Highly Aligned Career Cohort (HACC) Code of Conduct

HACC Code of Conduct

Purpose

The Highly Aligned Career Cohort (HACC) is a reflective, faith-aware, and professionally grounded space designed to support alignment, clarity, and intentional growth. This Code of Conduct exists to protect the integrity of the cohort, ensure psychological safety, and create conditions where every participant can engage openly and responsibly.

This Code applies across all HACC environments, including live Zoom sessions, breakout rooms, WhatsApp community spaces, written reflections, assessments, and any cohort-related communications.

Our Shared Commitment

Participation in HACC is voluntary and intentional. By joining the cohort, each participant commits to engaging with honesty, respect, and care — recognising that the quality of the experience is shaped collectively.

Standards of Behaviour

1. Respect & Dignity

Participants are expected to:

  • Treat all members with respect, regardless of background, experience, or belief.
  • Speak from personal experience rather than making assumptions about others.
  • Avoid language or behaviour that is dismissive, judgmental, or undermining.

HACC is a space for discernment, not debate or correction.

2. Confidentiality

  • Personal stories, reflections, or experiences shared within HACC are confidential.
  • Participants must not record, screenshot, forward, quote, or share cohort conversations without explicit permission from those involved.
  • WhatsApp messages, Zoom discussions, and breakout conversations are to remain within the cohort.

Confidentiality is foundational to trust and is treated as a serious responsibility.

3. Engagement & Participation

  • Participants are encouraged to engage actively in live sessions, breakout rooms, and community prompts.
  • Attendance at all sessions is encouraged, but participants should communicate if they are unable to attend.
  • Presence matters more than performance; honest engagement is valued over perfection.

4. Boundaries of Support

  • HACC is a developmental cohort, not a counselling or therapy programme.
  • Facilitators and mentors do not provide medical, psychological, legal, or financial advice.
  • Participants are responsible for seeking appropriate professional support where required.

5. Direct Messaging & Peer Interaction

  • Private messaging between participants is permitted but must remain respectful, consensual, and appropriate.
  • Participants should not use direct messages to pressure, solicit, or counsel others.
  • If a participant feels uncomfortable with private contact, this should be respected immediately.

6. Facilitator Authority & Safeguarding

  • Facilitators are responsible for holding the space and maintaining safety.
  • Where behaviour undermines psychological safety or breaches this Code, facilitators may intervene.
  • This may include private conversations, warnings, or, in rare cases, removal from the cohort.

Such actions are taken with care and proportionality.

Breach of Conduct

Where a breach of this Code occurs:

  • Concerns should be raised privately with a facilitator.

  • Facilitators will assess the situation fairly and confidentially.

  • Persistent or serious breaches may result in removal from HACC without refund.

Data & Privacy Awareness

Participants are reminded that HACC operates in line with applicable data protection standards, including GDPR, UK GDPR and NDPR.

  • Personal data shared within the cohort should be treated with discretion.

  • Participants must not misuse contact information or personal details obtained through HACC.

A Shared Responsibility

This Code of Conduct supports, but does not replace, personal responsibility. Each participant contributes to the tone, safety, and depth of the cohort through how they listen, speak, and show up.

By participating in HACC, you affirm your commitment to these standards and to the collective wellbeing of the cohort.