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John Lewis Partnership plc Annual Report and Accounts 2014
OUR GOVERNANCE APPROACH CONTINUED
About the governing authorities The Partnership Council
What is its purpose? The Partnership Council is the democratically elected body that represents Partners as a whole and reflects their opinion. It is the voice for ensuring that the business is run for and on behalf of Partners. It shares responsibility for the health of the Partnership and entrusts management of the Partnership to the Partnership Board which delegates its management authority to the Chairman. The Partnership Council holds the Chairman to account for leadership of the business in line with Partnership principles, and in particular, Principle 1.
How does the Partnership
Council fulfil its duties? The Partnership Council discharges its responsibilities by receiving information from the Chairman at its formal meetings and holding him to account for the performance and leadership of the business
and the maintenance of the principles of the Constitution.
The Partnership Council delegates its work for holding divisional Managing Directors responsible for the delivery of divisional business plans to the John Lewis and Waitrose Divisional Councils and Partnership Services and Corporate Forums. Any concerns arising from those bodies are escalated via the Partnership Council to the Chairman, who in turn holds the Divisional Managing Directors to account. The Partnership Council’s democratic function at local level is conducted within Forums and PartnerVoice, which are also democratically elected.
For more information about the Partnership Council, its responsibilities, accountabilities and actions, please see the Partnership Council Report on page 64.
The Partnership Council has powers, allowing it to:
– Hold the Chairman to account – Make recommendations on policy
– Make recommendations to the Chairman on any subject.
– Ask the Partnership Board or the Chairman anything it wishes – and they must answer unless doing so would, in their opinion, damage the Partnership’s interests.
– Regularly share the views of Partners on key issues.
For the first time in our Annual Report and Accounts we’ve included a Partnership Council Report from Jane Burgess, our Partners’ Counsellor. Find it on page 64.
THE CONSTITUTION Partnership Council
Waitrose Council
John Lewis Council
Partnership Services Council Divisional Forums
Corporate Forum
PartnerVoice Waitrose John Lewis
Partnership Services
The Constitution may be amended or cancelled by agreement between two thirds of the voting membership of the whole Partnership Council and the Chairman.
Corporate
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