CSSM Code of Conduct
Code of Conduct is signed in affirmation each year by all Missionaries, board members and staff.
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Doctrinal Statement and Code of Conduct in order to be hired.
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700.000 CODE OF CONDUCT
701.000 PRINCIPLES
701.010 The Canadian Sunday School Mission (CSSM Ministries) is a
distinctively
Christian organization. (See CSSM Handbook and Letters Patent, l927.)
701.020 CSSM Ministries’ personnel policies are built on principles
derived from the
Holy Bible.
The Scriptures are considered to be the final authority guiding
our faith and our actions.
Our understanding and interpretation of Scriptures
is consistent with the evangelical Christian tradition.
701.030 CSSM Ministries endeavours to comply with legislation regarding
employment
standards and human rights. Wherever there is a conflict between current
Canadian
legislation and
the Bible, however, the latter shall overrule.
701.040 The following principles shall be adhered to by staff members,
board members
and
volunteers of CSSM Ministries, hereinafter referred to as personnel.
702.000 CODE OF CONDUCT
702.010 In addition to CSSM Ministries being a place of employment, it is
also a
community of people united by their common Christian faith. Thus employ-
ment with CSSM
Ministries is inseparable from faith commitment to Jesus
Christ. This commitment is the undergirding of the life of the organization;
it expresses itself practically in the
relationships among CSSM Ministries
personnel themselves, and between CSSM Ministries personnel and
its
clients. Therefore CSSM Ministries personnel are expected to function as
Christian
leaders, upholding New Testament standards in all aspects of their
life and
ministry. Applicants for CSSM Ministries will be considered inap-
propriate for employment and
ministry if they do not intend to adhere to the
Code of Conduct.
702.020 CSSM Ministries personnel function as highly visible role models
and servant
leaders
within our community of ministry. This means that the lives of mission
personnel must be consistent with the faith that we represent. Mission person-
nel hold
positions of authority and that authority must never be abused.
702.030 CSSM Ministries personnel are expected to establish within their
individual
lives the spiritual disciplines needed to maintain and promote a deep, intimate
relationship with God.
702.040 CSSM Ministries personnel are expected to consistently attend a
local church
whose
beliefs are consistent with the Mission’s Statement of Faith, where
practicable.
702.050 Mission personnel are responsible for maintaining healthy
relationships with
their families
and friends. If a relationship is broken and resolution appears
impossible, personnel are expected to fulfill their obligations to the other
person(s), including
legal responsibilities i.e. paying child support, alimony,
and debts.
702.060 Personnel are to be careful, responsible stewards of CSSM
Ministries property.
702.070 Mission personnel shall not bring tobacco, alcohol, or illegal
drugs on to
Mission property or Mission Camp settings under any circumstances.
703.010 Mission personnel are required to avoid conduct that is unethical
or immoral
and to avoid behaviour that is contrary to Biblical principles, including:
A. substance abuse including the use of tobacco, and illicit drugs and the
abuse
of alcohol
B. extra-marital sexual relationships (adultery)
C. premarital sexual relationships (fornication)
D. reading or viewing pornographic materials
E. homosexual relationships
F. theft or fraud
G. physical aggression
H. abusive behaviour
I. sexual assault or abuse
J. harassment
K. lying, deceit or dishonesty
L. criminal activity
M. immodest dress, extreme hairstyle or extreme use of jewelry.
704.000 CSSM Ministries personnel who visit churches different from their
own are to
respect the
traditions of that church.
704.010 Abusive relationships will be reported to the authorities and, if
proven, will
result in
dismissal. The person shall be suspended with pay, where applicable,
pending such
investigation.
704.020 Where practicable, doors to classrooms or counselling rooms shall
be kept
open during the time when children are in the care of personnel, unless two
or more
adults are present. When individual counselling of a child is done,
every attempt shall be made to have two adults present.
704.030 Every attempt shall be made to have two caregivers in any care
situation for
children under the age of three years.
704.040 The reasonable restraint of an individual who is causing damage to
property
or injuring another person is permissible until the arrival of police or
other
legitimate authority.
704.050 When transporting minors involving ministry functions, where
practicable, two
adults should accompany the minor in the vehicle and should a minor be sent
home
from a ministry function, the minor’s family should be told in advance
that the
minor is returning home.
704.060 This Code of Conduct shall be signed annually by all personnel
along with the
Statement of Faith. Personnel who refuse to renew this agreement will be
dismissed.
705.000 HARASSMENT PRINCIPLES
705.010 CSSM Ministries is committed to providing services and developing
relationships
that are free from harassment. We need to provide an environment free from
harassment on the grounds of: race, ancestry, colour, ethnic origin, citizenship,
creed,
sex, physical or mental disability, age, marital status or family status.
706.000 SEXUAL HARASSMENT
706.010 Definition: Sexual harassment is any comment or conduct, sexual in
nature, that
is known to be, or should be reasonably known to be, unwanted and un-
welcome. This
may include, but is not limited to: unwelcome remarks, jokes,
innuendos,
taunting, sexually oriented conduct and requests, comments, gestures,
or materials that are
considered offensive, threatening or degrading.
707.000 SEXUAL HARASSMENT POLICY
707.010 We believe that God created each person in His image, and of equal
value in
His sight. (Genesis l:26,27). We believe that every person is entitled to equal
dignity, respect, and
bodily integrity. CSSM Ministries is committed to provid-
ing an environment
free from sexual harassment for worship, work and study.
Complaints of sexual
harassment will be
taken seriously and dealt with in a just
and compassionate manner.
Examples of sexual harassment may include, but are not limited to:
A. unwelcome remarks, jokes and innuendos about someone’s body, dress
or
sex,
B. persistent leering or suggestive looks,
C. displaying pornographic and other offensive materials,
D. unnecessary physical contacts such as touching, brushing against,
grabbing
and pinching,
E. pressure for personal relationships or sex,
F. intimidation or threats of reprisal if personal relationships or sexual
advances are rejected,
G. sexual assault - the unwanted act of a sexual nature including rape and
any other unwanted touching or contact, imposed by one person upon
another without consent. Examples include, but are not limited to kissing,
patting,
grabbing, pinching,
H. sexual solicitation or advance made by a person who is in a position to
confer or deny benefits when that person knows, or ought reasonably
to know, that
such conduct is unwelcome.
708.000 CHILD ABUSE (See CSSM policy on child protection)
708.010 “Child Abuse” is a new term for an old problem which has been with
us for
thousands of years. Only recently has society come to recognize it as serious.
The common factor
underlying all forms of abuse is the abuse of power or
authority. Abuse
occurs when the more physically powerful person takes
advantage of the authority she/he
has over the less powerful person.
708.020 Child abuse can mean actively hurting a child, sexually exploiting
a child, failing
to take proper care of a child, or depriving the child of affection and
acceptance.
No single
definition can cover all the types of abuse. Abuse also means doing
nothing to stop a situation, or permitting abuse by standing by and letting it happen.