Hi Jenna. My organization does cover this in its collection management plan. An excerpt from the relevant portion of the plan is below.
Sincerely,
Teresa Whitt, Director/Curator
South Charleston Museum
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Ethics
>No member of the Museum staff or of the Board of Directors is
permitted to start a collection, which may be in conflict with the
Museum's interests.
>If a staff member is offered an item known to be desirable for the
collections of the Museum, the Museum's option to acquire the item
must be considered paramount over the individual's opportunity to
acquire the object.
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How many of
you include volunteers and board members in your collections policy/personnel policy as it relates to personal collecting codes of conduct? In your opinion, should the personal collecting habits of board members differ from those of the museum staff?
Jenna
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