Philosophies of the Membership Organization (as represented in the Principles of Membership)

• People in organizations work best when treated as "members," not employees
• All members are responsible for the development of a culture based on the concepts that promote willing performance as contributive members
• Organizational members at all levels must be committed to serving the needs of the constituencies of the organization
• Everyone is responsible to promote the dignity and success of organizational stakeholders
• Sensemaking and decisioning are based on the values of the organization that represent a concern for the social, financial and human bottomlines of the organization
• All members participate in the achievement (or non-achievement) of the workplace community
• Standards of performance and accountability are important to the success and well being of the individual, his or her representative group, and his or her organization
• Members and leaders are jointly responsible and accountable in the development of a "workplace community"
• Leaders promote capacity building efforts that develop internal and external resources
• Existence of feelings of individual and group significance enhance opportunities for organizational achievement
• The reality of "a circle of inclusion" enhances opportunities for the organization to become a workplace community
• Formal and informal leaders must lead and change agents must exist throughout the organization to enhance positive growth that facilitates a beneficial individual, group, and organizational existence
• What is thought, said, and done matters to organizational existence