Specimen Code of Ethics

Thank you for signing up for this workshop.

As part of the workshop ethos and to create an environment in which it is safe to take risks, we would like you to read and agree to the ethical principles set out below. If there is anything in this with which you feel uncomfortable, we are only too pleased to discuss it. Please bring a signed copy to the workshop, or send it in advance. This agreement is binding on all attendees, participants, back row, assistants and leaders.

Confidentiality

There is an agreement of confidentiality between all people present at the workshop. We define confidentiality as the non-disclosure of the personal process of any individual or of any information relating to any individual participant that was unavailable prior to their participation in the programme and where such information became available within the programme.

Abuse

All engagement with individuals or the group will be non-abusive. We define abuse as the use of one person for the needs of another without their full knowledge and consent.

Violence

Violence by or towards any individual or group by anyone is absolutely unacceptable and will result in the exclusion of the perpetrator from this workshop and future programmes. This includes self-violence, threats of violence and threats of self-violence. The purpose of this boundary is to enable you, if necessary, to express heightened emotion during the course of structured and facilitated exercises in a way which is safe for you and for everyone else.

Drugs and alcohol

1. Please avoid using any alcohol or mood altering drugs during the workshop**.

2. Please do take any prescribed medicine as normal as advised by your doctor or other practitioner**.

** If you have been prescribed mood altering drugs (tranquillisers, antidepressants, antipsychotics etc) by your doctor, please discuss this with the workshop leader in advance.

Medical and psychological conditions

This workshop is for educational purposes only and it is not a substitute for proper medical or psychological treatment. It is not suitable for those currently too emotionally sensitive or too physically disabled to take responsibility for themselves. All health problems should be disclosed when booking. We do not accept liability for medical or psychiatric conditions developing during or after the workshop. If you suspect or know that you are suffering from any physical or psychological ailment or condition, then you undertake to inform the workshop leader and seek appropriate treatment in advance of attending this course.

As with any personal development course, some people may perceive this course as physically or emotionally stressful.

The hosting organisation is responsible only for the orderly and safe presentation of the course. You are responsible for your own participation in the course and your own well-being.

Sexual boundaries

To avoid exploitation by individuals who may be seen as more powerful, no leader, trainee, back row member or representative of Interactive Consultancies may sexually seduce, lure or exploit any participant in any programme administered by the organisation.

This does not restrict the formation of relationships between participants. Any participant who is already in an intimate or sexual relationship with a leader or trainee must participate under the leadership of another leader.

*Code of ethics created by the Institute for Creativity and administered by the hosting organisation.