Founding | Ethics – The C&C Ikoku Foundation

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Founding

Ethics

Welcome to The Founding and Governing Code of Ethics of The Chinyere and Chinelo Ikoku Foundation, which ethically governs and guides all conduct and service relating to The C&C Ikoku Foundation.

The Code of Ethics facilitates your understanding and acceptance of — as well as adherence to — the conditions, principles, and required commitments for determining whether your activities at the organization are ethical.

Conditions

Overview

The Founding and Governing Code of Ethics delineates the conditions, principles, and required commitments for determining the ethics of your activities at The C&C Ikoku Foundation, and in this manner, ethically governs and guides the Agreement you enter into via any conduct or service relating to The C&C Ikoku Foundation. Please, therefore, take the time to read what follows carefully.

I — Your Ethics Agreements

— first, with respect to the Code of Ethics you enter into via your Agreement with the Codes and Policies, you and The C&C Ikoku Foundation understand and agree to abide by the following:

i. Policy: Name, Nature

that the name of this Policy is the “Founding and Governing Code of Ethics of The Chinyere and Chinelo Ikoku Foundation” (the “Code of Ethics” and the “Ethics”) and that the nature of this Policy is to serve as the code of ethics of The Chinyere and Chinelo Ikoku Foundation.

ii. Policy: Composition

that the Code of Ethics consists of all conditions, principles, protections, and equivalent provisions for ethics in the Codes and Policies of The Chinyere and Chinelo Ikoku Foundation (the “Codes and Policies” and the “Policies”) and The C&C Ikoku Foundation Conduct and Service Agreement (the “Agreement”), which therefore include, but are not limited to, those delineated below.

iii. Policy: Agreement

that you understand the Code of Ethics to be an integral part of the Codes and Policies and the Agreement you enter into with The C&C Ikoku Foundation.

iv. Policy: Consent

that your consent to the Codes and Policies and the Agreement includes your legally equivalent consent to the Code of Ethics.

v. Policy: Duties

that your duties to the Codes and Policies and the Agreement includes your legally equivalent duties to the Code of Ethics.

vi. Policy: Entry

that your entry into the Agreement includes your legally equivalent entry into the Code of Ethics, and similarly occurs whenever you commence or continue any conduct or service at, by, for, in, on, with or otherwise relating to The C&C Ikoku Foundation.

vii. Policy: Legally Abiding

that your attestation about your reading, understanding, consenting and agreeing to legally abide by the Codes and Policies and the Agreement includes your legally attestation about your reading, understanding, consenting and agreeing to legally abide by the Code of Ethics, in its entirety without modification or severability, as amended from time to time solely by the Founder.

viii. Policy: Legally Binding

that your attestation about your reading, understanding, consenting and agreeing to be legally bound by the Codes and Policies and the Agreement includes your legally equivalent attestation about your reading, understanding, consenting and agreeing to be legally bound by the Code of Ethics, in its entirety without modification or severability, as amended from time to time solely by the Founder.

ix. Policy: Knowledge

that your attestation about your awareness and acceptance of your responsibility to keep informed and update your knowledge of the Codes and Policies and the Agreement includes your legally equivalent awareness and acceptance of your responsibility to keep informed and update your knowledge of the Code of Ethics, in its entirety without modification or severability, as amended from time to time solely by the Founder.

II — Your Ethics Understandings

— second, with respect to your understandings of the Code of Ethics, you covenant, represent, and warrant the following:

i. Understanding: Ethics

that you have read, understood, consented to, and agreed to be legally bound by and abide by understandings of ethics as they are defined and provided for in the Code of Ethics, the Codes and Policies, and applicable law and regulation.

ii. Understanding: Ethics Conditions

that you have read, understood, consented to, and agreed to be legally bound by and abide by understandings of ethics conditions as they are defined and provided for in the Code of Ethics, the Codes and Policies, and applicable law and regulation, to be fulfilled and respected and not breached or violated, in any way, by you.

iii. Understanding: Ethics Definitions

that you have read, understood, consented to, and agreed to be legally bound by and abide by understandings of ethics definitions as they are defined and provided for in the Code of Ethics, the Codes and Policies, and applicable law and regulation, to be fulfilled and respected and not breached or violated, in any way, by you.

iv. Understanding: Ethics Practices

that you have read, understood, consented to, and agreed to be legally bound by and abide by understandings of ethics practices as they are defined and provided for in the Code of Ethics, the Codes and Policies, and applicable law and regulation, to be fulfilled and respected and not breached or violated, in any way, by you.

v. Understanding: Ethics Principles

that you have read, understood, consented to, and agreed to be legally bound by and abide by understandings of ethics principles as they are defined and provided for in the Code of Ethics, the Codes and Policies, and applicable law and regulation, to be fulfilled and respected and not infringed or violated, in any way, by you.

vi. Understanding: Ethics Processes

that you have read, understood, consented to, and agreed to be legally bound by and abide by understandings of ethics processes as they are defined and provided for in the Code of Ethics, the Codes and Policies, and applicable law and regulation, to be fulfilled and respected and not breached or violated, in any way, by you.

vii. Understanding: Ethics Rights

that you have read, understood, consented to, and agreed to be legally bound by and abide by understandings of ethics rights as they are defined and provided for in the Code of Ethics, the Codes and Policies, and applicable law and regulation, to be fulfilled and respected and not infringed or violated, in any way, by you.

viii. Understanding: Ethics Safeguards

that you have read, understood, consented to, and agreed to be legally bound by and abide by understandings of ethics safeguards and resulting protections as they are defined and provided for in the Code of Ethics, the Codes and Policies, and applicable law and regulation, to be fulfilled and respected and not breached or violated, in any way, by you.

ix. Understanding: Ethics Violations

that you have read, understood, consented to, and agreed to be legally bound by and abide by understandings of ethics breach, diminishment, incompatibility, infringement, and violation as they are defined and provided for in the Code of Ethics, the Codes and Policies, and applicable law and regulation, to not be brought about, in any way, by you.

III — Your Ethics Commitments

— third, with respect to your commitments to the Code of Ethics, you and The C&C Ikoku Foundation understand and agree to abide by the following:

i. Commitment: Basis

that your commitment is the basis for any conduct or service at, by, for, in, on, with, or otherwise relating to The C&C Ikoku Foundation that you commence or continue — including via any of the Products or Services, or the divisions, series, subsidiaries, or affiliates — and that any such conduct or service is free of any incompatibility with The C&C Ikoku Foundation or violation of the Code of Ethics, the Codes and Policies, or applicable law or regulation.

ii. Commitment: Ethics

that this commitment include but not be limited to upholding for every person at The C&C Ikoku Foundation the most humane, protective and respectful interpretations of ethics, including as provided for in the Code of Ethics, the Codes and Policies, and applicable law and regulation.

iii. Commitment: Ethics Conditions

that this commitment include but not be limited to upholding for every person at The C&C Ikoku Foundation the most humane, protective and respectful interpretations of ethics conditions, including as provided for in the Code of Ethics, the Codes and Policies, and applicable law and regulation.

iv. Commitment: Ethics Definitions

that this commitment include but not be limited to upholding for every person at The C&C Ikoku Foundation the most humane, protective and respectful interpretations of ethics definitions, including as provided for in the Code of Ethics, the Codes and Policies, and applicable law and regulation.

v. Commitment: Ethics Principles

that this commitment include but not be limited to upholding for every person at The C&C Ikoku Foundation the most humane, protective and respectful interpretations of ethics principles, including as provided for in the Code of Ethics, the Codes and Policies, and applicable law and regulation.

vi. Commitment: Ethics Processes

that this commitment include but not be limited to upholding for every person at The C&C Ikoku Foundation the most humane, protective and respectful interpretations of ethics processes, including as provided for in the Code of Ethics, the Codes and Policies, and applicable law and regulation.

vii. Commitment: Ethics Rights

that this commitment include but not be limited to upholding for every person at The C&C Ikoku Foundation the most humane, protective and respectful interpretations of ethics rights, including as provided for in the Code of Ethics, the Codes and Policies, and applicable law and regulation.

viii. Commitment: Ethics Safeguards

that this commitment include but not be limited to upholding for every person at The C&C Ikoku Foundation the most humane, protective and respectful interpretations of ethics safeguards and resulting protections, including as provided for in the Code of Ethics, the Codes and Policies, and applicable law and regulation.

ix. Commitment: Your Duty, Practices

that you respectfully assist solely via Your Duties as described in the Codes and Policies and the Code of Ethics and in no way interfere with or impede the reasonable efforts authorized and executed solely by the Founder to translate the above commitments into practices for adopting and applying policies pertaining to ethics; for adjudicating and determining compliance with the policies; and for fulfilling The C&C Ikoku Foundation’s own duties pertaining to ethics, ethics conditions, ethics definitions, ethics principles, ethics processes, ethics rights, and ethics safeguards and their resulting protections, including as provided for in the Code of Ethics, the Codes and Policies, and applicable law and regulation.

x. Commitment: Your Duty, Protections

that you also respectfully assist solely via Your Duties as described in the Codes and Policies and the Code of Ethics and in no way interfere with or impede the reasonable efforts authorized and executed solely by the Founder to develop and enforce ethics protections derived from, first, applicable law and regulation, and second, from advances in ethics that protect persons in ways that go beyond what such law and regulation currently provides.

Principles

Provision

The Code of Ethics requires your adherence to the conditions above and correlative principles delineated below.

1 — Acknowledgement

Acknowledgement — regarding a basic acknowledgement of each human being as-is, you and The C&C Ikoku Foundation understand and agree to abide by the following:

i. Acknowledgement of Humanity

that in each human being as-is there exists a humanness, humaneness, and humanity to be humbly acknowledged, accepted and respected.

ii. Inalienable, Innate, Sacred

that in each human being as-is such humanness, humaneness, and humanity is inalienable, innate as well as sacred.

iii. Deserving Reciprocity

that such humanness, humaneness, and humanity is also shared — or common to all — and so deserving of reciprocity.

iv. Treat Humans Humanely

that one should therefore treat all human beings humanely.

v. Acknowledgement via Conduct, Service

that such acknowledgement and treatment of humans is to be maintained via all conduct and service at The C&C Ikoku Foundation.

vi. Acknowledgement via Relations

that such acknowledgement and treatment of humans is to be maintained via all relations to persons at The C&C Ikoku Foundation.

vii. Acknowledgement as Guide

that, in this manner, a basic acknowledgement and treatment of humans governs and guides your activities relating to The C&C Ikoku Foundation as well as your adherence to the Codes and Polices.

2 — Alignment

Alignment — regarding a basic alignment with the Humana Faith, you and The C&C Ikoku Foundation understand and agree to abide by the following:

i. Alignment via Acknowledgement

that a basic alignment with the Human Faith — as articulated in the acknowledgement of humans — is essential to your relations with The C&C Ikoku Foundation.

ii. Alignment via Conduct, Service

that such alignment with the Humana Faith is to be maintained via all conduct and service at The C&C Ikoku Foundation.

iii. Alignment via Relations

that such alignment with the Humana Faith is to be maintained via all relations to persons at The C&C Ikoku Foundation.

iv. Alignment as Guide

that, in this manner, a basic alignment with the Humana Faith — as further defined and interpreted by the Founder — governs and guides your activities relating to The C&C Ikoku Foundation as well as your adherence to the Codes and Polices.

3 — Agreement

Agreement — regarding a basic agreement with the mission of The C&C Ikoku Foundation, you and The C&C Ikoku Foundation understand and agree to abide by the following:

i. Agreement with Ikoku Foundation

that a basic agreement with the mission and purposes — as articulated in the conditions of founding — is essential to your relations with The C&C Ikoku Foundation.

ii. Agreement via Conduct, Service

that such agreement with the mission and purposes is to be maintained via all conduct and service at The C&C Ikoku Foundation.

iii. Agreement via Relations

that such agreement with the mission and purposes is to be maintained via all relations to persons at The C&C Ikoku Foundation.

iv. Agreement as Guide

that, in this manner, a basic agreement with the mission and purposes governs and guides your activities relating to The C&C Ikoku Foundation as well as your adherence to the Codes and Polices.

4 — Beneficence

Beneficence — regarding the benefits of basic ethics principles, you and The C&C Ikoku Foundation understand and agree to abide by the following:

i. Humans Deserve Beneficence

that each human innately deserves and merits the benefits of basic ethics principles.

ii. No Human Deserves Non-Beneficence

that no human deserves or merits an absence of beneficence, whether via non-offer or obstruction of an act or information that would aid.

iii. Ethics as Inquiry into Beneficial

that you genuinely commit to the practice of ethics as rigorous inquiry into how to determine and do what is beneficial.

iv. Beneficence via Conduct, Service

that such commitment to beneficence is to be maintained via all conduct and service at The C&C Ikoku Foundation.

v. Beneficence via Relations

that such commitment to beneficence is to be maintained via all relations to persons at The C&C Ikoku Foundation.

vi. Beneficence as Guide

that, in this manner, a basic commitment to create, do, and provide what is good governs and guides your activities relating to The C&C Ikoku Foundation as well as your adherence to the Codes and Polices.

5 — Concern

Concern — regarding the protections of basic ethics principles, you and The C&C Ikoku Foundation understand and agree to abide by the following:

i. Humans Deserve Protective Concern

that each human innately deserves and merits protective concern and, therefore, the protections of basic ethics principles.

ii. No Human Deserves Non-Concern

that no human deserves or merits an absence of such concern, whether via indifference or injury, malfeasance or maleficence.

iii. Ethics as Inquiry into Harmful

that you genuinely commit to the practice of ethics as rigorous inquiry into how to determine and not do what is harmful.

iv. Concern via Conduct, Service

that such commitment to protective concern is to be maintained via all conduct and service at The C&C Ikoku Foundation.

v. Concern via Relations

that such commitment to protective concern is to be maintained via all relations to persons at The C&C Ikoku Foundation.

vi. Concern as Guide

that, in this manner, a basic commitment to not create, do, or provide what is harmful governs and guides your activities relating to The C&C Ikoku Foundation as well as your adherence to the Codes and Polices.

6 — Consent

Consent — regarding the ethics of consent, you and The C&C Ikoku Foundation understand and agree to abide by the following:

i. Humans Deserve to Decide

that each human innately has and exercises an ability to make decisions in his best interest.

ii. No Human Deserves Non-Decision

that no human deserves or merits an absence of opportunity to make decisions in his best interest, whether via disempowerment, disinformation, misinformation, or noninformation.

iii. Consent as Informed Opportunity to Determine

that you genuinely commit to the practice of informed consent as helping humans to best determine what is optimally beneficial or good, against what is minimally harmful or bad, for themselves.

iv. Consent as Informed Opportunity to Decide

that you also genuinely commit to the practice of informed consent as providing humans a reasonable opportunity to make informed decisions, and consequently give or revoke consent.

v. Consent via Conduct, Service

that such commitment to consent is to be maintained via all conduct and service at The C&C Ikoku Foundation.

vi. Consent via Relations

that such commitment to consent is to be maintained via all relations to persons at The C&C Ikoku Foundation.

vii. Consent as Guide

that, in this manner, a basic commitment to facilitate free and informed consent governs and guides your activities relating to The C&C Ikoku Foundation as well as your adherence to the Codes and Polices.

7 — Care

Care — regarding the ethics of care, you and The C&C Ikoku Foundation understand and agree to abide by the following:

i. Humans Deserve Care

that each human innately deserves and merits care and caring attendance.

ii. No Human Deserves Non-Care

that no human deserves or merits an absence of care, whether via callousness or cruelty, neglect or negligence.

iii. Ethics as Inquiry into Care

that you genuinely commit to the practice of ethics as rigorous inquiry into how best to care and understand what best enables others to be cared for.

iv. Care via Conduct, Service

that such commitment to care and caring is to be maintained via all conduct and service at The C&C Ikoku Foundation.

v. Care via Relations

that such commitment to care and caring is to be maintained via all relations to persons at The C&C Ikoku Foundation.

vi. Care as Guide

that, in this manner, a basic commitment to care governs and guides your activities relating to The C&C Ikoku Foundation as well as your adherence to the Codes and Polices.

8 — Confidentiality

Confidentiality — regarding the ethics of confidentiality, you and The C&C Ikoku Foundation understand and agree to abide by the following:

i. Humans Deserving Confidentiality

that each human innately deserves and merits confidentiality.

ii. No Human Deserves Non-Confidentiality

that no human deserves or merits an absence of confidentiality, whether via disclosure or exposure, indiscretion or infidelity.

iii. Ethics as Maintaining Confidentiality

that you genuinely commit to the practice of ethics as protecting that which is confidential.

iv. Ethics as Maintaining Confidentiality, Human

that you genuinely commit to the practice of ethics as protecting the absolute confidentiality essential to humans — of the inner being, body, and brain, as well as inner self, soul, and spirit.

v. Ethics as Maintaining Confidentiality, Mind

that you, therefore, genuinely commit to the practice of ethics as protecting the absolute confidentiality of the mind and its activities, contents, and signs.

vi. Ethics as Maintaining Confidentiality, Self

that you also genuinely commit to the practice of ethics as protecting the absolute confidentiality of a human’s activities with the self — in physical or virtual solitude, in silence or in voice, written or otherwise recorded, for the self’s purposes.

vii. Confidentiality via Conduct, Service

that such commitment to confidentiality is to be maintained via all conduct and service at The C&C Ikoku Foundation.

viii. Confidentiality via Relations

that such commitment to confidentiality is to be maintained via all relations to persons at The C&C Ikoku Foundation.

ix. Confidentiality as Guide

that, in this manner, a basic commitment to confidentiality governs and guides your activities relating to The C&C Ikoku Foundation as well as your adherence to the Codes and Polices.

9 — Dignity

Dignity — regarding the ethics of dignity, you and The C&C Ikoku Foundation understand and agree to abide by the following:

i. Humans Deserve Dignity

that each human innately deserves and merits dignity, specifically, of the state and treatment of his person.

ii. No Human Deserves Non-Dignity

that no human deserves or merits an absence of such dignity, whether via public debasement or example, social ritual or stripping of rights.

iii. Ethics as Dignity in Treatment

that you genuinely commit to the practice of ethics as rigorous inquiry into how best to treat each person as fully human, and thus with dignity.

iv. Dignity via Conduct, Service

that such commitment to dignity is to be maintained via all conduct and service at The C&C Ikoku Foundation.

v. Dignity via Relations

that such commitment to dignity is to be maintained via all relations to persons at The C&C Ikoku Foundation.

vi. Dignity as Guide

that, in this manner, a basic commitment to the dignity of persons governs and guides your activities relating to The C&C Ikoku Foundation as well as your adherence to the Codes and Polices.

10 — Duty

Duty — regarding the ethics of duty, you and The C&C Ikoku Foundation understand and agree to abide by the following:

i. Principle and Correlative Duty

that each principle of the Codes and Policies incurs a correlative duty toward its fulfillment.

ii. Ethics as Fulfillment of Duties

that the Founder and his appointed official persons commit to the practice of ethics as conscientiously fulfilling duties of care, conduct, and service delineated by each principle.

iii. Duty via Conduct, Service

that such commitment to duty is to be maintained via all conduct and service at The C&C Ikoku Foundation.

iv. Duty via Relations

that such commitment to duty is to be maintained via all relations to persons at The C&C Ikoku Foundation.

v. Duty as Guide

that, in this manner, a basic commitment to the duties of principles governs and guides your activities relating to The C&C Ikoku Foundation as well as your adherence to the Codes and Polices.

11 — Equality

Equality — regarding the ethics of equality, you and The C&C Ikoku Foundation understand and agree to abide by the following:

i. Humans Deserve Equality

that each human innately deserves and merits equality, specifically, of their status under the law.

ii. No Human Deserves Non-Equality

that no human deserves or merits an absence of such equality, whether in opportunity, protection, or treatment.

iii. Ethics as Equality, Reciprocity

that you genuinely commit to the practice of ethics as rigorous application of equality via reciprocity.

iv. Ethics as Not Doing What Is Not Done

that you, therefore, genuinely commit to the practice of ethics as not doing to any person what is not done simultaneously to each and every human being, or what would not be done to oneself or one’s most loved one.

v. Equality via Conduct, Service

that such commitment to equality is to be maintained via all conduct and service at The C&C Ikoku Foundation.

vi. Equality via Relations

that such commitment to equality is to be maintained via all relations to persons at The C&C Ikoku Foundation.

vii. Equality as Guide

that, in this manner, a basic commitment to equality governs and guides your activities relating to The C&C Ikoku Foundation as well as your adherence to the Codes and Polices.

12 — Equipoise

Equipoise — regarding the ethics of equipoise, you and The C&C Ikoku Foundation understand and agree to abide by the following:

i. Equipoise of Priority

that the humanity of each human innately deserves and merits priority over the interests of a community or generalizable knowledge.

ii. No Human Deserves Non-Priority

that no human deserves or merits an absence of such equipoise, whether via inhumane, undue or unequal burden, treatment, or use.

iii. Ethics as Equipoise, Non-Instrumentality

that you genuinely commit to the practice of ethics as refraining from the instrumental use of a human as means to others’s ends.

iv. Ethics as Equipoise, Non-Utilitarianism

that you also genuinely commit to the practice of ethics as refraining from burdening, depriving, harming, imperiling, or sacrificing a human for the greater good or the increased or maximal gain of a community, field, or state.

v. Ethics as Equipoise, Refraining, Stopping

that you, therefore, genuinely commit to the practice of ethics as refraining and stopping wherever there is reason to believe — or a remote possibility — that such instrumental use or utilitarianism will result for any human.

vi. Equipoise via Conduct, Service

that such commitment to equipoise is to be maintained via all conduct and service at The C&C Ikoku Foundation.

vii. Equipoise via Relations

that such commitment to equipoise is to be maintained via all relations to persons at The C&C Ikoku Foundation.

viii. Equipoise as Guide

that, in this manner, a basic commitment to equipoise governs and guides your activities relating to The C&C Ikoku Foundation as well as your adherence to the Codes and Polices.

13 — Freedom

Freedom — regarding the ethics of freedom, you and The C&C Ikoku Foundation understand and agree to abide by the following:

i. Humans Deserve Freedom

that each human innately deserves and merits the basic, civil and fundamental freedoms accorded them by their polities.

ii. No Human Deserves Non-Freedom

that no human deserves or merits an absence of such freedoms, whether via coercion or constraint, subjection or subjugation.

iii. Ethics as Safeguarding Freedom

that you genuinely commit to the practice of ethics as protecting that which is innately free.

iv. Ethics as Safeguarding Freedom, Human

that you genuinely commit to the practice of ethics as protecting the absolute freedom essential to humans — of the inner being, body, and brain, as well as inner self, soul, and spirit.

v. Ethics as Safeguarding Freedom, Mind

that you, therefore, genuinely commit to the practice of ethics as protecting the absolute freedom of the mind and its activities, contents, and explorations.

vi. Ethics as Safeguarding Freedom, Self

that you also genuinely commit to the practice of ethics as protecting the absolute freedom of a human’s activities with the self — in physical or virtual solitude, in silence or in voice, written or otherwise recorded, for the self’s purposes.

vii. Freedom via Conduct, Service

that such commitment to freedom is to be maintained by all conduct and service at The C&C Ikoku Foundation.

viii. Freedom via Relations

that such commitment to freedom is to be maintained by all relations to persons at The C&C Ikoku Foundation.

ix. Freedom as Guide

that, in this manner, a basic commitment to freedom governs and guides your activities relating to The C&C Ikoku Foundation as well as your adherence to the Codes and Polices.

14 — Honor

Honor — regarding the ethics of honor, you and The C&C Ikoku Foundation understand and agree to abide by the following:

i. Humans Deserve Honor

that each human innately deserves and merits honor, specifically, of wishes concerning his person.

ii. No Human Deserves Non-Honor

that no human deserves or merits an absence of such honor, whether via disdain or disregard, ignorance or inattention.

iii. Ethics as Honoring Wishes

that you genuinely commit to the practice of ethics as honoring each human’s wishes concerning his person.

iv. Honor via Conduct, Service

that such commitment to honor is to be maintained via all conduct and service at The C&C Ikoku Foundation.

v. Honor via Relations

that such commitment to honor is to be maintained via all relations to persons at The C&C Ikoku Foundation.

vi. Honor as Guide

that, in this manner, a basic commitment to honoring persons governs and guides your activities relating to The C&C Ikoku Foundation as well as your adherence to the Codes and Polices.

15 — Inclusion

Inclusion — regarding the ethics of inclusion, you and The C&C Ikoku Foundation understand and agree to abide by the following:

i. Humans as Deserving Inclusion

that each human innately deserves and merits inclusion.

ii. No Human Deserves Non-Inclusion

that no human deserves or merits an absence of inclusion, whether via ban or banishment, smear or stigma.

iii. Ethics as Due Accommodation

that you genuinely commit to the practice of ethics as according humans due accommodation as it pertains to ableness, discrimination, or injury.

iv. Ethics as Due Recognition

that you also genuinely commit to the practice of ethics as according humans due recognition of their diverse and unique contributions, especially from knowledge gained through experience, inquiry, or insight.

v. Inclusion via Conduct, Service

that such commitment to inclusion is to be maintained via all conduct and service at The C&C Ikoku Foundation.

vi. Inclusion via Relations

that such commitment to inclusion is to be maintained via all relations to persons at The C&C Ikoku Foundation.

vii. Inclusion as Guide

that, in this manner, a basic commitment to inclusion governs and guides your activities relating to The C&C Ikoku Foundation as well as your adherence to the Codes and Polices.

16 — Justice

Justice — regarding the ethics of justice, you and The C&C Ikoku Foundation understand and agree to abide by the following:

i. Humans Deserve Justice

that each human innately deserves and merits humane fairness, lawfulness, and in this manner, justice.

ii. No Human Deserves Non-Justice

that no human deserves or merits an absence of such justice, whether via criminality or corruption, partiality or prejudice.

iii. Ethics as Justice, Compliance

that you genuinely commit to the practice of ethics as compliance with applicable laws, policies, regulations, and treaties, including the most humane and protective interpretations of the Belmont Report, the Declaration of Helsinki, the Nuremberg Code, and the United Nations Declaration of Bioethics and Human Rights.

iv. Ethics as Justice, Non-Expediency

that you also genuinely commit to the practice of ethics as non-expediency with respect to persons, not for politics or profit, and especially not to subject any human’s humanity — or attendant rights — to arbitration or abrogation, calculus or compromise, negation or negotiation, or any majoritarian voting that disenfranchises, even for the aggregate, common or public good.

v. Ethics as Justice, Non-Obstruction

that you also genuinely commit to the practice of ethics as refraining from obstruction or other diminishment of the Founder’s full access to and benefit of legal and other professional counsel.

vii. Justice as Guide

that, in this manner, a basic commitment to justice governs and guides your activities relating to The C&C Ikoku Foundation as well as your adherence to the Codes and Polices.

17 — Liberty

Liberty — regarding the ethics of liberty, you and The C&C Ikoku Foundation understand and agree to abide by the following:

i. Humans Deserve Liberty

that each human innately deserves and merits the basic, civil and fundamental liberties accorded them by their polities.

ii. No Human Deserves Non-Liberty

that no human deserves or merits an absence of such liberties, whether via imposition, interference, or intrusion.

iii. Ethics as Safeguarding Liberty

that you genuinely commit to the practice of ethics as protecting that which is liberal.

iv. Ethics as Safeguarding Liberty, Human

that you genuinely commit to the practice of ethics as protecting the absolute liberty essential to humans — of the inner being, body, and brain, as well as inner self, soul, and spirit.

v. Ethics as Safeguarding Liberty, Mind

that you, therefore, genuinely commit to the practice of ethics as protecting the absolute liberty of the mind and its activities, contents, and examinations.

vi. Ethics as Safeguarding Liberty, Self

that you also genuinely commit to the practice of ethics as protecting the absolute liberty of a human’s activities with the self — in physical or virtual solitude, in silence or in voice, written or otherwise recorded, for the self’s purposes.

vii. Liberty via Conduct, Service

that such commitment to liberty is to be maintained by all conduct and service at The C&C Ikoku Foundation.

viii. Liberty via Relations

that such commitment to liberty is to be maintained by all relations to persons at The C&C Ikoku Foundation.

ix. Liberty as Guide

that, in this manner, a basic commitment to liberty governs and guides your activities relating to The C&C Ikoku Foundation as well as your adherence to the Codes and Polices.

18 — Privacy

Privacy — regarding the ethics of privacy, you and The C&C Ikoku Foundation understand and agree to abide by the following:

i. Humans Deserve Privacy

that each human innately deserves and merits privacy.

ii. No Human Deserves Non-Privacy

that no human deserves or merits an absence of privacy, whether via detection or dissemination, exhibition or exposure.

iii. Ethics as Maintaining Privacy

that you genuinely commit to the practice of ethics as protecting that which is private.

iv. Ethics as Maintaining Privacy, Human

that you genuinely commit to the practice of ethics as protecting the absolute privacy essential to humans — of the inner being, body, and brain, as well as inner self, soul, and spirit.

v. Ethics as Maintaining Privacy, Mind

that you, therefore, genuinely commit to the practice of ethics as protecting the absolute privacy of the mind and its activities, contents, and signs.

vi. Ethics as Maintaining Privacy, Self

that you, therefore, genuinely commit to the practice of ethics as protecting the absolute privacy of a human’s activities with the self — in physical or virtual solitude, in silence or in voice, written or otherwise recorded, for the self’s purposes.

vii. Privacy via Conduct, Service

that such commitment to privacy is to be maintained by all conduct and service at The C&C Ikoku Foundation.

viii. Privacy via Relations

that such commitment to privacy is to be maintained by all relations to persons at The C&C Ikoku Foundation.

ix. Privacy as Guide

that, in this manner, a basic commitment to privacy governs and guides your activities relating to The C&C Ikoku Foundation as well as your adherence to the Codes and Polices.

19 — Respect

Respect — regarding the ethics of respect, you and The C&C Ikoku Foundation understand and agree to abide by the following:

i. Humans Deserve Respect

that each human innately deserves and merits respect, specifically, for his person and personhood.

ii. No Human Deserves Non-Respect

that no human deserves or merits an absence of such respect, whether via lack of consideration or consultation, or an instance of inhumane infringement.

iii. Ethics as Inquiry into Respect

that you genuinely commit to the practice of ethics as rigorous inquiry into how best to respect the person and personhood of each and every human, particularly where vulnerable populations are concerned.

iv. Respect via Conduct, Service

that such commitment to respect is to be maintained via all conduct and service at The C&C Ikoku Foundation.

v. Respect via Relations

that such commitment to respect is to be maintained via all relations to persons at The C&C Ikoku Foundation.

vi. Respect as Guide

that, in this manner, a basic commitment to respect for persons governs and guides your activities relating to The C&C Ikoku Foundation as well as your adherence to the Codes and Polices.

20 — Responsibility

Responsibility — regarding the ethics of responsibility, you and The C&C Ikoku Foundation understand and agree to abide by the following:

i. Principle and Responsibility

that each principle of the Codes and Policies incurs a correlative responsibility toward its fulfillment.

ii. Ethics as Fulfillment of Responsibilities

that the Founder and his appointed official persons commit to the practice of ethics as conscientiously fulfilling responsibilities of care, conduct, and service delineated by each principle.

iii. Responsibility via Conduct, Service

that such commitment to responsibility is to be maintained via all conduct and service at The C&C Ikoku Foundation.

iv. Responsibility via Relations

that such commitment to responsibility is to be maintained via all relations to persons at The C&C Ikoku Foundation.

v. Responsibility as Guide

that, in this manner, a basic commitment to the responsibilities of principles governs and guides your activities relating to The C&C Ikoku Foundation as well as your adherence to the Codes and Polices.

21 — Unity

Unity — regarding the unity of The C&C Ikoku Foundation, under its administration and ownership by the Founder, you and The C&C Ikoku Foundation understand and agree to abide by the following:

i. Founder Deserves Property

that Alvan Azinna Chibuzo Ikoku innately deserves and merits the rights to property and to found, administer, and own The C&C Ikoku Foundation.

ii. Ikoku Foundation Deserves Organization

that The C&C Ikoku Foundation deserves and merits treatment as person and property with organizational centrality and unity, confidentiality and privacy, freedom and liberty, independence and integrity under its administration and ownership by the Founder, Alvan Azinna Chibuzo Ikoku.

iii. Conditions of Founding, Governance

that it is, therefore, of utmost importance that all persons relating to The C&C Ikoku Foundation rigorously adhere to the Conditions of Founding, the Conditions of Governance, and all provisions for Founder and organizational centrality and unity, confidentiality and privacy, freedom and liberty, independence and integrity in the Codes and Policies.

iv. Sole Entity

that, notwithstanding any other provisions of the Codes and Policies, the principles, protections, and provisions for the organizational centrality and unity, confidentiality and privacy, freedom and liberty, independence and integrity of The C&C Ikoku Foundation — as one unified entity administered solely by the Founder — are not to be infringed in any way.

v. Sole Founder

that, notwithstanding any other provisions of the Codes and Policies, the sole Founder, Alvan Azinna Chibuzo Ikoku, is the sole Member, Manager, Officer, and Owner of The C&C Ikoku Foundation.

vi. Sole Powers

that, notwithstanding any other provisions of the Codes and Policies, the Founder is the sole person with any and all of the interests, powers, and rights pertaining to the administration, including governance, and ownership of The C&C Ikoku Foundation.

vii. Sole Policy Powers

that, notwithstanding any other provisions of the Codes and Policies, the Founder is the sole person with any and all of the attendant powers pertaining to the Codes and Policies, including their interpretation as well as the adjudication and determination of compliance.

viii. Refrain from Infringement

that you genuinely commit to refraining from infringing, in any way, any aspect of the administration, including governance, and ownership of The C&C Ikoku Foundation by the Founder, Alvan Azinna Chibuzo Ikoku.

ix. Unity as Guide

that, in this manner, a basic commitment to respect and uphold such administration, ownership, and unity guides your activities relating to The C&C Ikoku Foundation as well as your adherence to the Codes and Polices.

22 — Value

Value — regarding the ethics of value, you and The C&C Ikoku Foundation understand and agree to abide by the following:

i. Humans Form Value

that each human has and exercises an ability to form, inform, and reform a given set of values.

ii. Humans Abide, Examine, Promote, Provide Value

that such human ability entails not only abiding by but also examining, promoting, and providing value.

iii. Humans Deserve Valuism

that each human innately deserves and merits an opportunity to share insights from such ability, and thus contribute to values and valuism.

iv. Valuism’s Basis

that the Founder and his appointed official persons commit to practices of ethics-making and policy-making that are valuist in nature, and thus case-based, evidence-based, participation-based, practice-based, principle-based, and via such inquiry, value-based.

v. Not Valuate Humans

that, in doing so, the Founder and his appointed official persons also commit to refraining from — implicitly or explicitly — assigning value to humans themselves or either ascertaining or comparing their worth.

vi. Value via Conduct, Service

that such approach to value is to be maintained via all conduct and service at The C&C Ikoku Foundation.

vii. Value via Relations

that such approach to value is to be maintained via all relations to persons at The C&C Ikoku Foundation.

viii. Valuism as Guide

that, in this manner, a basic commitment to valuism — as it is further defined and interpreted by the Founder — governs and guides your activities relating to The C&C Ikoku Foundation as well as your adherence to the Codes and Polices.

Crowd Gathered on Steps with Washington Monument in Background — March On Washington, Washington DC, USA, August 28, 1963 (Library of Congress)

Schoolgirl in Uniform at Doorway Looking Above — In Uniform, Liberia, March 2019 (Adrianna Van Groningen)

Girl Kneeling in Busy Street — Tibetan Girl, 2017 (Journey Yang)

Policies

Provision

As stated earlier, the governance of The Chinyere and Chinelo Ikoku Foundation is, in important part, conducted via the Codes and Policies below:

Ikoku Foundation Agreement

The C&C Ikoku Foundation Conduct and Service Agreement, which:

Collectively Governing

consists of several Codes and Policies that collectively govern all conduct and service in any way relating to The Chinyere and Chinelo Ikoku Foundation.

Collectively Including

collectively include the Basic Policies — the Conditions and Terms of Founding, the Conditions and Terms of Governance, the Conditions and Terms of Conduct and Service, and the Founding and Governing Code of Ethics — as well as all other codes and policies, associated as the Correlative Policies.

Available Below

are made available further below.

Conditions of Founding

Conditions and Terms of Founding of The C&C Ikoku Foundation (HTML)

Conditions of Governance

Conditions and Terms of Governance of The C&C Ikoku Foundation (HTML)

Conditions of Service

Conditions and Terms of Conduct and Service (HTML)

Founding Ethics

Founding and Governing Code of Ethics (HTML)

All Policies

All Policies (HTML)

Conclusion

— Code of Ethics

— All of the above and aforementioned in this section constitutes the Founding and Governing Code of Ethics of The Chinyere and Chinelo Ikoku Foundation (the “Code of Ethics” and “Ethics”) and forms an integral part of the Codes and Policies of The Chinyere and Chinelo Ikoku Foundation as well as The C&C Ikoku Foundation Conduct and Service Agreement you may enter into with The Chinyere and Chinelo Ikoku Foundation.

— Concerns and Questions

— Please report any concerns about code or policy violations, and send any questions you may have regarding the Code of Ethics or The C&C Ikoku Foundation Conduct and Service Agreement, to policies@ikokufoundation.org.

— Concluding

— And as a concluding aviso and proviso, you are informed as well as reminded that by commencing or continuing any conduct or service relating to The Chinyere and Chinelo Ikoku Foundation — in any way, either directly or indirectly, and via any manner, means, method, or mode — you enter into The C&C Ikoku Foundation Conduct and Service Agreement and agree to abide by and be legally bound by the Policy conditions, principles, protections, and terms described above, and the Codes and Policies, in their entirety without modification or severability, as amended from time to time solely by the Founder.

Woman Bending Down to Tend Crops — Sierra Leone, 2017 (Annie Spratt)

Child in Costume Looking at Camera — Niño, Cusco, Peru, 2018 (Ben Ostrower)

Woman Seated on Mat on Floor, Holding Fan — Seated by Kpone Katamanso District Assembly Office, Tema, Ghana, 2017 (Nathaniel Tetteh)

People Holding Peace Banner and Respect Sign — Women's March, Boston, USA, 2017, (Alice Donovan Rouse)

Also at the Foundation

The C&C Ikoku Foundation is dedicated to fostering ethical philanthropy concerning Africa, its global diasporas, and humanely coexisting communities — toward humane futures for lives across the globe. And so in accordance with the above, the Foundation provides the following:

Philanthropy for Africa

A nonprofit organization that serves the public interest in Africa and its global diasporas — by advancing ethical philanthropy in several domains, including education and research, civics and governance, health and humanities, industry and innovation.

II.

Philanthropy for Community

A nonprofit organization that serves the public interest in fostering humanely coexisting communities and persons — who evince a commitment to humane reciprocity as the basis for enhancing the lives and societies existing around them.

III.

Philanthropy for Humanity

A nonprofit organization that serves the public interest in fostering humanity — by helping the public understand Africa’s essential place in a humane future, where the betterment of conditions for some of the most resolutely humane peoples enhances life for all.

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