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6. Engagement principles

 

1. Integrity
2. Involvement
3. Whom we do not work for

Integrity

Integrity - as we understand it - has a double meaning:

• Ethical values and the dual firmness to stick to them also under adverse circumstances (virtue of steadfastness), and not to exempt them from doubt (virtue of self-examination). We count on the partners of our work to value and exercise both, as we ourselves do.
• Wholeness and the dedication to quest it even when faced with the tempting opportunities that a fragmented reality may offer for the partisan advancement of individuals and collectives.

Involvement

The nature and form of our work requires the active involvement of the leaders, decision-makers and their groups whose undertakings we support. This involvement encompasses all stages of the work, and reflection and action alike. By consequence,

• We are not a suitable outsourcing partner
• We do not accept factual or emotional delegations that would ultimately impair the integrity of the delegating party - even if such delegations are made unconsciously and unintentionally. Our work points to the opposite direction of increasing awareness and autonomy.

Whom we do not work for

While we do not pursue a 'kindred spirit' approach in the sense of working only with those who think alike, we do not support individuals and collectives when the following applies:

• Partisan politics in any area - but we may help to surmount it
• Illegal or illegitimate purposes - buy we may help to abandon such practices under the rule of law
• Dishonesty or manipulation of internal and external stakeholders - but we may help to change such patterns
• Willingness to tolerate, sustain or proliferate harmful practices - but we may help to change the course
• Violence
• Intolerance

We do not enter engagements, or terminate them, if we are not honestly and fully informed or - in any way and to any avail - manipulated.