Integral Code of Ethics

Integrative and developmental work carries ethical responsibilities commensurate with its scope. The frameworks used in this work can interpret persons, communities, traditions, and worldviews at many levels at once — and that interpretive power can illuminate or harm, depending on how it is held. The Integral Code of Ethics articulates, in four interwoven layers, what practitioners owe to those their work touches: eleven binding principles, concrete standards across domains of practice, evaluation as an ongoing developmental discipline, and graduated processes of accountability and repair. Shaped by extensive field review across contemplative, professional, developmental, and integrative communities, it is now offered publicly — independent of any single organization — as an invitation to shared ethical practice.