[bc-gnso] FW: Someone responded to: ICANN and Ethics

[Phil Corwin]

FYI, Bruce Tonkin posted the comment below in his capacity as head of ICANN's Board Governance Committee in response to my CircleID article.


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From: info at circleid.com [info at circleid.com]
Sent: Friday, September 23, 2011 12:33 AM
To: Phil Corwin
Subject: Someone responded to: ICANN and Ethics

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ICANN and Ethics
http://www.circleid.com/posts/icann_and_ethics/#8235
By Bruce Tonkin

Hello Philip,

Thanks for contributing such a thoughful article on conflicts and ethics issues.

With respect to your concern that the ICANN Board is only concerned with updating its conflicts approach solely to address the issue of Board compensation, I can assure you that the Board is looking much wider than that.  The topic will be a area of discussion in the ICANN meeting in Dakar, Senegal.

The Code of Conduct is being reviewed by the Baord Governance Committee, which separately publishes its minutes.

e.g from:  http://www.icann.org/en/minutes/minutes-bgc-15aug11-en.htm

"5.Ethics and Conflicts of Interest –

The BGC began a discussion on the issues surrounding Board and staff ethics issues.  The BGC discussed that as a private sector organization, ICANN is limited in its ability to place restrictions on future employment, though there are many things that ICANN can do to address these concerns, such as continued strict adherence and enforcement of confidentiality provisions.  The BGC noted that the conflicts/ethics discussion has been going on within ICANN prior to the approval of the new gTLD program.  The BGC agreed that community discussion should occur in Dakar about this issue.
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Action:

Staff to draft proposed guidelines for Board members and staff members, to provide additional information and guidance through the use of examples, for BGC consideration at its September workshop, in preparation for community discussion in October. "

Further action was also taken at the Board Governance Committee meeting last week, and minutes will be posted to the ICANN website once approved.

Regards,
Bruce Tonkin
Chair, ICANN Board Governance Committee

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