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Advocacy:
to play an advocacy role in relation to
issues affecting the empowerment of communities.
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Affirmative action and equity:
to pursue employment, appointment, and other practices that would
affirmatively and equitably represent members from diverse backgrounds, as far
as is practicable.
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Conduct:
to strive to our utmost to conduct our affairs in accordance with Islamic
principles, values, and ethos
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Confidentiality:
to respect the confidentiality of waqifoon as well as beneficiaries and not to
divulge confidential information without the express consent of waqifoon or
beneficiary.
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Constructive engagement:
to constructively engage with Muslim organisations, groups, or
individuals, who have serious differences.
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Controls, checks & balances:
to institute such internal control measures, checks, and balances
within the administration of the organisation, so as to enable the minimisation
and/or elimination of risk of failure, misstatement, mismanagement, or error.
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Co-operation and collaboration:
to co-operate and collaborate with all sectors of society including
existing organisations, interest groups, parastatals and state organs at
national, provincial, and local level
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Corporate governance: to govern the organisation, as far as is appropriate, in
compliance with principles and practices recommended by the King Commission
Report on Corporate Governance.
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Excellence/Ihsan:
to pursue excellence/ihsan in all that we do.
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Existing resources: to utilise existing resources and facilities rather than re-invent
or re-invest in new resources and facilities
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Historical shortcomings:
to be cognisant of errors of the past and to avoid any activity, action, or
operation of the organisation that may cause such errors.
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Human Resources:
to recruit volunteers and, where applicable, employ, competent and
proficient candidates with the necessary skills to carry out designated
functions and responsibilities and to reward them commensurately
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Inclusive:
to be inclusive and to create a unifying brotherly/sisterly spirit among
stakeholders
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Learning Organisation: to develop a learning organisation where everyone linked to the
organisation is encouraged to learn and grow, and to contribute innovatively
towards constant personal improvement
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Mutual consultation/Shura: to
take decisions on the basis of and with due
consultation/ shura at appropriate levels of the organisation and with relevant
persons internally and externally.
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Non-duplication:
not to compete with existing
organisations nor to duplicate services already being provided by existing
organisations
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Non-obligation:
to receive donor or awqaf funds
and/or revenues from any quarter on a non-obligation / no-strings-attached
basis, and to make disbursements on the same basis
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Partnerships and Joint Ventures: to initiate and/or execute projects in partnership or joint
venture with existing organisations and institutions
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Positive Neutrality:
to maintain a neutral but positive stance in its relations with
other groups and organisations.
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Projects:
to initiate and establish new community development projects and/or to
strengthen and support existing ones
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Public relations: to build relations with all sectors of the community including
professionals, ulama, business persons, students and youth, womens’ and other
interest groups
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Quality service:
to provide a high quality service to clients and stakeholders
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Rotation:
Wherever possible, members of committees, across the board, shall rotate
responsibilities to avoid ‘one-man’ shows and ‘life members’.
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Strategic relations: to establish and maintain relationships with Government,
organisations, agencies, and communities, both nationally and internationally
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Transparency and accountability:
to underscore all activities and transactions by principles of
transparency and accountability to our stakeholders.
