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TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR ADVISEES
Updated September 16, 2020
RAISEfashion provides pro bono consulting services specializing in the fashion industry. Its network consists of experienced “Advisors” volunteering their time in order to coach, mentor, and provide problem-solving support to Black-owned fashion brands, our “Advisees.” RAISEfashion recognizes the racial bias and discrimination that can undermine the success and potential of Black designers and business owners. Its network was created as a powerful response against this type of oppression. RAISEfashion Advisors and Advisees have before them a proactive and energized network with an opportunity to create positive systemic change. In receiving services from this organization, Advisee agrees to the below terms and conditions.
RAISEfashion reserves the right, at our sole discretion, to change, modify, add, or delete portions of these Terms and Conditions at any time without notice. If we do this, we will post the changes on our Website (www.raisefashionnnow.org), indicating the date these terms were last revised. Your continued use of the Website after any such change constitutes your acceptance of the new Terms and Conditions. It is your responsibility to regularly check the Website to determine if there have been changes to these Terms and Conditions and to review such changes.
Advisee Guiding Principle
As an Advisee, you are ultimately responsible for your own actions. Your Advisor may provide guidance for pursuing a specific course of action. This guidance will be based on the Advisor’s specific knowledge, specific experience, specific preferences, and specific biases. In practice, any course of action will usually present specific advantages and specific disadvantages, and the optimum course of action will often not be clearly defined. The responsibility for choosing a course of action belongs to you, not to your Advisor.
Advisee Code of Ethics
1. RESPECT. I must show respect for the feelings, wishes, rights, and traditions of others. I agree to represent myself honestly, and accept professional responsibility for my individual decisions and actions.
2. ADVOCATE. As an Advisee and participant in this program, I have an opportunity to receive specialized recommendations based on a wealth of industry knowledge. I will put effort and energy into getting matched with an Advisor. I acknowledge that my Advisor is under no obligation to facilitate any introduction through his or her respective networks.
3. INSPIRE. I will provide transparent information and create relevant, specific, detailed, and clear mentoring goals. I will strive to make connections, build meaningful relationships, and communicate openly with my Advisors.
4. SUPPORT. I will make an effort to learn about my Advisors in advance in order to articulate how they may help me by sharing their experiences. I agree to complete reasonable tasks agreed upon by my Advisor and myself.
5. EMPOWER. I acknowledge that I am ultimately responsible for my own actions. The responsibility for choosing a specific course of action belongs to me alone. In doing so, I will not only uncover the answers to my questions, I will learn a lifelong skill that will serve me and my businesses well into the future.
Advisee Terms and Conditions
As a participating Advisee in the RAISEfashion program, I agree to abide by the RAISEfashion Terms and Conditions. I agree that if I violate of any of the following Terms and Conditions, RAISEfashion may suspend or terminate my participation as an Advisee in the RAISEfashion program.
Rule 1. Confidentiality. I shall not disclose to any third party any personal details of my communications with my Advisor without prior permission of my Advisor.
Rule 2. Availability. I shall make reasonable effort to make myself available to speak with my Advisor(s) as directed. It is my responsibility to coordinate with my Advisor.
Rule 3. Communications. In my communications with my Advisor, (1) I shall not use offensive language, and (2) I shall not transmit offensive images. Offensive language includes, but is not limited to, (a) profanity or verbal abuse directed towards the Advisor, (b) sexually suggestive comments directed towards the Advisor, and (c) derogatory remarks directed towards any individual or group of individuals based on religion, race, color, ethnicity, country of origin, age, sex, sexual orientation, or sexual identity. Offensive images include, but are not limited to, (a) images that are sexually suggestive, lewd, or pornographic and (b) images that include offensive language, as described above. “Communications” refers to communications via any media; for example, in-person, phone, mail, photographs, voice-mail, audio conferencing, video conferencing, audio recordings, video recordings, e-mail, electronic text messaging, computer files supplied on physical media, and computer files transferred electronically. This list is not exhaustive.
Rule 4. Topics for Discussion. If my Advisor expresses unwillingness, reluctance, or discomfort in discussing any topic that I have raised, I shall promptly cease pursuing that topic. RAISEfashion does not provide a comprehensive list of appropriate and inappropriate topics and does not provide guidance on the degree of personal detail to be shared. The Advisor and I should agree on the topics that we are comfortable discussing and on the degree of personal details that we are comfortable sharing.
Rule 5. Personal Relationships. I shall not pursue a romantic or sexual relationship with my Advisor.
Rule 6. Criminal Activity. I agree not to engage in any criminal activity. If I do engage in such activity, I understand that I am fully responsible to the fullest extent of the law and that I will retain my own legal counsel at my own expense, pay any and all necessary fines and other costs, and agree to hold RAISEfashion (or all necessary entities here and its affiliates, agents, directors and representatives) harmless.
Rule 7. Indemnification. I shall defend, indemnify and hold harmless RAISEfashion’s board, advisory committee, representatives, successors, affiliates, corporate partners, officers, directors, employees, agents, volunteers, attorneys, and assigns against and from any claims, demands, judgments, awards, fines, lien, loss, liability, damage, expense, and cost of any kind or character (including reasonable attorneys’ fees and costs) to the extent they arise out of any claim or action relating to my involvement with RAISEfashion. My indemnification obligations under this section will include any and all liabilities, losses, costs, damages, and expenses (including court costs and reasonable attorneys’ fees) associated with each claim. This section shall survive the termination or expiration of my engagement with RAISEfashion.
Rule 8. Prohibited Advice. I shall not request medical, mental-health, legal, or tax advice from my Advisor.
Rule 9. Meetings in Person. Meetings need not take place in person. Meetings shall take place in the circumstances that are most convenient for both parties.
Rule 10. Financial Interest. I acknowledge that Advisors are volunteers and I will not solicit for any products or services (that is, not use this relationship to sell any products or services) while participating in this program.
Rule 11. Pro Bono Consulting Services. RAISEfashion, Inc. is a non-profit organization offering pro bono consulting services within the fashion industry. The views, information, and opinions expressed by RAISEfashion, Inc.’s board, advisory committee, representatives, successors, affiliates, corporate partners, officers, directors, employees, agents, volunteers, attorneys, and assigns (together, “RAISEfashion”) are solely the views of the individuals themselves, and do not necessarily reflect the views of RAISEfashion, Inc. or any other organization that the individuals work for or otherwise are affiliated with. The information shared is intended to provide guidance for the advisees in developing their own ideas and methodologies. These views are subject to change at any time and should not be held in perpetuity. As the nature of RAISEfashion is on a purely volunteer basis, consultations do not guarantee access to any companies or other groups the volunteers may be professionally or personally associated with. RAISEfashion and the volunteers themselves assume no liability for any losses, damages, or delays arising from any services provided by RAISEfashion.
Rule 12. Business Relationships. Pro bono consulting offered through RAISEfashion may result in business relationships formed between volunteers and advisees. RAISEfashion, at their own discretion, may also make introductions for advisees in certain cases outside the vetted advisory network, which may result in a business relationship. Should this be the case, the resulting business relationship shall not be deemed under any circumstances to be connected to RAISEfashion. RAISEfashion assumes no liability for any losses, damages, or delays arising from any such relationships involving beneficiaries.
Rule 13. Forms & Documents. RAISEfashion may make available through its website template forms, checklists, and business documents (collectively, “Documents”). All Documents are provided on a non-exclusive license basis for guidance and further reading. Documents are provided without any representations or warranties, express or implied, as to their suitability, completeness, timeliness, and/or accuracy. The Documents are provided “as is,” and beneficiaries may choose or choose not to use the Documents at their own risk.