{"id":102605,"date":"2018-02-02T13:16:59","date_gmt":"2018-02-02T18:16:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/models.com\/oftheminute\/?p=102605"},"modified":"2018-02-08T12:08:09","modified_gmt":"2018-02-08T17:08:09","slug":"conde-nasts-codes-of-conduct-marc-jacobs-goes-for-contemporary-and-all-the-news-you-missed-this-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/models.com\/oftheminute\/conde-nasts-codes-of-conduct-marc-jacobs-goes-for-contemporary-and-all-the-news-you-missed-this-week\/","title":{"rendered":"Cond\u00e9 Nast’s Codes of Conduct, Marc Jacobs Goes for Contemporary and All the News You Missed this Week"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Cond\u00e9 Nast International announces its Code of Conduct <\/strong>
\nCond\u00e9 Nast International published behavioral \u2018guidelines\u2019 or a quote Code of Conduct, effective immediately. It includes a number of work ethic directives aimed at preventing and safe-guarding the well-being those on set. Such directives include: models on set must be 18 years old\u2013except when children are essential to a story; the requiring of a private dressing space; it specifies work performed \u201cmust be in compliance with applicable laws and regulations.\u201d The guidelines also explicitly ban the consumption or influence of drugs and alcohol on the shoot premises, includes nudity clauses and also lists general unacceptable conduct. How effective implementing the guidelines will be be in preventing the types of behaviors that have been making headlines, which includes allegations of sexual misconduct by top industry players, is going to be determined over the course of time. [Vogue<\/a>]<\/p>\n

Model and Model Alliance founder Sara Ziff<\/a> released a statement on her Instagram asking, \u201cHow will Cond\u00e9 Nast make this meaningful?\u201d Then put forth bullet points requiring more specificity such as robust monitoring of compliances, mechanisms to file complaints, programs of education for all parties and bidning and enforceable commitments from corporations such as Cond\u00e9 Nast.<\/p>\n

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As Cond\u00e9 Nast has acknowledged, sexual harassment and assault of models is a serious and chronic problem that must be addressed. In turn, the company has introduced a Code of Conduct that aims to prevent such abuse. This is a start, but will it be enough? We have seen codes of conduct come and go. In reality, voluntary standards without meaningful education, proper complaint mechanisms, and independent enforcement are not going to work. We know this because corporations all across the U.S. \u2013 in the fashion industry, the film industry, and far beyond \u2013 have had corporate-controlled policies to address sexual harassment for many years, and they have not solved the problem. The key will be in what happens next. How will Cond\u00e9 Nast make this meaningful? | Link in bio.<\/a><\/p>\n

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