1. Silk Road Charter
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3. Silk Road is a global enterprise whose purpose is to empower people to live as free individuals. We provide systems and platforms that allow our customers to defend their basic human rights and pursue their own ends, provided those ends do not infringe on the rights of others.
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5. Our mission is to have voluntary interaction between individuals be the foundation of human civilization.
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7. We conduct ourselves and our enterprise from the following fundamental values that are at the heart of who we are:
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9. Self-ownership
10. Individuals own their bodies, thoughts and will. Anything they create with their property or obtain without coercion is also theirs.
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12. Responsibility
13. People are responsible for their actions. If one infringes on another's rights, they should be held accountable.
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15. Equality
16. Property rights apply to all individuals equally, without exception.
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18. Integrity
19. Honoring one's word as one's self. Word, thought, and action are aligned.
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21. Virtue
22. Striving to improve one's self and the lives of others in all actions. To create value.
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24. We promise to be true to our purpose, to accomplish our mission, to operate consistent with our values, and to run our enterprise in service of our customers.
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26. This is who we are.
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28. This is what you can count on.