06/Standards of practice
Six commitments we will not trade away.
These are not aspirations. They are the conditions under which this firm accepts work.
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Traceability
Every figure has a source and a page number.
We publish the source table alongside the finding. If a number cannot be traced to a named, verifiable document, it does not appear in our work.
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Stated limitations
We say what our data cannot tell you.
Every output carries an explicit limitations section. Overstating what an analysis supports is a failure of method, not a presentational choice.
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Right of reply
Institutions we analyse see the findings first.
Before we publish on any public body, we share the draft and invite comment, and we publish that comment alongside our findings.
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Independence
No client controls the conclusion.
Clients commission the question, the method and the scope. They do not commission the answer. We decline work conditioned on a predetermined finding.
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Named contribution
Analysts are credited by name.
Junior researchers and trainees appear as named contributors on the work they produce. Credit is how a career starts.
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Open by default
Public data analysis is published free.
Work built on public records is released openly with a permanent DOI, unless a client contract requires otherwise. Public information should return to the public.
What this means in practice. Some assignments do not survive these conditions, and we decline them. A commission that requires a predetermined finding, refuses the analysed institution a right of reply, or forbids the publication of limitations is not work this firm will take at any price.