PRINCIPLES

 

v  We advocate truthfulness, accuracy, honesty, and reason as essential to the integrity of communication.

v   We endorse freedom of expression, diversity of perspective, and tolerance of dissent to achieve the informed and responsible decision making fundamental to a civil society.

 v  We strive to understand and respect other communicators before evaluating and understanding their message.

 v We promote access to communication resources and opportunities as necessary to fulfill human potential and contribute to the well-being of families, communities and society.

 v We promote communication climates of caring and mutual understanding that respect the unique needs and characteristics of individual communicators.

 v We condemn communication that degrades individuals and humanity through distortion, intimidation, coercion, and violence, and through the expression of intolerance and hatred.

 v We are committed to the courageous expression of personal convictions in pursuit of fairness and justice.

 v We advocate sharing information, opinions, and feelings when facing significant choices while also respecting privacy and confidentiality.

 v We accept responsibility for the short- and long-term consequences of our communication and expect the same of  others.