Governance
Read the rules and safeguards that guide ADCN’s work, including decision-making, research standards, member protection, political independence, complaints and corrections.
Who we are, what authority we have, and how we are organised. Covers ADCN’s purpose and principles, informal and unregistered status, the Network Forum and Coordination Circle, the four workstreams, membership and decision-making, and limits on who may speak for ADCN.
View the Operating Charter (PDF)How do we expect members to treat one another? Everyone involved in ADCN must work with dignity, honesty, care and respect. Disagreement and debate are welcome; bullying, harassment, discrimination, intimidation, misuse of confidential material and taking credit for others’ work are not tolerated.
View the Code of Conduct (PDF)Explains that ADCN does not support political parties or candidates. Members may hold personal political views, relevant affiliations should be disclosed, and ADCN resources must not be used for electoral campaigning. Institutional work remains evidence-based and independent.
View Non-Partisanship and Political Independence (PDF)How ADCN makes public work traceable, proportionate and correctable. Covers the evidence-first principle and the source hierarchy, distinguishing fact from allegation, analysis and opinion, review proportionate to risk, citations and traceability, and how uncertainty and changing information are handled.
View the Research and Publication Standards (PDF)How ADCN supports safer participation and responds to threats, harassment or retaliation, and how members and contributors can ask for protection.
View Member Protection and Safeguarding (PDF)What personal information ADCN collects, why it is used, how it is protected, and the choices people have over their own data.
View Data Protection and Privacy (PDF)How anyone can raise a concern or complaint, including confidentially, and how ADCN receives, handles and responds to it.
View the Complaints and Protected Reporting Procedure (PDF)How the public can challenge an error or suggest an improvement, and how ADCN keeps a visible record of the corrections it makes.
View the Corrections and Feedback Policy (PDF)Last updated