Online services guidelines        

Editorial values   
Editorial responsibility   
Accuracy   
Fairness, contributors, and consent   
Privacy   
Harm and offence   
Children   
Politics, elections and polling   
War, terror and emergencies   
Equal opportunities and diversity   
Links to external sites   
Credits for outside providers of material   
Partnerships, including partnerships with business   
Interacting with our audiences   
The law   
Accountability and complaints   

Section 2: Editorial responsibility    

Accountabilities
Any operational team placing material on a British Council site must take editorial responsibility for all forms of online content, including text pages, at every stage of their existence.

There must be a clearly understood chain of editorial responsibility for online content in each team and a suitable editorial figure must have oversight of every page.

Director Communications has overall responsibility for the British Council's websites, including editorial standards, and for the design and branding of all our sites.    
The Regional Director (for overseas) and Director Communications (in the UK) are responsible for ensuring that new sites and services meet the relevant standards and guidelines. Director Communications retains the right to refuse publication where sites do not meet the necessary requirements.    
Sector and business directors in the UK and country directors overseas are accountable for ensuring that all the websites managed by people in their teams comply with these guidelines.    
For new sites, formal sign-off by Director Communications may be required.   
Director Communications is the contact working with operational teams to ensure that editorial, design and online branding issues are resolved.    
Further advice on any aspect of these guidelines can be obtained from the eStrategy Manager, who has day-to-day responsibility for monitoring their implementation, for ensuring that they are kept up to date, and that implementation is supported by training and communication.     
Legal advice may be sought from the British Council’s Legal Adviser   

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