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Integrity
We say what is true, including the parts that cost us.
A.06 — Core Values
Seven principles, non-negotiable.
The values below are visible in every artifact we ship. They are how we decide what to publish, what to refuse, and what to revise.
II
Compassion
Warmth is the starting posture; honesty is the standard.
III
Wisdom
Thirty years of practice is held lightly, but it is held.
IV
Curiosity
We treat the reader's life as a question worth taking seriously.
V
Responsibility
What we publish has to survive being assigned in a graduate seminar.
VI
Respect
Reader data is reader data. Attention is sacred. Time is finite.
VII
Authenticity
No filler. No ghostwritten voice. No AI dressed as authorship.
These principles are operationalized in the Ethics & Responsibility policy, in the editorial philosophy, and in how we handle every detail of the reader experience — from the typography of a journal to the wording of a refund.