Editorial Policy

Insights Without Borders is committed to empowering its users with information to help improve on a transdiciplinary approach to the universe of discord (world of words) to empathize with the uniqueness of every individual’s relationship and connection with societies, the frameworks of ideas and beliefs that we use to construct worldviews, interpret our worldviews, and interact within our global village.

Please note: the words, images and tools on this blog site are provided for informational purposes. They are not intended to provide any form of professional advice, or serve as a substitute for any form of professional diagnosis or treatment. The use of this blog site is subject to Insight Without Borders disclaimer and terms and conditions.

The Editorial Process

The Editor, Mark A. Rogers, Psy.D. determines which topics should be included on this blog site. One of the goals of Insights Without Borders’ editorial process is to provide broad and diverse information that will address a transdiciplinary approach to the universe of discord (world of words) on the frameworks of ideas and beliefs that we use to construct worldviews, interpret our worldviews, and interact within our global village.

New topics are chosen based on a transdiciplinary approach, consumer interest, new developments that influence current practice, advances in our global village, and the prevalence of conditions: dynamic operational constraints affecting our situation assessment and situation awareness (SA) in the uniqueness of every individual’s relationship and connection with societies, the frameworks of ideas and beliefs that we use to construct worldviews, interpret our worldviews, and interact within our global village.

Newly created material is likely to originate from the Editor, Co-Editors, or Third Parties such as contracted writers or professionals within the transdiciplinary approach consolidated in this blog site. All text pieces, graphics, and tools are subject to Insights Without Borders standardized review process.

Quality Transdiciplinary Information

Insights Without Borders is committed to a goal of providing accurate, current, and useful transdiciplinary information. To do this, Insights Without Borders relies on the expertise of its experts and an emerging Professional Advisory Board. In the near future, when material created by Insights Without Borders is posted on this blog site, transdiciplinary professionals will review material for accuracy. This blog site also contains material created by others, news services (e.g., Silobreaker, Associated Press), government agencies (National Institute of Health, National Institute of Mental Health, and U.S. Department of State), non-profit organizations and other content partners.

Source of Materials

Insights Without Borders wants you to know the source of the material you are viewing on this blog site. You can find this source information on all material. The following are types of source identifications that you will see, either at the top or the bottom of the material:

• Author’s name without a specific affiliation usually denotes content created specifically and originally for Insights Without Borders.
• Material provided by government agencies and non-profit organizations is identified by the name and/or logo of the agency or organization at the top of the material.
• “Used by permission of the copyright owner.” When this notation appears at the bottom of an article and no agency or organization name appears at the top of the article, the material was used with the permission of the original copyright owner.
• News articles are identified with a date at the top of the article and the name and/or logo of the news service at the beginning of the article.
• The source of material from other third parties is identified in the material.

Links to External Web Sites

Insights Without Borders provides links to many other web sites, federal agencies and private organizations that the Editor and Co-Editors feel may be of benefit to site users. These links are provided only as a convenience and for informational purposes. These links do not constitute an endorsement. Insights Without Borders frequently reviews all of the sites to determine whether or not these sites, to a reasonable degree of certainty, produce quality, accurate, and unbiased information. These external links open in a different browser window.

Editorial Independence

Insights Without Borders is committed to and respectively maintains absolute editorial independence. This means that Insights Without Borders makes decisions about information on the blog site free of outside influence. To maintain interdisciplinary accuracy, however, the professionals involved in the review process have editorial control over the interdisciplinary accuracy in the materials created for the blog site.

Updating This Policy

Insights Without Borders’ editorial policy can be periodically revised. Notices will be posted on the home page for one month when Insights Without Borders makes significant changes affecting the editorial process and practices. It is recommended that you read this editorial policy when you visit this blog site in case you may have missed changes in editorial process and practices.

Last reviewed: By Mark A. Rogers, Psy.D. on 4 Apr 2009