finance , social psychology , microeconomics
Throughout higher education, a common approach to evaluate faculty consists of three components: scholarship, teaching, and service. The service component can be broadly interpreted to encompass two themes, service on campus via committee assignments or service off campus with organizations in the surrounding community. Serving as a board member for a local non-profit organization often fulfills the required service component. Unfortunately, many board members do not have a clear understanding of what this responsibility entails. This paper will look at the responsibilities a board member assumes within the non-profit organization. Consideration will also be given to these responsibilities from the perspective of Sarbanes-Oxley.