Establishing Standards of Conduct

The GBC Body is responsible for establishing the proper standards of conduct for its members and others to whom it delegates authority. If an individual to whom the GBC Body has delegated authority fails to perform his mandated duties or acts in a manner contrary to ISKCON Law or principle, then the GBC Body is responsible to correct or remove the deviant.

If it is demonstrated that the GBC Body did not function in a timely manner to rectify one of its representatives, and as a result, an individual ISKCON temple or project suffers inordinately, then the GBC Body is to consider how to help the local temple or project overcome its difficulties, but the GBC Body cannot be held liable in any way.(93)

GBC Annual Donations and Pledges

For the efficient functioning of the GBC Executive Committee and GBC Communications Office, the GBC shall assess what donation amount is proportionally appropriate to meet the annual expenses of the GBC. It is necessary that contributions are promptly given. Those temples which give delayed contributions create an additional burden which they should compensate for, by giving an additional donation equivalent to the rate between 10 to 20 percent per annum for temples that do not contribute within the 30th June due date. In addition, the GBC Body reaffirms its previous resolution that if any pledged amounts remain unpaid by the beginning of the subsequent year's GBC meeting, the responsible GBC member shall be subject to censure by the GBC Body at that meeting.

Trademarks

1. The GBC Body is the ultimate authority all over the world for controlling the use of the names "ISKCON", "International Society For Krishna Consciousness", "Hare Krsna Movement" and other names related to the ISKCON Movement. It shall obtain legal authority to withdraw the right to use such names, under appropriate circumstances.(82)

2. The GBC Body is the full and final authority to rescind the right to use or operate the above mentioned names, and anyone using ISKCON names without permission shall be legally stopped from doing so.(82)

GBC Press

A publishing house shall be created under the auspices of the ISKCON GBC Body to print books produced by the ISKCON Monitors which are of interest to the management and functioning of ISKCON. This publishing house shall be called ISKCON GBC Press. Its main work will be to print books produced by the GBC Monitors, Ministers, individual GBC members, and special committees, books which are accepted by the GBC Body as useful information for the Society thereby distributing and expanding the knowledge of their various fields. The ISKCON GBC Press will be situated in Sridhama Mayapur, and will be managed under the GBC Body.

The emphasis will be on producing the titles inexpensively to make them accessible to the temples and devotees.

All books published by the GBC Press shall contain front matter clearly setting forth the authority the work holds for ISKCON, including standards and practices normative for all devotees or temples, philosophical positions answering pertinent questions for ISKCON members, useful guidelines, Ministerial and other practical training material and other categories of authority and obligations for implementation.

The Executive Committee of the GBC Body shall assign each proposed work to a Ksetra Committee or other GBC subcommittee to establish a system of conducting a final review, editing and approval of the proposed works. This committee shall also write the required front matter mentioned above.(92)

Other regulations

1. Committees may be formed from time to time by the GBC Body as needed for certain purposes and may be disbanded by the GBC Body.(75)

2. At its annual meeting, the GBC Body shall approve goals and objectives for its Zonal Secretaries and Ministers to be accomplished during the upcoming year.(86)

3. The GBC Body shall divide the world into geographic zones, each being assigned to one or more "Zonal Secretaries" such territory, regardless of whether there is an ISKCON center there, falls into a zone.

4. Before changing a GBC Member's zone, the GBC Body must first consult with the local leaders in the zone concerned.(86) The procedures given in the GBC Rules of Order are to be followed for changing a GBC member's zone.

5. The GBC Body shall publish philosophical position papers on important topics which require clarification and direction from the GBC Body.(84)

6. A central file shall be kept on all of Srila Prabhupada's initiated devotees for purposes of public relations and for reclaiming devotees who have fallen into maya and for engaging devotees in Srila Prabhupada's devotional service. Other disciple records shall be centrally maintained on a zonal basis.

7. Any ISKCON Ministry, organization, individual, or project (including those legally independent of ISKCON) receiving funding from ISKCON or the BBT, including mandatory assessments, taxes, and so forth, from temples and/or zones, is required to provide financial reports clearly delineating assets, liabilities, expenditures, and income. Such reports are to be submitted to the GBC Body through its Corresponding Secretary at least forty-five days prior to the beginning of the Annual Meeting, and shall be distributed to all GBC members and made available to other concerned ISKCON officials upon request. The Corresponding Secretary shall compile a list of ISKCON Ministries, organizations, individuals, or projects to whom this Law applies, and annually notify them of their report deadline at least 60 days in advance. Anyone submitting a request to the GBC Body or ISKCON for funding should, along with their appeal, include their budget and previous financial reports for information. (90)

3.1.4.6 “Global Duties & Responsibilities of the Governing Body Commission (GBC)” is a document detailing the entirety of GBC Duties and responsibilities.

ISKCON Mission Statements