Bases for Being Independent
Overview
Publiks, Publiks Inc and The Publiks Group are committed to civil liberties and fundamental freedoms as the founding and continual bases for our independence.
Therefore, persons engaged in activity within, for, on behalf of, in reference to and otherwise pertaining to Publiks, Publiks Inc and The Publiks Group are expected to uphold the following:
Civil Liberties as Respected
— that Publiks, Publiks Inc and The Publiks Group make every reasonable effort to ensure civil liberties are respected and not violated.
Freedoms as Respected
— that Publiks, Publiks Inc and The Publiks Group make every reasonable effort to ensure fundamental freedoms are respected and not violated.
Independence as Essential
— that Publiks, Publiks Inc and The Publiks Group make every reasonable effort to ensure its independence is essential to its work, maintained, respected and not violated.
Accordance with Ethics
— that Publiks, Publiks Inc and The Publiks Group ensure following the above principles further remains in accordance with the Codes and Policies and especially the Founding and Governing Code of Ethics.
Further Considerations
Your Knowledge and Agreement
Publiks strongly recommend you develop and maintain your knowledge of all the Codes and Policies, and so ask that you read, understand and regularly visit this page and other communications regarding the Policy on Independence and Freedoms, as well as the Codes and Policies. Publiks take your continued visiting and use of its Products and Services, including the Sites, as active indication of your knowledge, understanding, legally binding acceptance and agreement.
Your Duty to Company Integrity
To protect the company and division integrity of Publiks — as well as the properties, rights and protections of the corporation, division and its official persons — Publiks require all natural and legal persons concerned to read, understand, abide by and, where applicable, sign contracts and agreements delineated and described in the Policy on Company and Division Integrity.
Publiks remind you that the Policy on Company Integrity forms part of The Publiks User Agreement and Code of Conduct. Thus, Publiks take your continued visiting and use of its Products and Services, including the Sites, as active indication of your legally binding acceptance of this Policy as well as the Codes and Policies.
Your Questions and Feedback
Please contact policies@publiks.org with any feedback, issues or questions — which will be addressed by the President, CEO and Chair, Alvan Azinna Chibuzo Ikoku.
Your Reporting of Violations
If you detect, notice or are informed of a possible breach or violation of this Policy or any of these Codes and Policies, please contact policies@publiks.org with any details you have — which will be addressed by the President, CEO and Chair, Alvan Azinna Chibuzo Ikoku.
The Definitions
As with all official documents, materials, policies and statements of Publiks, definitions for terms used here can be found in the main Codes and Policies page. Please do continue with the Policy on Privacy and Confidentiality via further reading below.
Freedoms and Liberties
Provision
Along with the above key principles, the Policy on Independence and Freedoms requires your adherence to correlative freedoms and liberties delineated below.
A — Of Community
Freedoms of Affiliation
— that the fundamental freedoms of persons to affiliation — as they pertain to affection, family, friendship, marriage, partnership and relations — be fulfilled, fully enjoyed, protected and neither interfered with nor diminished.
Freedoms of Arts and Culture
— that the fundamental freedoms of persons to arts and culture — as they pertain to expression, inquiry, practice and theory — be fulfilled, fully enjoyed, protected and neither interfered with nor diminished.
Freedoms of Association
— that the fundamental freedoms of persons to association — as they pertain to assembly, gathering, participation and spirituality — be fulfilled, fully enjoyed, protected and neither interfered with nor diminished.
B — Of Persons
Freedoms of Autonomy
— that the fundamental freedoms of persons to autonomy — as they pertain to being informed, cognition, consent, decision-making, emotion, reason, thought and use of humans as means — be fulfilled, fully enjoyed, protected and neither interfered with nor diminished.
Freedoms of Dignity and Integrity
— that the fundamental freedoms of persons to dignity and integrity — as they pertain to capabilities, equanimity, humanity, personhood and respect — be fulfilled, fully enjoyed, protected and neither interfered with nor diminished.
Freedoms of Exchange
— that the fundamental freedoms of persons to exchange — as they pertain to consented, legal and respectful communication, ownership, property and trade — be fulfilled, fully enjoyed, protected and neither interfered with nor diminished.
C — From States
Freedoms from Public and State Intrusion
— that the fundamental freedoms of persons from intrusion — as they pertain to imposition or violation by the community, professions, public and state — be fulfilled, fully enjoyed, protected and neither interfered with nor diminished.
Liberties of Independence
— that the civil and human liberties of persons to independence be fulfilled, fully enjoyed, protected and neither interfered with nor diminished.
Liberties of Citizenship
— that the civil and human liberties of persons to citizenship be fulfilled, fully enjoyed, protected and neither interfered with nor diminished.
Questions and Violations
If you have any questions regarding this Policy, or wish to report any violations you notice (or feel may be occurring), please contact us at policies@publiks.org.
Central and Associated Policies
Provision
As stated earlier, The Publiks User Agreement and Code of Conduct consist of several Codes and Policies that collectively govern all of your activity with, within, for, in reference to and otherwise pertaining to Publiks, including its series, subsidiaries and affiliates, and its Products and Services. By continuing, you indicate that you understand that these Codes and Policies include — but are not limited to — the Founding and Governing Code of Ethics, the Policy on Privacy and Confidentiality, the Terms and Conditions of Use and Service, and the Acceptable Use Policy along with all Associated Codes and Policies. Access to the aforementioned is provided below.
Founding Code of Ethics
Founding Code of Ethics (HTML and PDF)
Privacy and Confidentiality
Policy on Privacy and Confidentiality (HTML and PDF)
Terms and Conditions
Terms and Conditions of Use and Service (HTML and PDF)
Acceptable Use Policy
Acceptable Use Policy (HTML and PDF)
All Associated Policies
All Associated Policies (HTML and PDF)
*Note
*Note: Please see the main Policies page for notice on conditions incompatible with the founding and mission of Publiks.
Ethics at Publiks and in Publics
The Codes and Policies above reflect the founding and overarching missions of Publiks. They inform each instance of commitment, effort and work to achieve benefit, impact and success. The result, therefore, are three features evident in the above company entities, its products, services, sites, and most importantly, its communities:
Publiks Group as Ethical Communities
The Publiks Policies are adhered to by a range of individuals and communities, who work in its varied capacities and relation to Publiks to help develop, provide and participate in a private company dedicated to enhancing the public interest.
Built and Peopled with Respect in Mind
Who take as its basis the most robust conceptions of dignity, humanity, integrity and respect, including civil liberties and rights, up to and beyond what the law protects and provides for. As they carry out the overlapping missions of Publiks.
In Spaces that are Safe, Secure, and Collaborative
And who also join in ongoing efforts to ensure that Publiks, as well as its Products, Services and Sites remain active, collaborative, safe and secure places to do work, to express and discuss, to teach and learn, to form, inform and even alter local and global communities.
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