Welcome to MentorMeet. Our community thrives on mutual respect, professionalism, and ethical behaviour. As a user of our platform, you agree to abide by the following code of conduct:

1. Compliance with Policies

  • Familiarise yourself with and adhere to all policies and guidelines set forth by the Global Code of Ethics from the Association of Coaches, and the European Mentoring & Coaching Council as the basis for behaviour, in addition to the below.
  • Report any violations of the code of conduct or suspicious activities to the site administrators promptly.

2. Professionalism and Integrity

  • Conduct yourself with professionalism and integrity at all times.
  • Represent your qualifications, skills, and experience truthfully on your profile.
  • Respect the privacy and confidentiality of your clients and fellow members.

3. Ethical Behaviour

  • Adhere to ethical standards in your interactions with clients and other members.
  • Avoid any behaviour that could be construed as discriminatory, harassing, or offensive.
  • Refrain from engaging in any illegal activities or promoting illegal behaviour.

4. Respectful Interactions

  • Treat all members with respect and courtesy, regardless of their background, identity, or beliefs.
  • Listen actively and attentively to your clients, showing empathy and understanding.
  • Communicate openly and honestly, providing constructive feedback when necessary.

5. Inclusivity and Diversity

  • Embrace diversity and inclusivity, valuing the unique perspectives and experiences of all members.
  • Foster an environment where everyone feels welcome and supported, regardless of differences.

6. Working with Clients

  • Establish clear boundaries and expectations with your clients from the outset of your relationship.
  • Act in the best interests of your clients, prioritizing their well-being and development.
  • Provide services that are appropriate, beneficial, and tailored to the needs of each client.

7. Maintaining Confidentiality

  • Safeguard the confidentiality of your clients’ information and discussions.
  • Obtain explicit consent from clients before sharing any information with third parties.
  • Adhere to applicable laws and regulations regarding the protection of client confidentiality.

8. Contracting

  • Clearly outline the terms and conditions of your services, if necessary, in a written contract with your clients.
  • Ensure that contracts accurately reflect the scope of work, fees, and any other relevant details.
  • Honour your contractual commitments and fulfil your obligations to the best of your ability.

9. Legal Compliance

  • Coaches and mentors are obliged to comply with all legal and statutory duties applicable to their profession and in their jurisdiction.
  • Stay informed about relevant laws, regulations, and industry standards to ensure compliance.
  • Report any legal or regulatory concerns to the appropriate authorities and seek legal advice when necessary.

10. Feedback and Improvement

  • Welcome feedback from clients and fellow members as an opportunity for growth and improvement.
  • Continuously strive to enhance your skills and knowledge to better serve your clients.

By using MentorMeet you agree to uphold this code of conduct and contribute to creating a positive and supportive community for coaches, mentors, and clients alike.

In addition you agree to adhere to the ethics set out in the Global Code of Ethics which can be downloaded here: Download the Global Code of Ethics.

You will also adhere to the below acceptable use policy.

PLEASE READ THE TERMS OF THIS POLICY CAREFULLY BEFORE USING THE SITE

What’s in these terms?

This acceptable use policy sets out the content standards that apply when you upload content to our site, make contact with other users on our site, link to our site, or interact with our site in any other way.

Prohibited uses

You may not use our site:

  • If you are under 18.
  • In any way that breaches any applicable local, national or international law or regulation.
  • In any way that is unlawful or fraudulent or has any unlawful or fraudulent purpose or effect.
  • For the purpose of harming or attempting to harm minors in any way.
  • To bully, insult, intimidate or humiliate any person.
  • To send, knowingly receive, upload, download, use or re-use any material which does not comply with reasonable content standards.
  • To transmit, or procure the sending of, any unsolicited or unauthorised advertising or promotional material or any other form of similar solicitation (spam).
  • To knowingly transmit any data, send or upload any material that contains viruses, Trojan horses, worms, time-bombs, keystroke loggers, spyware, adware or any other harmful programs or similar computer code designed to adversely affect the operation of any computer software or hardware.
  • In any way that involves child sexual exploitation or abuse.
  • To upload terrorist content.

You also agree:

  • Not to reproduce, duplicate, copy or re-sell any part of our site.
  • Not to access without authority, interfere with, damage or disrupt:
    • any part of our site;
      any equipment or network on which our site is stored;
    • any software used in the provision of our site; or
    • any equipment or network or software owned or used by any third party.

Content standards

These content standards apply to any and all material which you contribute to our site (Contribution).

The Content Standards must be complied with in spirit as well as to the letter. The standards apply to each part of any Contribution as well as to its whole.

MentorMeet will determine, in its discretion, whether a Contribution breaches the Content Standards.

A Contribution:

  • Must be accurate (where it states facts).
  • Only contain opinions that are genuinely held.
  • Must comply with the law applicable in any country from which it is posted and to which the website is targeted.

A Contribution must not:

  • Be defamatory of any person.
  • Be obscene, offensive, hateful or inflammatory.
  • Bully, insult, intimidate or humiliate.
  • Encourage, promote or provide instructions for deliberate self-harm.
  • Encourage, promote or provide instructions for suicide.
  • Encourage, promote or provide instructions for an eating disorder or behaviours associated with an eating disorder.
  • Promote sexually explicit material.
  • Include child sexual abuse material.
  • Incite violence or hatred against particular groups.
  • Promote discrimination based on race, sex, religion, nationality, disability, sexual orientation or age.
  • Include content that would be considered a criminal offence under laws relating to terrorism, child sexual abuse material, racism or xenophobia.
  • Infringe any copyright, database right or trade mark of any other person.
  • Include video content that has been or would be likely to be given an R18 certificate by the British Board of Film Classification (BBFC).
  • Include video content not suitable for BBFC classification.
  • Include material that might impair the physical, mental or moral development of persons under the age of 18.
  • Be likely to deceive any person.
    Breach any legal duty owed to a third party, such as a contractual duty or a duty of confidence.
  • Contain illegal content or promote any illegal content or activity.
  • Be in contempt of court.
  • Be threatening, abuse or invade another’s privacy, or cause annoyance, inconvenience or needless anxiety.
  • Be likely to harass, upset, embarrass, alarm or annoy any other person.
  • Impersonate any person or misrepresent your identity or affiliation with any person.
  • Give the impression that the Contribution emanates from MentorMeet if this is not the case.
  • Advocate, promote, incite any party to commit, or assist any unlawful or criminal act such as (by way of example only) copyright infringement or computer misuse.
  • Contain a statement which you know or believe, or have reasonable grounds for believing, that members of the public to whom the statement is, or is to be, published are likely to understand as a direct or indirect encouragement or other inducement to the commission, preparation or instigation of acts of terrorism.
  • Contain any advertising or promote any services or web links to other sites.

For the avoidance of doubt, for any Contribution in the form of video content:

  • You must tell us immediately, if you upload a video containing any of the following: criminal material (relating to terrorism, sexual exploitation of children, child pornography, racism and xenophobia), unclassified or unclassifiable videos, videos rated R18 or suitable for R18 rating and other material that might impair the physical, mental or moral development of persons under the age of 18 (restricted material).
  • You must not upload a video containing harmful material.
    You must not upload a video containing advertising for any of the following:

    • cigarettes and other tobacco products, electronic cigarettes or electronic cigarette refill containers, and prescription-only medicine; or
    • for alcoholic drinks that are not aimed specifically at under 18s and do not encourage immoderate consumption of alcohol.
  • Any advertising included in a video you upload must not:
    • prejudice respect for human dignity;
    • include or promote discrimination based on sex, racial or ethnic origin, nationality, religion or belief, disability, age or sexual orientation;
    • encourage behaviour prejudicial to health or safety;
    • encourage behaviour grossly prejudicial to the protection of the environment;
    • cause physical, mental or moral detriment to persons under the age of 18;
    • directly exhort such persons to purchase or rent goods or services in a manner which exploits their inexperience or credulity;
    • directly encourage such persons to persuade their parents or others to purchase or rent goods or services;
    • exploit the trust of such persons in parents, teachers or others; or
    • unreasonably show such persons in dangerous situations.
  • You must use the functionality provided on our site to declare whether, as far as you know or can reasonably be expected to know, any video contains advertising.

Breach of this policy

When we consider that a breach of this acceptable use policy has occurred, we may take such action as we deem appropriate.

Failure to comply with this acceptable use policy constitutes a material breach of our website terms and conditions upon which you are permitted to use our site, and may result in our taking all or any of the following actions:

  • Immediate, temporary or permanent withdrawal of your right to use our site.
  • Immediate, temporary or permanent removal of any Contribution uploaded by you to our site.
  • Issue of a warning to you.
  • Legal proceedings against you for reimbursement of all costs on an indemnity basis (including, but not limited to, reasonable administrative and legal costs) resulting from the breach.
  • Further legal action against you.
  • Disclosure of such information to law enforcement authorities as we reasonably feel is necessary or as required by law.

We exclude our liability for all action we may take in response to breaches of this acceptable use policy. The actions we may take are not limited to those described above, and we may take any other action we reasonably deem appropriate.