IncludeEveryone
No one can whistle a symphony. Any great work requires a community, a team dedicated to accomplishing its goal. By going out of our way to engage and include others, we can build something great and have a better time doing it.
In the words of the Spanish Priest Baltasar Gracion, "The path to greatness is along with others" (although he might have said it in Spanish...).
Why is this important?
In AboutUs everyone has a voice and we listen to them all not just the ones that shout the loudest. Sometimes the greatest wisdom comes from those who speak the quietest or who do not often get to express their views.
Sometimes there are opposing points of view and the AboutUs community wants to hear them all. Not because we are spoiling for a fight but because we live in a multifaceted world where there is no ultimate right or wrong, truth or lie.
Seeing the world from many different angles gives a better picture of what the world is really like, which may not always be the way we would like to see it. We live in a very complex world but none of us live in complete isolation. Each of us is interlinked with one another regardless of the differences in our colours, creeds and cultures. When we begin to interact with one another and understand what links us as well as what separates us, only then will be begin to understand just how complex our world is?
What should you do?
- When you read something which you strongly disagree with or you feel is wrong:
- Do not immediately delete it.
- Consider the point of view of the writer
- Ask for further clarification
- Write an alternative viewpoint to accompany the first opinion
- Policy provides a way to encourage behaviors that are in the best interest of aboutus without requiring individual staff members to sit in judgement of others
Related EmbraceDiversity
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