Professional Documents
Culture Documents
2. Accountability - roles , responsibilities and levels of authorities are defined and clear
duties and its parameters/boundaries written and defined
benefits and risks are understood by all cooperators
3. Transparency - transaction within the co-op are within the parameters of co-op rules and regulations
no secret deals and "behind-close-door" transactions
co-op must also be audited regularly (internal and external)
records are open to members
And in addition let's discuss also the Four Pillars of Cooperative Governance.
The Four Pillars of Cooperative Governance are:
• Teaming. Successfully working together to achieve common purpose.
• Accountable Empowerment. Successfully empowering people while at the same time holding them accountable
• Strategic Leadership. Successfully articulating the cooperative’s direction/purpose and setting the organization
● Democracy. Successfully sustaining a culture in which people choose meaningful ways to participate for both