Concept Twelve: Guidelines: The spiritual foundation for OA service ensures that:
- Selflessness
- (a) No OA committee or service body shall ever become the seat of perilous wealth or power;
- Realism
- (b) Sufficient operating funds, plus an ample reserve, shall be OA’s prudent financial principle;
- Representation
- (c) No OA member shall ever be placed in a position of unqualified authority;
- Dialogue
- (d) All important decisions shall be reached by discussion, vote and, whenever possible, by substantial unanimity;
- Compassion
- (e) No service action shall ever be personally punitive or an incitement to public controversy; and
- Respect
- (f) No OA service committee or service board shall ever perform acts of government, and each shall always remain democratic in thought and action.