Everybody Welcome

Our modern lifestyle with all its miriad of products, entertainments, instant world wide communications, travel network etc. is successful because millions of people all over the world work together, and collaborate their skill and time.

 

This web network service has been designed to provide incentives which encourages positive useful information whilst discouraging gratutitously negative postings.

Heho is committed to encouraging equality, diversity and inclusion among our subscribers, and eliminating discrimination. The aim is for our users to be truly representative of all sections of society and for them to feel respected and able to contribute and benefit equally. Heho is also committed against discrimination of all its subscribers and other members of the public.

The policy’s purpose is to:

• provide equality, fairness and respect for all who use our web services

• not discriminate due to the characteristics of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race (including colour, nationality, and ethnic or national origin), religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation

• oppose and avoid all forms of discrimination. This includes, dealing with promoting or demoting user accounts.

The organisation commits to:

• Encourage equality, diversity and inclusion on this platform as they are good practice and improve the usefulness and popularity of this site

• Create an environment free of bullying, harassment, victimisation and unlawful discrimination, promoting dignity and respect for all, and where individual differences and the contributions of all are recognised and valued.

This commitment includes training moderators and users about their rights and responsibilities under the equality, diversity and inclusion policy. Responsibilities include moderators and users conducting themselves to help the organisation promote equality in the service, and prevent bullying, harassment, victimisation and unlawful discrimination.

Moderators and users should understand they, as well as Heho, can be held liable for acts of bullying, harassment, victimisation and unlawful discrimination, in the course of their using this service, against other site ussers

• Take seriously complaints of bullying, harassment, victimisation and unlawful discrimination

Such acts will be dealt with as appropriate. Particularly serious complaints could lead to legal prosecution.

Further, sexual harassment may amount to a criminal matter, such as in sexual assault allegations. In addition, harassment under the Protection from Harassment Act 1997 – which is not limited to circumstances where harassment relates to a protected characteristic – is a criminal offence.

• Review of practices and procedures when necessary to ensure fairness, and also update them and the policy to take account of changes in the law.

Monitoring will also include assessing how the equality, diversity and inclusion policy, and any supporting action plan, are working in practice, reviewing them annually, and considering and taking action to address any issues.

The equality, diversity and inclusion policy is fully supported by senior management.