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Policies Conditions

Overview

The Codes and Policies form the Agreement you enter into whenever — and wherever — you commence or continue any conduct or service relating in any way, directly or indirectly, to The Ikoku Center. Please, therefore, take the time to read what follows carefully.

I — Your Policies Agreements

— first, with respect to the Agreement you enter into with The Ikoku Center, you understand and agree to abide by the following:

i. Agreement: Name, Nature
that the name of the agreement is “The Ikoku Center Conduct and Service Agreement” (the “Agreement”) and that the nature of this agreement is to serve as the code of conduct, the products and services agreement, and the user agreement of The Alvan Ikoku Center for Ethics.
ii. Agreement: Composition
that the Agreement consists of the Codes and Policies of The Alvan Ikoku Center for Ethics (the “Codes and Policies” and the “Policies”), which 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.
iii. Agreement: Governing
that the Codes and Policies and Agreement are to be adhered to by you when relating to The Ikoku Center, and are to govern all your conduct and service — including any act, activity, agent, arrangement, asset, or involved material or matter — relating to The Ikoku Center, in any way, either directly or indirectly, via any manner, means, method, or mode.
iv. Agreement: Commence, Continue
that whenever you commence or continue any conduct or service relating to The Ikoku Center — directly or indirectly as further described below — you are agreeing to the Codes and Policies, as they are amended from time to time solely by the Founder, and you are agreeing to enter into the Agreement.
v. Agreement: Direct, Indirect
that whenever you commence or continue any of the aforementioned conduct or service directly or indirectly — whether through The Ikoku Center, or through natural or legal persons commencing or continuing conduct or service relating to The Ikoku Center, or through any act, activity, agent, arrangement, asset, or involved material or matter relating to any of the aforementioned — you are also agreeing to the Codes and Policies, as they are amended from time to time solely by the Founder, and you are agreeing to enter into the Agreement.
vi. Agreement: Binding, Valid
that via entering into the Agreement as described above, you are also thus indicating that you understand the Codes and Policies, that you intend them to be the legal equivalent of a signed, written contract, equally binding, and that you accept the Codes and Policies and agree to be legally bound by them (your “Agreement”).
vii. Agreement: For Organization
that whenever you commence or continue any of the aforementioned conduct or service for or on behalf of an organization, you are agreeing to the Agreement on behalf of that organization, and represent and warrant that you can do so.
viii. Non-Agreement: Not Commence, Continue
that you will not commence or continue any of the aforementioned conduct or service, in any way, either directly or indirectly, via any manner, means, method, or mode, if you do not agree to all of the Codes and Policies or if your jurisdiction will not honor them.

II — Your Policies Consents

— second, with respect to your ability to consent to the Codes and Policies and the Agreement, you covenant, represent, and warrant the following:

i. Required Age, Permission
that you are at least eighteen (18) years old or, if younger, at least thirteen (13) years old and commence or continue any of the aforementioned conduct or service — including any activity, agent, arrangement, or involved material or matter — with the permission and supervision of an adult parent or guardian.
ii. Required Authority, Power
that you have the authority and power to enter into The Ikoku Center Conduct and Service Agreement constituted by and entailed in the Codes and Policies, including, where applicable, the power and authority to enter into the Agreement on behalf of an organization.
iii. Required Comprehension
that you have read and understood the Codes and Policies and The Ikoku Center Conduct and Service Agreement.
iv. Required Conditions
that you accept and agree that your consent meets the conditions, duties, principles, protections, requirements, rights, standards, and terms for consent, as provided for in the Codes and Policies, for the specific purpose of consenting to the Codes and Policies and The Ikoku Center Conduct and Service Agreement.
v. Required Consent
that you understand your consent to be informed, unrevoked and voluntary in nature.
vi. Requisite Abiding
that, given the above attestation about your consent, you have read, understood, consented to, and agreed to legally abide by the Codes and Policies and The Ikoku Center Conduct and Service Agreement, as they are amended from time to time.
vii. Requisite Binding
that, given the above attestation about your consent, you have read, understood, consented to, and agreed to be legally bound by the Codes and Policies and The Ikoku Center Conduct and Service Agreement, as they are amended from time to time.

III — Your Policies Duties

— third, with respect to your attendant duties to the Codes and Policies and the Agreement, you covenant, represent, and warrant that you understand and agree to fulfill the following:

i. Duty to Basis
your duty to ensure that all conduct and service that you commence or continue — including any act, activity, agent, arrangement, asset, or involved material or matter — relating in any way to The Alvan Ikoku Center for Ethics has as its basis the Codes and Policies and the Agreement.
ii. Duty to Entity
your duty to ensure that all of your aforementioned conduct and service be and remain in accordance with The Alvan Ikoku Center for Ethics as the entity formed by the Founder, Alvan Azinna Chibuzo Ikoku, and so free of any incompatibility with The Alvan Ikoku Center for Ethics itself as well as its founding, governance, and overall administration.
iii. Duty to Ethics
your duty to ensure that all of your aforementioned conduct and service be and remain in accordance with the Founding and Governing Code of Ethics.
iv. Duty to Faith
your duty to ensure that all of your aforementioned conduct and service be and remain in accordance with the basic alignment of The Alvan Ikoku Center for Ethics with the Humana Faith.
v. Duty to Mission
your duty to ensure that all of your aforementioned conduct and service be and remain in accordance with the mission and purposes of The Alvan Ikoku Center for Ethics.
vi. Duty to Prevent
your duty, accordingly, to prevent any intentional or unintentional infringement pertaining to the Codes and Policies, the protections and rights of The Alvan Ikoku Center for Ethics or the Founder, or applicable law and regulation.
vii. Duty to Refrain
your duty, accordingly, to refrain from and stop any intentional or unintentional infringement pertaining to the Codes and Policies, the protections and rights of The Alvan Ikoku Center for Ethics or the Founder, or applicable law and regulation.
viii. Duty to Report
your duty, accordingly, to report — via fully informing communication directly to the Founder — any intentional or unintentional infringement pertaining to the Codes and Policies, the protections and rights of The Alvan Ikoku Center for Ethics or the Founder, or applicable law and regulation.

IV — Your Policies Knowledge

— fourth, with respect to any changes or updates to the Codes and Policies or the Agreement, you covenant, represent, and warrant that you understand and agree to abide by the following:

i. Your Knowledge: Awareness
that you are aware and accept that The Ikoku Center strongly recommends you develop and maintain your knowledge of all the Codes and Policies, and so asks that you regularly read, review, and understand the content of this Site and other communications regarding the Codes and Policies as well as The Ikoku Center Conduct and Service Agreement.
ii. Your Knowledge: Changes to Codes, Policies
that you are aware and accept that The Ikoku Center reserves the right to change and update the Codes and Policies, from time to time and at any time, without liability.
iii. Your Knowledge: Changes to Products, Services
that you are aware and accept that The Ikoku Center reserves the right to change, discontinue, end, restrict, or suspend any aspect, part, or the entirety of the Products or Services, and the right also to do the same for access to and availability of any content, data, or feature of the Products or Services, at any time, without notice or liability.
iv. Your Knowledge: Notice, Notification
that you are aware and accept that if The Ikoku Center makes significant material changes, it will attempt to notify you through the Sites or other Products or Services; but that you also agree that changes and updates The Ikoku Center may provide on the Sites or other Products or Services themselves are legally sufficient notice for this purpose.
v. Your Knowledge: Responsibility
that you are aware and accept that The Ikoku Center strongly encourages you to check back periodically to review the most current, updated version of the Codes and Policies as well as the Products and Services; and that as a natural or legal person who does commence or continue any of the aforementioned conduct or service, including as a user or visitor of the Products or Services, it remains your responsibility to keep informed about such updated changes.
vi. Your Knowledge: Updated
that you are aware and accept that The Ikoku Center takes your commencement or continuation of conduct or service relating to The Ikoku Center as active indication of your current and updated knowledge, understanding, and legally binding acceptance of and agreement to the Codes and Policies, as well as The Ikoku Center Conduct and Service Agreement, as amended from time to time solely by the Founder.
vii. Your Knowledge: Your Actions
that if you object to any changes, you may either not commence or not continue any of the aforementioned conduct or service, including closing any account or equivalent relationship you have with The Ikoku Center; and that after our publishing any changes to the Codes and Policies, or sending a notice about such changes, your commencement or continuation of any of the aforementioned conduct or service, including an unclosed account or equivalent relationship with The Ikoku Center or your use or visit of any of the Products or Services, will constitute your acceptance of such modifications.
Globe Made of Maps Against Black Background
Globe, Rising, October 2017 (Simone Busatto)

Basic Policies

Provision

As stated earlier, the governance of The Alvan Ikoku Center for Ethics is, in important part, conducted via the Codes and Policies below:

Ikoku Center Agreement

The Ikoku Center 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 Alvan Ikoku Center for Ethics.
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 Ikoku Center (HTML)

Conditions of Governance

Conditions and Terms of Governance of The Ikoku Center (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)

Ideas, Rising, January 2022 (Karl Raymund Catabas)
Thoughts, Rising, February 2020 (Zoran Borojevic)
Person, Reading, August 2016 (Matthew Henry)

Correlative Policies

Provision

The Codes and Policies requires your adherence to the conditions and basic policies above and correlative policies delineated below.

Ability and Accessibility

Policy on Ability and Accessibility (HTML)

Appointment and Employment

Policy on Appointment and Employment (HTML)

Centrality and Unity

Policy on Centrality and Unity (HTML)

Communication and Notification

Policy on Communication and Notification (HTML)

Compliance and Fairness

Policy on Compliance and Fairness (HTML)

Confidentiality and Privacy

Policy on Confidentiality and Privacy (HTML)

Data and Information

Policy on Data and Information (HTML)

Environment and Sustainability

Policy on Environment and Sustainability (HTML)

Freedom and Liberty

Policy on Freedom and Liberty (HTML)

Human Subjects Research

Policy on Human Subjects Research (HTML)

Independence and Integrity

Policy on Independence and Integrity (HTML)

Intellectual and Real Property

Policy on Intellectual and Real Property (HTML)

Safety and Security

Policy on Safety and Security (HTML)

Specific and Supplementary

Where appropriate and authorized by the Founder, The Ikoku Center will list here any Supplementary Conditions and Terms that are Specific to given Parties, Persons, Products, Services, Sites, or equivalent.

Conclusion

— Codes and Policies

— All of the above and aforementioned in this section constitutes the Codes and Policies of The Alvan Ikoku Center for Ethics (the “Codes and Policies” and “Policies”) and forms an integral part of The Ikoku Center Conduct and Service Agreement you may enter into with The Alvan Ikoku Center for Ethics

— Concerns and Questions

— Please report any concerns about code or policy violations, and send any questions you may have regarding the Codes and Policies or The Ikoku Center Conduct and Service Agreement, to policies@ikokuphilanthropies.com.

— 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 Alvan Ikoku Center for Ethics — in any way, either directly or indirectly, and via any manner, means, method, or mode — you enter into The Ikoku Center 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.

Caring, June 2020 (Isaac Quesada)
Applying, April 2022 (Wesley Tingey)
Feeling, Madonna della PietĂ , April 2020 (Grant Whitty)
Thinking, May 2021 (Kenny Eliason)

Also at the Center

The Ikoku Center is dedicated to the study and application of ethics for the benefit of communities, institutions, lives, and societies — in Africa and across the globe. And so in accordance with the above, the Center provides the following:

I.

Examining the Good

A center committed to studying and applying our various methods for examining the good — via analysis, conversation, deliberation, education, and further evaluation of beliefs, laws, mores, norms, values, and virtues.

II.

Being, Doing Good

A center also committed to studying and applying our various modes for being good, doing good, and living a good life among others — via forms of community, conscience, duty, obligation, reciprocity, responsibility, and service.

III.

Providing the Good

A center also committed to studying and applying our various means for providing the good to ourselves as well as others — via the ethics of care, civics, communities, economies, institutions, and the professions.

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