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Resolution
Amending By-Laws of the Board of Trustees of Winthrop University
WHEREAS, Winthrop University is presently preparing for the
reaccreditation site visit by the Southern Association of
Colleges and Schools (SACS); and
WHEREAS, during the course of the internal
review undertaken in preparation for the SACS visit it has
become apparent that additional language in the by-laws of the
Board of Trustees is necessary to satisfy one of the SACS
criteria; and
WHEREAS, one of the SACS criteria reads as
follows: "The presiding officer of the Board must have no
contractual, employment, or personal or familial financial
interest in the institution. The majority of other voting
members of the Board must have no contractual, employment, or
personal or familial financial interest in the
institution"; and
WHEREAS, another of the SACS criteria related to
the governing board requires, in pertinent part, that "the
Board must not be subject to undue pressure from political,
religious or other external bodies. Furthermore, it should
protect the administration from similar pressures"; and
WHEREAS, all Trustees are already subject to the
ethical guidelines set by the State of South Carolina, including
those related to conflicts on interest; and
WHEREAS, it is appropriate for the Board of
Trustees of Winthrop University to adopt and establish
additional language reflecting this fact in its by-laws to
assist in satisfying the SACS criteria set forth above.
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Board of
Trustees of Winthrop University, that the by-laws of the Board
of Trustees of Winthrop University are hereby amended by adding
a Section E to the Existing Article I of the by-laws to read as
follows:
"As Trustees are among those public
officers defined within Section 8-1-10 of the South Carolina
Code of Laws, they are required to complete and file with the
State Ethics Commission a Statement of Economic Interests Form
disclosing, among other things, any compensation received from
an individual or business which contracts with the University.
In addition, as public officeholders,
Trustees are subject to the state's Ethics Reform Act,
including but not limited to all applicable statutory
provisions governing actual or potential conflicts of
interest."
June 9, 2000
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