Br it ish Baseball Feder at ion | CODE OF CONDUCT
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CODEOFCONDUCT Effective 1st April 2021 FOR PARTICIPANTS -
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Please st ick t o t h e r u les an d play by t h em . Respect ever y on e of t h e par t icipan t s. You h ave a r espon sibilit y t o pr ot ect ch ildr en an d vu ln er able people. you sh ou ld r epor t pr om plt y an y con cer n s abou t ch ildr en an d vu ln er able per son s t o t h e design at ed saf egu ar din g of f icer , t h e BBF, or t h e au t h or it ies (w h er e applicable). Wor k w it h you r t eam m at es, coach es, an d u m pir es t o ach ieve you r goals. Keep in m in d t h at you ar e par t icipat in g in or der t o h ave f u n w it h t h e gam e. Do n ot ju dge ot h er s based on t h eir abilit ies, er r or s, or losses. Accept ever yon e, r egar dless of t h eir age, disabilit y, gen der r eassign m en t , m ar r iage an d civil par t n er sh ip, pr egn an cy an d m at er n it y, r ace (in clu din g colou r , et h n icit y, an d r acial or n at ion al or igin ), r eligion or belief , sex, or sexu al or ien t at ion . Avoid u sin g abu sive lan gu age, bu llyin g, cyber bu llyin g, or excessive ph ysical con t act in an y w ay. Alw ays pr act ice aw ar en ess of all sit u at ion s an d f ollow all saf et y pr ecau t ion s. En su r e t h at t h e gam e is played f air ly. You m u st com m u n icat e t o t h e BBF t r an spar en t ly an d co-oper at ively. You r con du ct can n ot be disgr acef u l, pr eju dicial t o t h e in t er est s of t h e BBF or t h e gam e of baseball. Don't disgr ace t h e r epu t at ion s of ot h er s, you r clu b, t h e Gr eat Br it ain Baseball Nat ion al Team Pr ogr am m e, t h e BBF (it s boar d m em ber s), or baseball it self . En cou r age a posit ive en vir on m en t in w h ich com pet en ce, t eam w or k , an d saf et y can be developed. Reject t h e u se of per f or m an ce-en h an cin g dr u gs (An t i-Dopin g) an d illicit dr u gs. Cr eat e a sen se of social cooper at ion an d en gagem en t based on h igh st an dar ds an d valu es. Pr ovide pr ecise an d t im ely in f or m at ion t o leagu e, even t , clu b, an d BBF or gan iser s.
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Wh er ever t h ey oper at e, t h ey con du ct BBF bu sin ess h on est ly an d et h ically. M ain t ain a r epu t at ion f or f air n ess, r espect , r espon sibilit y, in t egr it y, t r u st , an d sou n d bu sin ess ju dgem en t by con t in u ally im pr ovin g t h e qu alit y of ou r m em ber s' exper ien ces, or gan ised even t s, an d oper at ion s. Th ey m u st exer cise du e cau t ion , con sider at ion , an d diligen ce in t h eir act ion s. Th ey m u st t ake appr opr iat e st eps t o en su r e t h at pr opr iet ar y, con f iden t ial, or BBF-sen sit ive in f or m at ion is st r ict ly pr ot ect ed an d is con f iden t ial w h en t h ey com e in t o con t act w it h it or h ave it in t h eir possession . Repor t all in f or m at ion accu r at ely an d h on est ly. To en su r e t h at t h e BBF's in t er est s, asset s, st r at egic goals, policies an d pr ocedu r es, an d con st it u t ion ar e alw ays pu t f ir st an d pr ot ect ed. Oppose an d pr even t discr im in at ion based on age, disabilit y, gen der r eassign m en t , m ar r iage an d civil par t n er sh ip, pr egn an cy an d m at er n it y, r ace (in clu din g colou r , n at ion alit y, an d r acial or n at ion al or igin ), r eligion or belief , sex an d sexu al or ien t at ion . Th ey r equ ir e BBF su pplier s an d agen t s, t h eir em ployees, volu n t eer s, sen ior m an agem en t an d su b-su pplier s t o oper at e in accor dan ce w it h t h e pr in ciples an d et h ical st an dar ds of good gover n an ce (t r an spar en cy, f air n ess, accou n t abilit y, an d r espon sibilit y). En cou r age DEI (Diver sit y, Equ it y, an d In clu sion ) t h r ou gh ou t t h e Feder at ion . Cr eat e an en vir on m en t f r ee of bu llyin g, h ar assm en t , an d illegal discr im in at ion , w h er e ever yon e is t r eat ed w it h dign it y an d r espect . In all of t h eir dealin gs, act w it h r espect an d r espon sibilit y t ow ar d t h ose in volved in ou r spor t . Accept f u ll accou n t abilit y f or you r act ion s.