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You can try out the FairShares Governance Audit tool by visiting the website of the [https://www.fairshares-association.com/wordpress/initial-governance-audit/ FairShares Association].
 
You can try out the FairShares Governance Audit tool by visiting the website of the [https://www.fairshares-association.com/wordpress/initial-governance-audit/ FairShares Association].
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==Introduction==
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The FairShares Association’s governance auditing and diagnostic tools were strongly influenced by a number of academic studies and articles developed at Sheffield Hallam University.  Key papers include:
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Ridley-Duff, R. J. (2005) Communitarian Perspectives on Corporate Governance, Sheffield: Sheffield Hallam University, [http://shura.shu.ac.uk/2681/]
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Ridley-Duff, R. J. (2007) “Communitarian Perspectives on Social Enterprise”, Corporate Governance: an International Review, 15(2): 382-392, [http://shura.shu.ac.uk/721/]
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Coule, T. (2008) Strategies for Sustainability in the Voluntary Sector, Unpublished PhD Thesis, Sheffield Hallam University.
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Chadwick-Coule, T (2011). Social dynamics and the strategy process : bridging or creating a divide between trustees and staff?, Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, 40 (1): 33-56.
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This initial audit presents 6 open questions to gather information about board members awareness of governance challenges and regulatory processes.  It is usually the starting point for further work on capacity building (using the ‘Advanced Governance Diagnostics’ on this website, or the Governance Routemaster developed by Social Enterprise Europe). 
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The diagnostics are designed to move members from the FairShares Model – Level 1 (Coaching/Social Audit) towards Levels 2 (Design and Development) and 3 (Reconstituting the Enterprise).  The diagnostics facilitate an understanding of stakeholders perspectives on the governance principles that are operating in selected organisations of interest.
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==Interpreting Results==
  
 
Documentation on how to interpret the results of the '''Initial Governance Audit''' will appear here.
 
Documentation on how to interpret the results of the '''Initial Governance Audit''' will appear here.

Revision as of 09:44, 27 April 2014

You can try out the FairShares Governance Audit tool by visiting the website of the FairShares Association.

Introduction

The FairShares Association’s governance auditing and diagnostic tools were strongly influenced by a number of academic studies and articles developed at Sheffield Hallam University. Key papers include:

Ridley-Duff, R. J. (2005) Communitarian Perspectives on Corporate Governance, Sheffield: Sheffield Hallam University, [1] Ridley-Duff, R. J. (2007) “Communitarian Perspectives on Social Enterprise”, Corporate Governance: an International Review, 15(2): 382-392, [2] Coule, T. (2008) Strategies for Sustainability in the Voluntary Sector, Unpublished PhD Thesis, Sheffield Hallam University. Chadwick-Coule, T (2011). Social dynamics and the strategy process : bridging or creating a divide between trustees and staff?, Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, 40 (1): 33-56.

This initial audit presents 6 open questions to gather information about board members awareness of governance challenges and regulatory processes. It is usually the starting point for further work on capacity building (using the ‘Advanced Governance Diagnostics’ on this website, or the Governance Routemaster developed by Social Enterprise Europe).

The diagnostics are designed to move members from the FairShares Model – Level 1 (Coaching/Social Audit) towards Levels 2 (Design and Development) and 3 (Reconstituting the Enterprise). The diagnostics facilitate an understanding of stakeholders perspectives on the governance principles that are operating in selected organisations of interest.


Interpreting Results

Documentation on how to interpret the results of the Initial Governance Audit will appear here.



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