Dignity
Respect for the autonomy, rights and integrity of all people with whom the organization works.
Code of Ethics · Framework page
Principles for responsible institutional practice.
Framework page · version 1.0 · last editorial update: May 2026.
Framework document
This page presents the institutional structure of the Code of Ethics of Exodus & Resilience. Its definitive content will be published when the platform’s first operating cycle is activated, according to the phased governance model.
Until then, this page remains accessible for institutional transparency purposes and does not represent an approved, signed or definitive document for external public use.
If you need a definitive, signed and dated version for institutional due diligence, you may request it at contact@exodusandresilience.org.
Public commitment and operational reference
This version operates as a public framework document and internal operational reference. The policy must be formally approved by institutional direction once the platform’s legal and operational structure is consolidated.
Until then, Exodus & Resilience assumes this Code as an institutional commitment to prudence, respect, transparency and responsibility in the development of its cultural, educational and community programs.
Institutional ethics are part of the platform’s cultural and social infrastructure: they protect communities, participants, partners, teams and donors, and ensure that every public claim remains proportional, documented and verifiable.
Ethics in sensitive contexts
Exodus & Resilience works in contexts where migration, cultural memory, social fragmentation, unequal access, artistic creation and education intersect. For this reason, the organization establishes an explicit ethical framework as a condition of its work, protecting participants, communities, artists, partners and teams.
Institutional ethics are not understood as a decorative statement, but as a daily practice that must guide curatorial, programmatic, financial, communications and governance decisions.
Who this Code applies to
This Code applies to people and entities participating in institutional activity or acting on behalf of Exodus & Resilience.
- Institutional team and local teams of territorial programs.
- Consultants, suppliers and external collaborators when acting on behalf of the organization.
- Advisory Board members in their relationship with the organization, once such body is formally constituted.
- Artists, mediators, trainers and researchers connected to programs, commissions or residencies.
- Institutional partners and donors in their relationship with Exodus & Resilience.
The definitive composition of teams, advisory bodies and internal mechanisms will be published as phased governance advances.
Core ethical principles
Non-discrimination
Rejection of discrimination based on origin, nationality, migration status, gender, identity, orientation, age, religion, opinion, socioeconomic condition or ability.
Protection
Active safeguarding of minors and persons in situations of vulnerability.
Institutional honesty
Truthful communication, without exaggerating results or attributing unverifiable impact.
Independence
Protection from political, commercial or ideological pressure that may compromise the integrity of cultural and social work.
Traceability
Proportionate documentation of decisions, funds, alliances, learning and methodological limits.
Expected conduct
The team, collaborators and people connected to the organization commit to acting with prudence, professionalism, respect and consistency with the institutional mission.
- Represent the organization truthfully and proportionately.
- Do not exaggerate results or attribute achievements that are not documented.
- Separate personal interests from institutional interests.
- Protect confidential information concerning participants, partners, donors and internal processes.
- Communicate internally any situation that may compromise the organization’s reputation, legality or ethics.
- Avoid public statements that present as definitive something still under evaluation, application or formalization.
Relationship with communities and participants
Exodus & Resilience recognizes the central role of communities and participants in its work. The organization avoids the instrumental use of stories, images, testimonies or personal trajectories.
- Informed consent for participation, recording and image use.
- Clear communication about objectives, limits and expectations of each program.
- Accessible channels for questions, complaints or voluntary withdrawal from a program.
- Protection from unauthorized uses of image, voice, testimony or personal history.
- Special prudence in contexts of migration, grief, trauma, public exposure or social vulnerability.
Institutional independence
Exodus & Resilience does not accept funds whose origin, conditions or effects are incompatible with its Code of Ethics, curatorial independence or the dignity of the communities with which it works. Each potential funding source is evaluated through ethical, reputational and strategic criteria before any commitment is accepted.
The organization maintains curatorial, programmatic and editorial independence. No contribution, alliance or sponsorship may condition the integrity of institutional work.
- The selection of artists, contents or curatorial lines.
- The public reading of results and learnings.
- The documentation of limits, errors or institutional adjustments.
- The decision regarding priority communities, territories or audiences.
- The publication of methodological, financial or governance information that corresponds to the agreed framework.
Contributions from donors and partners are received according to the Donor Transparency Statement and to the applicable fiscal or institutional mechanisms in each node.
See donor transparency (framework page)Disclosure and abstention
People connected to Exodus & Resilience commit to identifying and declaring personal, professional or financial relationships that may compromise an institutional decision.
In the event of a real, potential or perceived conflict, the affected person is expected to abstain from the corresponding decision, and the case and its resolution should be documented.
Responsible use of image, voice and testimony
The use of image, voice, testimony and personal data is governed by informed consent, explicit purpose and protection of dignity.
The organization establishes as practice that every identifiable person may request the removal, modification or reasonable restriction of the use of their image or testimony, according to applicable technical, legal and editorial possibilities.
When a territorial program involves minors, identifiable persons, testimonies, images, sensitive stories or communities in situations of vulnerability, the processing of data and materials will follow criteria of informed consent, safeguarding, dignity, context and proportionality.
See safeguarding policy (framework page)Truthful and proportionate communication
Public communication must reflect the founding phase of Exodus & Resilience with precision. The platform should not present projected programs, applications under review, framework documents or future governance stages as completed outcomes.
- Do not present funding applications under evaluation as confirmed funding.
- Do not publish impact figures, participant numbers, workshops or beneficiaries unless verified.
- Do not present framework pages as definitive signed documents.
- Do not use partner logos without express authorization from each entity.
- Do not describe programs in design as operational programs.
- Do not imply that the Advisory Board has been publicly constituted before formal authorization.
Reporting possible breaches
Compliance with this Code is understood as a condition of the institutional relationship. Potential breaches, concerns or questions may be communicated through the institutional contact channel while the definitive compliance structure is formalized.
- Concerns should be reviewed with proportionality, confidentiality and care.
- Good-faith reporting should not result in retaliation.
- Responses should consider the seriousness of the concern, the evidence available and the protection of affected persons.
- When a situation involves minors, vulnerable persons or sensitive data, safeguarding and privacy criteria must guide the response.
Until segmented inboxes are active, all ethics, safeguarding, governance, privacy, press, partnership and institutional requests are managed through contact@exodusandresilience.org.
Version and review
- Document type: framework page.
- Status: version 1.0 in preparation, not approved as a definitive document.
- Last editorial update: May 2026.
- Formal approval date: (in preparation; to be published in the definitive version).
- Next scheduled review: (in preparation; to be published in the definitive version).
- Institutional contact: contact@exodusandresilience.org.
This document will be updated as the platform’s governance, oversight, reporting and compliance mechanisms are formalized.
Institutional ethics are demonstrated in practice.
This Code guides decisions, relationships and internal processes while the organization consolidates its formal governance structure.