Code of Ethics
Jorneybaldwin.com is an online community whose objective is to exchange experiences and offer advice related to PR, aiming to foster interest and engagement in DEI and understand PR’s impact on specific communities. These standards will be upheld in all shared content on this website:
1. Embrace diverse perspectives; engage in respectful disagreement when opinions diverge.
- Encourage individuals to be open-minded and inclusive by welcoming a variety of viewpoints and opinions. Emphasize the importance of respecting and valuing the diversity of perspectives within a community or discussion. Also, disagreements should be handled respectfully, maintaining a constructive and courteous dialogue rather than resorting to hostility or dismissiveness.
2. Practice communication with courtesy and respect at all times.
- The importance of maintaining polite and respectful communication consistently. It emphasizes the need for individuals to express themselves in a manner that is considerate, polite, and mindful of others. This principle encourages a positive and respectful atmosphere in all interactions, highlighting the significance of language and tone in fostering understanding and collaboration. It promotes a civil and considerate communication culture in various situations.
3. Acknowledge and validate the lived experiences of others without denial.
- The importance of recognizing and respecting the unique life experiences of individuals. Encouraging an attitude of understanding and acceptance, urging people not to dismiss or deny the realities others face. Instead, the emphasis is on acknowledging and validating people’s diverse experiences without undermining or invalidating their perspectives. This principle encourages fostering empathy, inclusiveness, and an open-minded attitude to acknowledge and appreciate the diverse richness of life experiences within a community or context.
4. Collaborate to understand the differences between personal and diverse experiences from various backgrounds.
- Working together to comprehend and appreciate the distinctions between individual and diverse experiences from different backgrounds. It encourages collective efforts to gain insights into people’s varied perspectives and backgrounds. The emphasis is on collaboration as a means to foster understanding, respect, and awareness of individuals’ diverse experiences in a shared context or community.
5. Recognize the inevitability of making mistakes when discussing systematic bias and discrimination. Commit to acknowledging, learning, correcting, and moving forward from errors.
- Acknowledging that errors will likely happen when discussing systematic bias and discrimination. It emphasizes a commitment to recognizing, learning from, correcting, and moving forward after making mistakes. In essence, it promotes a mindset of humility, continuous improvement, and accountability in addressing complex issues related to bias and discrimination.
6. Attribute credit to authors or websites when using information from their work.
- This statement emphasizes the importance of properly crediting the original authors or websites when incorporating information from their work. It encourages transparency and integrity in citing sources, ensuring that individuals or organizations are recognized for their contributions. This practice is fundamental in ethical information sharing and helps uphold the principles of intellectual honesty and academic integrity.
7. Maintain a zero-tolerance policy for harassment or bullying of any individual.
- Having a firm stance against any form of harassment or bullying directed towards individuals within the specified context. Demonstrating a dedication to establishing a secure and respectful setting where such behaviors are deemed unacceptable, the zero-tolerance policy signifies that any occurrences of harassment or bullying will be dealt with seriously and promptly. The goal is to nurture a mutual respect, inclusion, and well-being culture for all individuals involved.
Guidance on these community guidelines cited:
American Indian Code of Ethics, American Indian Ethics – Chicago Headline Club, Native American Ethics,Code of Ethics | University of Oregon Policy Library, SOJC Mission, Vision, and Values | Journalism and Communication
I hope to show respect to the land in which I am creating these posts. Territorial Acknowledgement found on https://nativestudies.uoregon.edu.
Territorial Acknowledgment
The University of Oregon is located on Kalapuya ilihi, the traditional indigenous homeland of the Kalapuya people. Following treaties between 1851 and 1855, Kalapuya people were dispossessed of their indigenous homeland by the United States government and forcibly removed to the Coast Reservation in Western Oregon. Today, Kalapuya descendants are primarily citizens of the Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde and the Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians, and they continue to make important contributions to their communities, to the UO, to Oregon, and to the world.
In following the Indigenous protocol of acknowledging the original people of the land we occupy, we also extend our respect to the nine federally recognized Indigenous nations of Oregon: the Burns Paiute Tribe, the Confederated Tribes of the Coos, Lower Umpqua and Siuslaw Indians, the Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde, the Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians, the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation, the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs, the Coquille Indian Tribe, the Cow Creek Band of Umpqua Tribe of Indians, and the Klamath Tribes. We express our respect to the many more tribes who have ancestral connections to this territory, as well as to all other displaced Indigenous peoples who call Oregon home.
Hayu masi.