Kunsthalle Bern Launches Pioneering Code of Conduct
Kunsthalle Bern has launched an innovative code of conduct, a dynamic thirty-page framework outlining ethical principles in governance, programming, public interaction, and workplace culture. Developed collaboratively by the director and the institution's staff, this document ensures transparent authorship across all operational tiers, with guidance from Piergiorgio Pepe, a senior specialist in ethics and compliance within the contemporary cultural realm. This code emerges after two years of contemplation, restructuring, and re-envisioning through the Fermenting Kunsthalle initiative. Its aim is to establish an inclusive institution that promotes shared practices of care.
Key facts
- Kunsthalle Bern introduced a code of conduct
- The document is thirty pages long
- It covers governance, programming, public engagement, and working culture
- Co-authored by the director and the institution's team
- Piergiorgio Pepe supported the process as a senior expert in ethics and compliance
- The code follows two years of reflection through Fermenting Kunsthalle
- The goal is to create an accessible institution with collective practices of care
- The code is described as a living framework
Entities
Institutions
- Kunsthalle Bern
- Fermenting Kunsthalle
Locations
- Bern
- Switzerland