{"id":2903,"date":"2025-02-08T17:03:03","date_gmt":"2025-02-08T14:03:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/factcheck.lt\/?page_id=2903"},"modified":"2025-02-08T17:05:37","modified_gmt":"2025-02-08T14:05:37","slug":"","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/factcheck.lt\/bel\/2903-2\/","title":{"rendered":"","raw":""},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false,"raw":""},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false,"raw":""},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_ru_post_content":"","_ru_post_name":"2903-2","_ru_post_excerpt":"","_ru_post_title":"Managing political activities while working with us","_eng_post_content":"Last Updated: September 1, 2024\n\nWhy This Matters As a fact-checking organization, our credibility depends on staying neutral. This policy of <b>employment and political affiliations <\/b>helps everyone understand how to balance their personal political beliefs with our commitment to impartiality.\n\nWho needs to follow this everyone who works with us - whether you're full-time staff, a board member, contractor, or partner - needs to understand and follow these guidelines.\n\n<b>Our basic principles we believe in:<\/b>\n<ul>\n \t<li aria-level=\"1\">Staying professionally neutral while respecting personal beliefs<\/li>\n \t<li aria-level=\"1\">Being clear about personal political connections that might affect work<\/li>\n \t<li aria-level=\"1\">Never letting politics influence our hiring or promotion decisions<\/li>\n \t<li aria-level=\"1\">Protecting everyone's right to their own political views<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<b>Your political activities: what's oK and what's not personal political life<\/b>\n<ul>\n \t<li aria-level=\"1\">Feel free to be politically active in your personal time<\/li>\n \t<li aria-level=\"1\">Don't use our organization's name or resources<\/li>\n \t<li aria-level=\"1\">Keep your personal political views separate from your work with us<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<b>Speaking publicly<\/b>\n<ul>\n \t<li aria-level=\"1\">When representing us, stay neutral on political issues<\/li>\n \t<li aria-level=\"1\">Don't make political endorsements while wearing our \"hat\"<\/li>\n \t<li aria-level=\"1\">Be mindful that your public political statements might affect our reputation<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<b>Running for office<\/b>\n<ul>\n \t<li aria-level=\"1\">Tell us if you plan to run for public office<\/li>\n \t<li aria-level=\"1\">We'll work together to handle any potential conflicts<\/li>\n \t<li aria-level=\"1\">Some roles might need adjusting during your campaign<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<b>Working in politics<\/b>\n<ul>\n \t<li aria-level=\"1\">You can't work for us while actively working for a political party or campaign<\/li>\n \t<li aria-level=\"1\">This helps prevent any questions about our independence<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<b>Keeping things clear<\/b>\n<ul>\n \t<li aria-level=\"1\">Tell us about any political connections that might affect your work<\/li>\n \t<li aria-level=\"1\">Using our resources for political purposes isn't allowed<\/li>\n \t<li aria-level=\"1\">An independent team reviews any concerns about conflicts<\/li>\n<\/ul>\nStaying current we review this policy every year to make sure it still works for everyone while maintaining our standards.\n\n<b>Remember:<\/b> While we respect everyone's right to their political beliefs, our work requires us to remain visibly neutral and independent. When in doubt, ask the compliance team about specific situations.","_eng_post_name":"policy_employment_political_affiliations","_eng_post_excerpt":"","_eng_post_title":"Managing political activities while working with us","_bel_post_content":"","_bel_post_name":"","_bel_post_excerpt":"","_bel_post_title":"","_lt_post_content":"","_lt_post_name":"","_lt_post_excerpt":"","_lt_post_title":"","edit_language":"bel","footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/factcheck.lt\/bel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2903"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/factcheck.lt\/bel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/factcheck.lt\/bel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/factcheck.lt\/bel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/factcheck.lt\/bel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2903"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/factcheck.lt\/bel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2903\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2905,"href":"https:\/\/factcheck.lt\/bel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2903\/revisions\/2905"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/factcheck.lt\/bel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2903"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}