QUALITY OF INFORMATION

Test the accuracy of information from all sources and exercise care to avoid inadvertent error. Deliberate distortion is never permissible. Identified fact errors will be corrected in the issue that follows the incorrect publication.

Most of the news material in Global Talk is re-printed from other sources. Global Talk collaborators are always aware of the agendas of their sources and clearly distinguish between advocacy and news reporting.

Plagiarism is an unforgivable offense. Global Talk collaborators do not take other peoples' work and present it as our own. Sources of the information printed on the pages of Global Talk and posted on the web-site are clearly identified.

RESPECT FOR INDIVIDUALS

All collaborators treat sources, subjects and colleagues as human beings deserving of respect.

SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY

It is one of Global Talk's goals to inform its readers about values and beliefs of different cultures. However, Global Talk collaborators examine their own cultural values and avoid imposing those values on others.

While stereotypes are an easy way to simplify one's perception of the complexities of this world, they are inevitably oversimplifications. Global Talk collaborators avoid stereotyping by race, gender, age, religion, ethnicity, geography, sexual orientation, disability, physical appearance, social status, etc.

Global Talk collaborators do not make statements or remarks that belittle individuals, promote racism, violence, or hatred.

Global Talk collaborators tell the story of the diversity and magnitude of the human experience boldly, even when it is unpopular to do so.

Global Talk collaborators support the open exchange of views, even views they find repugnant.

CONFLICTS OF INTEREST

Collaborators should be free of obligation to any interest other than the public's right to know.

Global Talk denies favored treatment to advertisers and special interests and resists their pressure to influence news coverage.