Principles and Standards

  1. Liberty Fellowship infuses South Carolina with values-based, enlightened leaders having diverse perspectives and a wide range of thought who impact South Carolina positively. This symphony of voices is a network of leaders who have made lifetime commitments to moving South Carolina forward.
  2. Liberty Fellowship is a nonpartisan, nonsectarian, non-dogmatic educational organization which operates independently of the positions and views of its funders.
  3. Liberty Fellowship does not act; its Fellows do.
  4. As a model of leadership, a Liberty Fellow is expected to uphold the highest ethical standards personally and professionally.
  5. Open and frank, civil discourse is an enduring quality of the Liberty Fellowship experience. Liberty Fellows trust and respect each other, even when they disagree, and are honest and courteous to each other.
  6. Liberty Fellowship provides a space for Fellows to discuss personal and professional matters with complete assurance that what is said – whether at the seminar table or any other venue or form – will remain confidential.
  7. Governing and policy-making responsibilities of Liberty Fellowship shall be vested in a Board of Directors whose members owe the highest fiduciary responsibility to Liberty Fellowship.
  8. Liberty Fellowship retains editorial control of its brand use, all its publications, events and content at seminars. It has the final say over what is presented, what gets published, what topics are covered and who speaks at any Liberty Fellowship convening.
  9. As a fellowship within the Aspen Global Leadership Network, Liberty Fellowship maintains a strong relationship with the Aspen Institute and AGLN and uses only Aspen-certified moderators at its seminars.
  10. Liberty Fellowship seeks to maintain a diversity of funding sources to retain its independence and avoid the potential for any funder to compromise the integrity of the Board of Directors, the class selection process, the content or the discourse at Liberty Fellowship events.
  11. Wholesale or broad-based solicitation for support, financial or otherwise, by Liberty Fellows among Liberty Fellows is prohibited. Targeted, specific solicitation based upon prior relationship is permitted.

The Liberty Fellowship Principles and Standards were last updated April 30, 2016. Each Liberty Fellow is expected to uphold the Liberty Fellowship Principles and Standards.