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CBM Policies & Codes

CBM Ireland adheres to a number of policies and codes of conduct in relation to fundraising, communications, and safe-guarding the people we support overseas.

Charities Regulator Public Fundraising Guidelines

CBM Ireland complies with the Charities Regulator Public Fundraising Guidelines to ensure the better administration and management of our organisation. Read about Public Fundraising Guidelines here.

CBM Ireland Donor Charter 

CBM Ireland is committed to treating its supporters with the upmost respect, honesty and openness. We adheres to the Charities Institute of Ireland’s Triple Lock standards of transparent reporting, good fundraising and governance.

CBM Ireland confirms its commitment to the principles set out in the Guidelines for Charitable Organisations on Fundraising from the Public. This includes the provision of a Donor Charter – committing to three key principles set out in the aforementioned guidelines: Respect; Honesty and Integrity; Transparency and Accountability. Read more here

The Triple Lock Standard

We take our obligations around transparency and good governance seriously. CBM Ireland has achieved the “triple-lock” of good governance and reporting standards:

• Each year we publish our annual audited accounts on our website in compliance with the Statement of Recommended Practice (SORP) under FRS102

• Adhere to the Charities Governance Code, as set by the Charities Regulator

This has been recognised by Charities Institute Ireland, of which we are a member.

Dóchas Guide to Ethical Communications

CBM Ireland is a signatory of the Dóchas Guide to Ethical Communications on Images and Messages and commits to applying the Guide’s principles to ensure sound and fair communications. Read about Dóchas Guide to Ethical Communications here.

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IDEA Code of Good Practices

CBM Ireland is committed to promoting high-quality and good practices across all its development education/ global citizenship education work. We are an active member of IDEA and signatory to IDEA Code of Good Practices. Read about the Code here.

Protection from Sexual Exploitation, Abuse and Harassment

This policy complements the CBM’s Safeguarding of Children and Adults-at-Risk policy by addressing the spectrum of sexual abuse, i.e., sexual exploitation, sexual abuse, and sexual harassment (SEAH), as this is not covered under the safeguarding policy.

The purpose of this protection from sexual exploitation, abuse and harassment (PSEAH) policy and procedures is to promote the protection of people, especially children, adults-at-risk, and other programme participants, from any harm of sexual exploitation, sexual abuse and sexual harassment that may be caused because of their engagement with CBM’s programmes, operations, and people.

This policy also covers the protection of our staff and representatives while carrying out their responsibilities for and on behalf of CBM. Read the PSEAH policy here.

Child and Adults-at-risk Safeguarding

The purpose of this code of conduct is to state CBM's commitment and define conduct which is ethical, legal, and consistent with the organisation's values, mission and professional standards. In addition, this Code outlines and gives general guidelines to all CBM employees for conducting themselves in a manner that upholds and maintains CBM’s Core Values and Mission Statement. Read the CBM Code of Conduct here.

CBM Employee Code of Conduct

The purpose of this code of conduct is to state CBM's commitment and define conduct which is ethical, legal, and consistent with the organisation's values, mission and professional standards. In addition, this Code outlines and gives general guidelines to all CBM eV employees for conducting themselves in a manner that upholds and maintains CBM’s Core Values and Mission Statement. Read the International Employee Code of Conduct here.

CBM Whistle-blower System

As a member of CBM International, CBM Ireland is committed to foster an organisational culture in which corruption and fraud are never acceptable and not tolerated. As a matter of principle, CBM encourages its employees to speak directly with their superiors and in cases of red flags directly with Internal Audit. Should such dialogues not be possible or for some reason are not feasible, an anonymous whistle-blower system is available to employees, volunteers, suppliers and partners, regardless of location and time zone. Read about CBM's International Whistle-blower system.

CBM Guidelines on Accessible Communication

Accessibility is a fundamental human right, a necessary precondition to ensure the inclusion and participation of all persons with disabilities. It is also a pre-requisite to realising humanitarian and development frameworks including the Agenda 2030 for Sustainable Development and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030, the Charter on Inclusion of Persons with Disabilities in Humanitarian Action and the New Urban Agenda – under the core commitment of leaving no one behind.

CBM Global operates in a legal and policy framework, defined by the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD), that recognises that accessibility is a prerequisite for addressing the full and effective participation of all persons with disabilities to exercise their social, cultural, economic and political rights on an equal basis with others. Read our Accessibility Policy here.

Complaints procedure

If you have any complaint about the way that CBM Ireland complies with these Codes of Conduct, please read CBMs Complaints and Feedback Policy and how to get in touch