Good Practices Manual for Internal, Collaborative and Community Work
The ethical conduct of all collaborators of the VIST Foundation operates according to the highest ethical standards in addressing projects, interviews, workshops, community interventions and collaborations with other organizations or individuals. The actions of each member are based on professional honesty and transparency.
Collaborators and members of the Foundation commit to:
Society, Community and VIST
Prevent discrimination and harassment. VIST is a safe work environment for individuals working within the organization, collaborating with it or maintaining projects and communications.
Do no harm. Community intervention projects (and any community-based production or communication) can actually harm their participants by replacing what they truly need or confusing the objectives that involve us, in our case, amplifying their own voice so that the realities that affect them today can be narrated visually and audiovisually, one of the most important being belonging to a minority group, made invisible by hegemonic cultural, social, political or economic systems.
Respect people as an end and not as a means: each person should be considered and treated as a unique individual who matters and not as an opportunity to stigmatize the condition that distinguishes them.
Respect the ability of participants in the role they play in determining what they have to say. It should not be assumed that a professional or a program planner necessarily knows how to narrate what they describe better than a community or an individual.
Honor the human, civil and legal rights of all people. This includes issues such as cultural sensitivity and respect.
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Communications
Protect sensitive information that belongs to the Foundation or that it handles. The use and access to our information systems carries the responsibility of avoiding fraud, misuse, unauthorized access by outsiders or hacking.
Respect the confidentiality of communications, data and information received from collaborators (including conversations, written or recorded documents, notes, examination results, etc.) so that they are kept confidential or disseminated if and only if the individual, organization or community provides their written consent.Remember and base their actions on the fact that the Foundation is a non-profit organization with no political affiliation. The projects or proposals developed do not indicate negative or positive perception of institutions or governments. VIST is responsible for making visible social, environmental and political situations according to its research lines and base collaboration.
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Open Door Culture
Report concerns or transgressions regarding the ethical conduct of people associated with the Foundation. We recognize that there are situations where making the best decision is difficult. For VIST, it is important to take action in such circumstances, therefore collaborators, members and participants of any program can approach the Foundation with the certainty that they will be heard.