Governing Structure
Introduction
The governance of The Alvan Ikoku Center for Ethics is structured in the following manner:
Leadership and Management
Section 2.1.0. The Alvan Ikoku Center for Ethics is a duly formed organization that
Membership and Fiduciaries
Section 2.2.0. The Alvan Ikoku Center for Ethics has
Partnerships and Affiliations
Section 2.3.0. Announcements of any affiliations, partnerships, sponsorships, and equivalent with The Alvan Ikoku Center for Ethics will be provided upon agreements executed by the Founder, Alvan Azinna Chibuzo Ikoku, solely via this Founder’s express written instrument signed and sealed.
Public Records and Standing
Section 2.4.0. The Alvan Ikoku Center for Ethics is a private and nonpublic organization, with minimal disclosure requirements. Appropriately limited public record confirmation of The Alvan Ikoku Center for Ethics’s formation, governance, and status will, when appropriate and mandated, be made available via minimally required disclosure of filing with the appropriate government entities, links to which will then be provided here.
Governing Nature
Provision
The governance of The Alvan Ikoku Center for Ethics is, as follows, in character, essence, and nature:
Confidential in Nature
Section 2.6.0. The Alvan Ikoku Center for Ethics is formed and shall exist and operate:
Ethical in Nature
Section 2.7.0. The Alvan Ikoku Center for Ethics is formed and shall exist and operate:
Faith-Aligned in Nature
Section 2.8.0. The Alvan Ikoku Center for Ethics is formed and shall exist and operate:
Independent in Nature
Section 2.9.0. The Alvan Ikoku Center for Ethics is formed and shall exist and operate:
Integral in Nature
Section 2.10.0. The Alvan Ikoku Center for Ethics is formed and shall exist and operate:
Non-Governmental in Nature
Section 2.11.0. The Alvan Ikoku Center for Ethics is formed and shall exist and operate:
Non-Political in Nature
Section 2.12.0. The Alvan Ikoku Center for Ethics is formed and shall exist and operate:
Private in Nature
Section 2.13.0. The Alvan Ikoku Center for Ethics is formed and shall exist and operate:
Safe in Nature
Section 2.14.0. The Alvan Ikoku Center for Ethics is formed and shall exist and operate:
Secure in Nature
Section 2.15.0. The Alvan Ikoku Center for Ethics is formed and shall exist and operate:
Single and Unified in Nature
Section 2.16.0. The Alvan Ikoku Center for Ethics is formed and shall exist and operate:
Sole Administration and Management
Section 2.17.0. The Founder, Alvan Azinna Chibuzo Ikoku, is the sole person with authority and powers to:
Sole Authorizer and Authorization
Section 2.18.0. The Founder, Alvan Azinna Chibuzo Ikoku, is the sole person empowered with:
Sole Books- and Records-Keeping
Section 2.19.0. The Founder, Alvan Azinna Chibuzo Ikoku, is the sole person with authority and powers to:
Sole Convening and Meeting
Section 2.20.0. The Founder, Alvan Azinna Chibuzo Ikoku, is the sole person with authority and powers to:
Sole Decision-Making and Voting
Section 2.21.0. The Founder, Alvan Azinna Chibuzo Ikoku, is the sole person with authority and powers to:
Sole Employment and Appointment
Section 2.22.0. The Founder, Alvan Azinna Chibuzo Ikoku, is the sole person with authority and powers to:
Sole Finances and Funding
Section 2.23.0. The Founder, Alvan Azinna Chibuzo Ikoku, is the sole person with authority and powers to:
Sole Policies- and Rules-Making
Section 2.24.0. The Founder, Alvan Azinna Chibuzo Ikoku, is the sole person with authority and powers to:
Sole Projecting and Working
Section 2.25.0. The Founder, Alvan Azinna Chibuzo Ikoku, is the sole person with authority and powers to:
Sole Regulation and Review
Section 2.26.0. As such, the Founder, Alvan Azinna Chibuzo Ikoku, is the sole person with the authority and powers to review and determine whether a given act, activity, affair, agent, arrangement, asset, or other aspect, part, person, or equivalent is:
Section 2.26.5. Furthermore, the Founder, Alvan Azinna Chibuzo Ikoku, is the sole person with the authority and powers to adjudicate and determine — without appeal or liability — whether a given act, activity, affair, agent, arrangement, asset, or other aspect, part, person, or equivalent is:
with No Removal or Reduction
Section 2.27.0. And furthermore, there is and will be no manner, means, or possibility of removal or replacement of the Founder, Alvan Azinna Chibuzo Ikoku, nor any delegation or diminishment of any of his aforementioned powers, in any way, under any circumstances, for any period, or for any benefit, end, goal, interest, mission, need, objective, purpose, or reason.
Governing Policies
Provision
The governance of The Alvan Ikoku Center for Ethics is, in important part, conducted via the Codes and Policies below:
Ikoku Center Agreement
Section 2.29.0. The Ikoku Center Conduct and Service Agreement, which:
Conditions of Founding
— 2.30.0. Conditions and Terms of Founding of The Ikoku Center (HTML)
Conditions of Governance
— 2.31.0. Conditions and Terms of Governance of The Ikoku Center (HTML)
Conditions of Service
— 2.32.0. Conditions and Terms of Conduct and Service (HTML)
Founding Ethics
— 2.33.0. Founding and Governing Code of Ethics (HTML)
All Policies
— 2.34.0. All Policies (HTML)
Conclusion
— Conditions and Terms
— 2.35.1. All of the aforementioned in this section constitutes the Conditions and Terms of Governance of The Alvan Ikoku Center for Ethics (the “Conditions and Terms of Governance” and “Conditions of Governance”) and forms an integral part of the Conditions and Terms of The Alvan Ikoku Center for Ethics, the Codes and Policies of The Alvan Ikoku Center for Ethics, as well as The Ikoku Center Conduct and Service Agreement you may enter into with The Alvan Ikoku Center for Ethics.
— Concerns and Questions
— 2.35.2. Please report any concerns about code or policy violations, and send any questions you may have regarding the Conditions of Governance or The Ikoku Center Conduct and Service Agreement, to policies@ikokuphilanthropies.com.
— Concluding
— 2.35.3. And as a concluding aviso and proviso, you are informed as well as reminded that by commencing or continuing any conduct or service relating to The Alvan Ikoku Center for Ethics — in any way, either directly or indirectly, and via any manner, means, method, or mode — you enter into The Ikoku Center Conduct and Service Agreement and agree to abide by and be legally bound by the Policy conditions, principles, protections, and terms described above, and the Codes and Policies, in their entirety without modification or severability, as amended from time to time solely by the Founder.
Also at the Center
The Ikoku Center is dedicated to the study and application of ethics for the benefit of communities, institutions, lives, and societies — in Africa and across the globe. And so in accordance with the above, the Center provides the following:
Examining the Good
A center committed to studying and applying our various methods for examining the good — via analysis, conversation, deliberation, education, and further evaluation of beliefs, laws, mores, norms, values, and virtues.
Being, Doing Good
A center also committed to studying and applying our various modes for being good, doing good, and living a good life among others — via forms of community, conscience, duty, obligation, reciprocity, responsibility, and service.
Providing the Good
A center also committed to studying and applying our various means for providing the good to ourselves as well as others — via the ethics of care, civics, communities, economies, institutions, and the professions.