As part of having compliance of the organization, South Asia Center for Media in Development (SACMID) has prepared integrity, due diligence and safeguarding policy. SACMID has prepared the Policy in collaboration with and supported by Free Press Unlimited (FPU) under Protecting Independent Media for Effective Development (PRIMED) project. Syed Kamrul Hasan, Deputy Director & Program manager, SACMID, Afia Sultana, Project Coordinator (Media Literacy Project), SACMID, Md. Saimum Reza Talukdar, Senior Lecturer, School of Law, BRAC University (External Consultant) jointly developed the policy. The task required the whole year of 2021. Then the policy reviewed by Andre Oostrom (FPU). The responsibility for this policy lies with every employee, staff, director, trustee, board member, advisor, associates, clients, agents, service receivers, partners, respondents, beneficiaries, affiliates and any other stakeholders of SACMID.
The whole Policy is divided into four parts. First three parts discuss three different Codes and the fourth part contains details on reporting and complaint procedures as follows:
PART 1: The Code of Conduct: focuses on interpersonal violations (behaviors) such as discrimination, intimidation, humiliation, bullying, and sexual harassment; behaviors that SACMID does not tolerate. The code conduct exclusively covers Digital Safeguarding Policy.
PART 2: The Anti-Fraud & Corruption Policy: describes what SACMID understands as fraud and corruption, including unacceptable acts such as an abuse of power, conflicts of interest, leaks of confidential information, culpable negligence etc., as well as financial violations such as fraud, theft, forgery and abuse.
PART 3: The Whistle Blowing Policy: SACMID has a system for reporting such violations. This reporting system is openly available to anyone who wants to report or file a complaint. This includes a procedure for whistle-blowers. If an employee does not have confidence in the management of SACMID, s/he can make her/his report to an external whistle-blowing contact.
PART 4: Report & Complaint Procedure: Describes the detailed reporting and complaint management procedures to deal with any complaint in relation to the abovementioned Code of Conduct, the Anti-Fraud & Corruption Policy and the Whistle Blowing Policy.