Co-op housing is a force for good, a people-first housing option founded on community values of social justice and mutual self-help.

These are ethical values and the way we conduct ourselves as co-op directors should reflect them. Of course ethics are expected from directors of any corporation, but we've all seen how often self-interest has come before ethics in corporate boardrooms. In the co-op housing sector we hold ourselves to a higher standard.

We need directors who commit themselves to good governance and principled leadership. Fortunately, they'll be the richer for it if they do, and so will their co-ops.