Terms and conditions

Section A: general terms and conditions

Information about us

http://www.nidmecorp.com is a site operated by Nationals in Diaspora Mentoring Corp. We are an independent global organisation with continental reach for mentoring and coaching youths, emerging leaders and others in the quest for our nation’s growth and development.

Information about you and your visits to our site

If we process any personal information about you, we will do so by our Privacy Policy.

Accessing our site
If you choose or are provided with a username, password or other piece of security information, you must treat such information as confidential. We may disable any username or password at any time if, in our reasonable opinion, you are in breach of these terms.
We may restrict access to some parts of our site, or our entire site, to users who have registered with us.
We may suspend, amend, or withdraw any service or content provided through our site without notice. We will not be liable if, for any reason, our site is unavailable at any time for any period.
Intellectual property rights
We are the promoters, sharers, and owner or licensee of all intellectual property rights in our site and the content published on it. Such works are protected by copyright laws and treaties around the world. All such rights are reserved and should be honoured individually and collectively. We make no claim to shared non-exclusive ownership of other materials.
You may print a copy and download extracts of any pages from our site for your reference, provided you acknowledge the limitations where applicable.
You must not use any content on our site for commercial purposes without first obtaining a written licence from us to do so or the owners if not us.

Trademarks
‘The Nationals in Diaspora Mentoring Corp is the owner of registered trademarks NIDMECORP, and may not be used without obtaining prior written permission from us.
If you wish to inquire about using a trademark owned by us, please contact nidmecorp@gmail.com
Linking to our site
You may link to our homepage, provided you do not do so in a way that suggests any form of association, approval, or endorsement on our part where none exists.
Please take note not to frame our site on any other site.
Links from our site

Links from our site to third-party websites are provided for your reference only. We have no control over the contents or availability of those websites and accept no responsibility for them or for any loss or damage that may arise from your use of them.

Our liability
The content shown on our site is provided on an ‘as is’ basis, without any representations, guarantees, or warranties – including warranties about the accuracy, completeness or suitability for any purpose.
To the extent permitted by law, we expressly exclude:
all conditions, warranties, and other terms which might otherwise be implied by statute, common law, or the law of equity;
any liability for any direct, indirect, or consequential loss or damage incurred by any user in connection with our site or connection with the use, or inability to use, our site, including (without limitation) any liability for loss of income or revenue; business; profit or contracts; anticipated savings; data; goodwill; wasted management or office time; and for any other loss or damage of any kind, however arising and whether caused by tort (including negligence), breach of contract or otherwise, even if foreseeable, provided that this condition shall not prevent claims for loss of or damage to your tangible property or any other claims for direct financial loss that are not excluded by any of the categories set out above.

This provision does not affect our liability for death or personal injury arising from our negligence, nor our liability for fraudulent misrepresentation or misrepresentation, nor any other liability which cannot be excluded or limited under applicable law.

Viruses and hacking
You must not misuse our site by knowingly introducing computer viruses or other material which is malicious or technologically harmful. You must not attempt to gain unauthorised access to our site, the server on which our site is stored, or any server, computer or database connected to our site.
Breach of this provision may amount to an offence under the Computer Misuse Act 1990, and we may report any such breach to the relevant law enforcement authorities and cooperate with them.
We will not be liable for any loss or damage caused by any virus or other malicious or technologically harmful material that may infect your computer equipment due to your use of our site or to your downloading of any material posted on it, or on any website linked to it.
Variations

We may revise these terms from time to time at our discretion. The terms posted on this page at the time of your use of our site shall apply.

Contacting us

If you have any concerns about content which appears on our site, please email nidmecorp@gmail.com.

Applicable law

These terms and any dispute or claim arising out of or in connection with it or its subject matter shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the law of the host nations.

Section B: Our community (including The Hub community forum) terms and conditions

By using http://www.nidmecorp.com/ (our site), you agree to abide by the following principles:

You are responsible for your user profile and for updating the information you enter online. Please do not disclose your personal address or other personal contact details in any public forum for security reasons.
The community exists to provide a place for discussing coaching, leadership, governance and mentoring, and related topics. Please keep any material you post on-topic and NIDMECORP Schemes.
Users may mention their expertise and services where it is relevant or justified by a discussion. The community does not exist to directly promote their own services or to provide free advertising. If we believe this has happened we may remove material without notice to you.
The community is passively moderated; most material is not approved before it is posted, however, we may choose to read material from time to time and participate in the community as appropriate. We may remove any material that we believe to be offensive, misleading, or which may infringe any of the community terms and conditions.
If we remove any materials posted by a user, we may elect to moderate any further materials posted by that user (without notice) for a reasonable period of time. In this case, new materials will only be posted once we have reviewed and approved them.
If you wish to flag any materials or conduct as inappropriate, please email nidmecorp@gmail.com providing as much information as possible, including a link to such materials. We will consider your complaint as soon as reasonably possible and take such action as we believe to be appropriate.
The NIDMECORP is not in any way responsible for any user-generated content on this community site, or for its accuracy. While we may monitor and moderate the site from time to time, all material posted is and remains the responsibility of the person who posted the content and that person is responsible for ensuring the accuracy of the content, and that complies with these terms and the law.

Section C: membership terms and conditions

By applying to become a member of NIDMECORP you agree in addition to the following conditions:
I declare that the statements made are correct and I understand that membership will be rescinded if the information is later found to be false or misleading. If I am admitted into membership, I agree that I will be governed by NIDMECORP’s Code of Conduct and regulations. I will promote and support Nationals In Diaspora Mentoring Corp in its mission to inspire great leadership, mentees, good governance and other qualities to grow and develop our nations.

To fulfil the services and benefits related to your membership, and to enable you to extract maximum value from your membership, we will provide information and updates to you using email, telephone, posted materials and our website in accordance with our Privacy Policy. We will regularly review the products and services offered to you as part of your contract based on usage and user feedback and will add or remove services and benefits. Where this happens, we will update the list of products and services and inform you.

Section D: event terms and conditions

Registering for an event

To register for one of our events, you are required to have an online account. If you are a new user, a free account will be created for you as part of making your booking.

Your account information will be stored in accordance with our Privacy Policy and will be subject to the overall terms and conditions outlined above.

We require full payment for registration for paid-for events, prior to the event start date.

Photography and audio recording

Please note that our events may be photographed or audio recorded. These materials will be used for internal and external promotional purposes only by NIDMECORP and supportive approval partners.

Speaker views

We welcome a wide range and diversity of views but opinions offered by presenters do not necessarily reflect the views of NIDMECORP.

We takes no responsibility for content that is presented as the speaker’s own IP, work or content that fails to correctly identify and reference the source.

Event Cancellation Policy

Cancellation by us

NIDMECORP reserves the right to modify or cancel any event, schedules, engagements and diarised if unforeseen circumstances arise. If we cancel such, we shall inform you as soon as possible using the contact details provided to us and offer you a refund where possible and liable less any charges. NIDMECORP is not liable for any additional costs incurred by you related to this programme, or event – including travel, accommodation or subsistence.

Cancellation by you

All cancellations must be made in writing to us and are subject to our cancellation policy. Cancellations made up to 2 weeks prior to the event will be entitled to a refund. Cancellations made between 2 weeks and 1 week from the event will be entitled to a 50% refund. Unfortunately, cancellations made less than 1 week from the event will be non-refundable.

No charge events

All events are costly to set up, even those for which there is ‘no charge’. If you register but find you are unable to attend, please let us know as soon as possible.

By registering for an event, you have confirmed that you have read and understood our cancellation policy.

Section E: Online courses

You have up to 12 months to complete the course and programme where we provide such services or via affiliated partners, which code of conduct should be followed.
Your account information will be stored in accordance to our Privacy Policy and will be subject to the overall terms and conditions outlined above.

You may automatically receive emails from us regarding your Membership

I would like to receive marketing communications via email

I would like to receive occasional marketing communications via mobile messaging

Code of practice for Nationals in Diaspora Mentoring Corp members

Introduction

When joining and becoming a member of NIDMECORP, Members undertake to abide by the Code of Global best practise of mentoring and coaching, and any applicable bye-Laws of the Corp. NIDMECORP has a diverse membership of corps, volunteers, nationalities and Members have varied professional skills, expertise, roles and responsibilities.

The purpose of this Code is to ensure the commitment of all Corps and Members to this Code. NIDMECORP Members should therefore abide by the Code to maintain professional standards and protect and preserve the goals of the each one of us contributing to the development and growth of our nations by and large through the NIDMECORP. This Code does not take precedence over national law nor the professional codes of other institutes or associations to which a Member may belong. Members will at all times conduct themselves in a manner calculated to preserve and enhance the standing of both their professional organisations, ethics and of NIDMECORP.

Definitions

Throughout this Code the following definitions shall apply:

‘Code’ shall mean this Members’ Code of Practice
‘Employer’ shall mean employer of a member of NIDMECORP and/or any third party to whom a Member provides a professional service
‘Members’ shall mean members of NIDMECORP
‘Board’ shall mean NIDMECORP Board

In accordance with the Interpretation Act 1978 (s30), words imparting the singular number only shall include the plural number and vice versa; words imparting the masculine gender shall include the feminine gender and vice versa unless the context renders such extension illogical.

Principles

Members shall never misuse the authority vested in them as mentors, coaches, manager or leader for personal gain or prestige. They shall at all times act in a professional manner particularly by:

Accepting responsibility for their own work and for those for whom they are responsible
Maintaining a high standard of integrity in all their business relationships whether inside or outside the organisation in which they are employed or retained
Fostering the highest possible standards of professional competence, skilled, expertise amongst those for whom they are responsible
Carrying out their duties and applying their knowledge and expertise with efficiency whilst optimising the use of all resources for which they are responsible
Seeking appropriate advice when faced with a situation recognised as being outside their area of expertise and knowledge
Complying with both the letter and spirit of:
i) Appropriate legislation of the country in which they work
ii) Any obligations into which they may have entered
iii) Professional guidelines which may be issued by NIDMECORP
Rejecting any business practices which might reasonably be deemed improper

Guidance

When applying these principles, Members should seek to use the following guidelines:

To ensure, as far as they are capable, that efficient and effective training is available for their team members and to encourage them to undertake such training so that their competence and safety are enhanced
To ensure that due recognition is given to the ideas of others and that every effort, compatible with efficiency, is made to help team members, colleagues and employers obtain optimum satisfaction and motivation
To declare any personal interest which may impinge, or may be deemed by others to impinge, on a Member’s impartiality in any matter relevant to their role
To respect the confidentiality of information received in the course of duty and never misuse it for personal gain; information given in the course of duty should be accurate and not misleading
In line with best practice, to continually develop their personal skills, knowledge and expertise
To uphold the principle that equal consideration should be given to all, regardless of gender, age, marital status, sexual orientation, creed, colour, race or ethnic origin, religion, disability or nationality
To be aware of the impact that their actions may have on the environment and the people around them

‘We define integrity as those shared values, attitudes and behaviours that help us to act correctly in our lives and at home, at work and in society’.

– Roger Steare and Christopher Jamieson, authors of Integrity in Practice

Duty of care

This Code does not seek to replace or supersede any Employers’ policies, in particular the duty of care owed to and imposed by such Employer. Members are, however, expected to be aware of, and diligently apply, such duty of care towards those for whose supervision or management they are entrusted in any capacity. This is especially important in dealings affecting those who might from time to time be at risk from any form of mistreatment, abuse, workplace stress, or injury. This duty of care should, in particular, extend to any vulnerable people, including those who suffer from any disability.

Reporting a suspected breach of this Code

If any Member has reason to believe that another Member has failed to comply with this Code, or has acted in a manner prejudicial to the interests of the Institute, he/she should write to the Highest-ranking officer or executive in NIDMECORP giving full details and providing, where appropriate, any evidence of noncompliance or prejudicial behaviour.

Breaches of this Code of Practice

Cases of Members reported to have breached the Code shall be investigated by a committee of the Board established and, where a case is proven, a Member may be admonished, suspended or removed from membership of NIDMECORP depending upon the circumstances and gravity of the breach.

NIDMECORP Mission

‘We believe that good mentoring, coaching, leadership and management hold the key to national and within the private and public sector’ effectiveness and social and economic prosperity most especially adding values in and on good governance. We partner globally with individuals, MDA, NGOs, CSO, and organisations to enable them to reach their social corporate responsibilities as well as providing mentors, coaches and leaders forward for a continental growth’ successes.’