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institution receiving general Church funds (see Âś 810.2) until such agency or Church-related institution shall submit to the council in writing its established policies of: (a) recruiting, employing, utilizing, recompensing, and promoting professional staff and other personnel without regard to race, ethnicity, age, or gender; (b) fulfilling its duties and responsibilities in a manner that does not involve segregation or discrimination on the basis of race, ethnicity, age, or gender; and (c) insofar as possible, purchasing goods and services from vendors who are in compliance with such policies as are described in sections (a) and (b) of this paragraph. In the fulfillment of this directive, the council shall take the following steps: (1) collaborate with the General Commission on Religion and Race and the General Commission on the Status and Role of Women in the development of a certification form to be submitted to the council by agencies and institutions receiving general Church funds; (2) review copies of such certifications with the two commissions; (3) in consultation with the two commissions determine adequate recommendations regarding possible noncompliance with these policies by agencies and institutions receiving general Church funds; and (4) in collaboration with the General Commission on Religion and Race and the General Commission on the Status and Role of Women, the General Council on Finance and Administration shall determine fair and just recommendations for withholding funds from agencies and church-related institutions that are noncompliant. 2. It may withhold approval of any item or items in the budget or budgets receiving general Church funds (see Âś 810.2) that in its judgment represent unnecessary duplication of administrative functions and services. Such functions and services shall include, but not be limited to, accounting, databases, equipment, human resources, information technology, maintenance, and meeting planning. In cooperation with and on recommendation of the Connectional Table, it may withhold approval of any such item that represents unnecessary duplication of program within an agency or between two or more agencies. If the council finds that there is such duplication in existing activities, it shall promptly direct the attention of the agencies involved to the situation and shall cooperate with them in correcting the same, and it may decline to supply from general fund receipts money to continue activities that have been held to duplicate each other unnecessarily 549
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