MISSION
This website has been created by the non-profit organization “Assisted Reproductive Technology Participants Support Center” (ARTPSC), whose mission is to serve the interests of people who intend to become parents; surrogate mothers; and participants in programs relating to assisted reproductive technology, to increase public understanding about the importance of assisted reproductive technology, and to increase support for finding a solution to one of the main problems of mankind, namely infertility.
FOUNDING PRINCIPLES
ARTPSC is guided in its activity by the following basic principles:
Legality. The ARTPSC’s website is administered in accordance with the rules of law, and the inappropriate use of money and/or property is not permitted;
Overt Activity. The organization that has created this website will take appropriate measures to provide all interested parties information about its conduct, including data concerning its purposes and tasks, sources of income and expenses, and its current activity. It will regularly publish reports and information regarding implemented projects and programs, and activities in which it has engaged, according to current rules of law;
Transparency. The entity maintaining this website will conduct its organizational and administrative functions, including rendering charitable help and other authorized actions, strictly in accordance with requirements of transparency and availability of information to all interested parties. It specifically seeks to create and follow a civilized and transparent method for settlement of disputes and expresses readiness to resolve all arising controversial issues by negotiations;
Limitations. In administering this website, every effort will be made to ensure that actions taken for the purposes of development and assistance for the intended beneficiaries were used exclusively for their designated purposes, and were not diverted to support political parties, movements, groups or religious organizations, or individuals connected with a specific political party. The administering organization does not take part in political actions, and does not finance election campaigns, considering that negative publicity to harm the interests of others is incompatible with professional ethics;
Administrative Precautions. In accordance with pertinent principles, the entity administering this website bears responsibility to the target audience, in preparing reports, and implementatiing activity, to consider possible consequences for citizens, societies, and the environment, and to seek prevention of negative consequences for the partner organizations and for society in general;
Self-regulation. The entity administering this website takes measures for providing internal control of its activity and regular assessment of its efficiency and quality of service: exercises control of target expenditures of money to prevent misuse; seeks continuous increase in professional skills and competency of work with society through development of a system of knowledge exchange and also establishment of partnerships with foreign professional organizations in the sphere of business information, financial communications and the organization of relationships with donors;
Management Methods. This website is administered on the basis of democratic procedures, including selection of governing entities and public reporting;
Partnerships. The entity administering this website takes measures for establishment of mutually beneficial cooperation with state, business and other non-profit organizations in implementation of significant social projects, as well as expansion of full cooperation with international non-governmental organizations and funds to attract financial resources for realization its purposes;
Universal Values. This website is administered in accordance with universally accepted values and methods, with regard to standards of relationship, culture, showing deep humanity and decency, justice and respect of honor and dignity of individuals, society, and the state;
Performance Assessment. The organization creating and administering this website recognizes the value of individuals, their rights, and their legitimate interests in freedom, happiness, development and expression of their talents, as the main criteria for activity evaluation;
Conscientious Conduct. Employees and volunteers serving with the entity administering this website distribute only that information from a source known to them, which they are convinced is reliable. They use their best efforts to avoid causing damage to third parties; dissemination of incomplete or inexact or obviously false data; conveying published information without independent verification of its source; or failing to disclose discrepancies between the facts and what makes their opinions, versions, estimates or assumptions reliable. They use only lawful means of obtaining information; and consider inadmissible malicious misrepresentations, slander, and/or receiving under any circumstances any payment for distribution of false or concealment of true information. They inform each other of the facts of any illegal dissemination of information and violation of the principles of professional ethics by employees or volunteers and also inform the executives of the entity administering this website;
Professionalism. The entity administering this website seeks to prevent social activity relating to said site which is illegal, unethical or incompetent, or which does not conform to applicable statutes or professional ethics of employees or volunteers of said entity, including acts or omissions capable of causing harm, material, moral etc., to individuals and/or society in general;
Mutual Assistance. The citizens of all countries have the right to expect that this website will provide all available factually supported and legal methods and means of accomplishing the objectives promoted by the entity administering this source of information;
Devotion to goals. Employees and volunteers of the entity administering this website seek to strengthen the authoritative image of the site and its participants by implementation of effective, significant social projects;
Principle of availability. This website provides equal access to information, services, actions and events, and other forms of statutory activities, to all persons and entities.