Community Values and Honor Code

Last updated: 2 Nov 2026 (draft date)

This text is a draft for review by counsel before launch.

Why this code exists

aali is a place where people from different companies, cities and careers learn from one another. What each person gives the others is a large part of what a course is worth. This code says what we expect of every learner, teacher, organiser and member of our team, and what you may expect of others.

Our values

  • Respect: we disagree about ideas, never about a person's worth.
  • Honesty: we do our own work, say what we do not know, and credit those whose ideas we use.
  • Curiosity: we ask questions, change our minds when the evidence changes, and help others do the same.
  • Generosity: we share what we learn and give our time to the people beside us.
  • Discretion: what colleagues tell us about their work stays among us.

The honor code

By joining aali you promise that:

  1. the work you submit is your own, or you have credited the people whose ideas and words you used;
  2. you will not share or ask for graded questions or answers, and will not let anyone else study, take assessments or speak for you through your account;
  3. if you use tools such as a translator, an editor or an AI assistant, you do so as far as the course allows and say so where the course asks;
  4. you will not present a case, a template or a recording from a course as your own, and will not sell it;
  5. you will report a breach you see rather than ignore it.

Respect in discussion

In discussions, live sessions, chat groups and events:

  • Listen first, and ask before you assume.
  • Aim your criticism at the idea, not the person.
  • Address each person by the name and form they choose.
  • Do not harass, mock, threaten or shut out anyone, in words or images.
  • Remember that the room is mixed: people of different faiths, nationalities, ages and abilities learn here, so make no jokes at their cost.
  • Do not use the community to sell, recruit or promote, except in a space that allows it.

Confidentiality

Good case discussion depends on candour. Treat what your colleagues say about their employers, clients and lives as confidential. You may pass on what you learned, but not who said it, unless they agree. Do not disclose information that belongs to your employer and that you have no right to disclose.

Academic integrity

Copying another learner's work, buying work and handing in work someone else did are all breaches. Working together is welcome where the course allows it; where it does not, work alone. If you are unsure, ask the teacher before you submit.

AI tools and shared material

You may use an AI assistant to think, translate or polish your wording unless the course says otherwise. You answer for the accuracy of what you submit and for crediting it. Do not paste into any tool your colleagues' personal data, confidential information about your employer, or course material you have no right to publish.

Safety and other people's privacy

Do not post colleagues' numbers, email addresses or photos, or screenshots from private groups, without their permission. Do not record or photograph sessions unless this has been announced. If someone outside aali writes to you pretending to be our team, give them nothing and tell us.

Organisers and cohort representatives

People who volunteer to organise a meeting or lead a group take on more: they welcome everyone, apply the code at their events, do not collect personal data for themselves, do not charge participants without aali's agreement, and tell the team what needs its attention.

Beyond the platform

The code applies at aali events, community meetings and chat groups that include learners, and to any post outside our platform that targets or abuses a member because of aali. What you do in your private life is not our concern unless it affects the safety of members.

When you disagree

Disagreement is part of learning. If a discussion stalls, first talk it over calmly between you, and if that fails ask the teacher or organiser to mediate. Not every disagreement needs a formal step, but do not wait if you feel threatened or discriminated against.

If something goes wrong

If you see or meet a breach, tell your teacher, the support team or a community organiser; you can do so in confidence. We look at each report fairly, hear the people involved and decide a proportionate step: a conversation, a warning, a change to your access to a space, the withdrawal of a certificate, or, in serious cases, removal from aali. We do not allow anyone to be punished for reporting in good faith. The conduct policy and the appeals policy set out the steps.

Teachers and staff

The code binds us too: we treat everyone fairly, mark work on stated criteria, protect learners' data, and answer questions and objections reasonably.

Changes

We may update the code as the community grows, show the date of the latest update at the top of the page, and ask you to agree again after any material change.