Principle: a rule or belief governing one’s personal behavior.

National Standards and Principles

This page sets the code of conduct expected of all 13% Nationals and is a condition of membership. It applies to all members, irrespective of their membership type, the role they fulfill, or the jurisdiction in which they live or work.

Being a 13% National comes with a great responsibility for members to commit to ethical standards that promote the goal of transforming our community and society at large for the better.
13%’s Membership Code of Conduct embody aspirational ethical standards for its members.  While adherence to the aspirational ethical standards is not easily measured, conducting themselves in accordance with these ethical standards is an expectation that 13% members have of themselves as Nationals. Among the aspirational ethical concepts which this Membership Code of Conduct embraces are those of respect, responsibility, fairness, and honesty.

• Respect: Respect is demonstrating a high regard for one’s self, others, and the resources entrusted to them. Those resources may include people, money, reputation, the safety of others, and natural or environmental resources. An environment of respect engenders trust, confidence, and performance excellence by fostering mutual cooperation — an environment where diverse perspectives and views are encouraged and valued.
  
• Responsibility: Responsibility is taking ownership for the decisions one makes or fails to make, the actions one takes or fails to take, and the consequences that result.
  
• Fairness: Fairness is making decisions and acting impartially and objectively. A member’s conduct must be free from competing self-interest, prejudice, and favoritism.
• Honesty: Honesty is understanding the truth and acting in a truthful manner both in one’s communications and in one’s conduct.

Additionally, 13% Nationals must answer the calls for truth, balance, order, harmony, law, morality, and justice. Below are daily affirmations which shall guide our members’ moral compass.