Empowered is built on a set of core values that guide the practice of its members.
Humanism
Our work is for the purpose of helping organizations become more humane, more humanistic, more human-centered.
Abundance
We believe that we all do better when we all do better. We believe that we are more able to enact our value of humanism when we operate in partnership rather than in competition with others in our field. We believe our work is necessary and opportunities are plentiful.
Allocentrism
Our work seeks to benefit the collective more than the individual.
Anti-oppressive Praxis
We center anti-racism, de-colonization, intersectional awareness, and principles of equity for all identities in our work and business practices.
Generativity
We believe that knowledge sharing is empowering. We seek to support current and future generations of practitioners.
Respect for Authorship
We honor, cite, credit, and compensate those who produce knowledge and develop original and proprietary work.