code of conduct

I have been reviewing all of the statements related to a code of ethics for an HOA board. Much is stated that there is no teeth to the code and why do it. We have had some issues with our board/ it was highly recommended by our attorney that a code of ethics be adopted. It has been stated that if aa board member is found to not follow principals of good conduct/ that the attorney can sanction this member and this becomes a matter of public record/ and makes individual aware in the community that this is inappropriate behavior.

The info related to this topic is on this site is from 2008/ I am just interested to find out if opinions have changed or there is further info to share

Our Board just approved the Code of Conduct on the Davis-Sterling website. This will apply to all board members and committee members, but getting them to sign it may be an entirely new can of worms. Our Board and committees are more polarized the US government. I honestly don't think its going to do a whole lot of good because two old board members attempt to sabotage everything good the new board does. All we can do is use it in our campaign for next year's election, stating that we adopted and signed it and what that means to the homeowner about my agenda.

It is so difficult to remove a board member in California that it would take us the rest of our term to do it and they could run again next year. To add insult to injury, we can't even tell the homeowners about all the illegal and unethical things they've done because of executive session confidentiality.

All we can do is keep on swimming.