Name: ......................................................................................

Welcome to the Mercury Bay Football Club (MBFC) family in your role as:  …………………………

Code of Conduct

MBFC members must:

• Respect the rights, dignity and worth of others
• Be fair, considerate and honest in all dealings with others
• Be professional in, and take responsibility for their actions
• Make a commitment to providing quality service and performance
• Comply with all relevant standards, rules, regulations and policies
• Operate within the Statutes, Regulations, Policies and Procedures of NZF and FIFA
• Comply with any and all applicable laws
• Not use obscene language
• Not engage in any conduct which is abusive, threatening or which constitutes harassment
• Not discriminate against others
• Not victimise others
• Be positive role models
• Not provide comment to any media, or publish any comment (including on any website), on behalf of MBFC, New Zealand Football or its Federations, except where specifically authorised to do so.  This includes social media sites such as, but not limited to, Twitter and Facebook.
• Not speak to any media in a negative way, or publish any negative comment (including on any website) regarding MBFC, New Zealand Football, any of its Federations or any other MBFC personnel or members
• Never act in any way that may bring disrepute or disgrace to MBFC,  New Zealand Football or any of its Federations, clubs, personnel, sponsors and/or partners.

Code of Conduct Breaches

If a complaint is made, MBFC will ensure allegations are responded to promptly and all parties will be treated fairly and in line with natural justice.  MBFC has adopted a Formal Incident Investigation Process based on NZF guidelines.

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I, ___________________                    ______ confirm that I have read and agree to the above Code of Conduct and acknowledge that any breach by me of the Code of Conduct, or any part of it, may result in disciplinary action under my contract with NZF or under the NZF Statutes, Regulations and Policies.

Date _____________________

Name ____________________                Signature _________________________

On behalf
of MBFC: ___________________                Signature _________________________

Version 1:  02 December 2020  D ALLEN (Template adopted from NZF)