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The Principles of Inclusion:
The Inclusion Principles serve as a Covenant for individuals, organizations, communities and institutions - locally and globally - to realize the Vision of Inclusion as a foundation of their world view and behaviors.
By adopting these Principles, we commit our energy and resources to co-creating a positive, interdependent future that brings this vision to life.
The Inclusion Principles are a living document that evolves as we work to make them a reality.
We Will:
- Build a foundation of respect, fairness, justice, and equity.
- Recognize and broaden the spectrum of human differences as a source of strength.
- Enhance our individual and collective competence to collaborate across cultures and groups.
- Build systems, processes, and procedures that support and sustain inclusion.
- Bring individuals' talents, skills and perspectives together to complement and enrich each other.
- Promote interdependence as essential to adapting to changing work, environmental and societal conditions.
- Foster teamwork to yield higher levels of productivity, creativity and results.
- Learn and continue to grow from living the Inclusion Principles.
- Ensure those impacted by decisions are systematically included in the dialogue.
- Report progress and learning in applying the Inclusion Principles.
What is Inclusion?
Inclusion is engaging the uniqueness of the talents, beliefs, backgrounds, capabilities, and ways of living of individuals and groups when joined in a common endeavor. Read More
Register for more!
Registration as a user on this website is easy! It takes about a minute and it gets you access to our Document Repository. That part of the site maintains working documents and other intellectual property developed since 2004. It includes documents and papers from our conferences and a bibliography of various sources on Inclusion. In the near future we'll have even more "members only" features, but we do want to include as many people as possible!
What is the TEST DRIVE?
In early 2008 we surveyed over 40 leaders of a variety of organizations in order to "test" the Principles of Inclusion (as you see them above) and gather data for ongoing work to make the Principles useful and 'adoptable' by organizations large and small. We have PDF and Flash summaries of the Test Drive which are taken from the PowerPoint presentation at our March, 2008 conference. You'll find them under the "Our Mission" tab at the top of the page.
Brief Bios of Members
There are over 70 members in our inclusion group; you can learn more about many of us by reading each member's own bio. Conference Attendees should send in a bio and a .jpg pic! We are sure you will find these impressive. Find the Bios Here!
What is the Institute for Inclusion?
The Institute exists to promote inclusion mindsets and inclusive behaviors both domestically and globally - not only in organizations, but in the culture at large. You'll find various Mission statements in the Document Repository, both early and recent versions. Read a Mission Statement
Another Definition of Inclusion:
The term inclusion began as a policy to ensure that all children regardless of ability are mainstreamed into classrooms and become part of their school community. Inclusion today is more widely thought of as a practice of ensuring that people in organizations feel they belong, are engaged, and connected through their work to the goals and objectives of the organization. Read More |
