Alongside our terms and our privacy policy, REA keeps a small set of standards that describe how the network behaves. They apply to members, boards, partners and anyone representing REA at an event.

Code of conduct

REA brings together students, alumni and professionals from many countries, universities and backgrounds. Everyone taking part is expected to treat the others as colleagues.

  • harassment, discrimination and intimidation have no place in the network, at events or online;
  • what is said in a partner’s office stays there: treat commercially sensitive material as confidential;
  • represent yourself and your experience accurately, to firms and to each other;
  • when you attend an event, you are a guest of the host firm and of your chapter.

Concerns can be raised with a chapter president, a regional director, or directly at info@rea.network. We take them seriously and treat them discreetly.

Selection and fairness

Members are selected on relevance, ambition and fit — never on the ability to pay, and never on who they already know. The standard is the same in every chapter and is described in REA’s Global Recruitment Standard. Chapters recruit locally, but they do not lower or raise the bar to fill a room.

Partners and independence

Partnerships fund and enrich the network; they do not buy influence over it. A partner cannot purchase membership decisions, board positions, or the outcome of a competition. Where an event is run with a firm, that firm is named. Where a piece on this site draws on a partner’s material, it is cited.

REA is a non-profit foundation. Any surplus goes back into chapters, programmes and the infrastructure that supports them.

Content and sources

Articles published here cite their sources, and the figures in them are footnoted to the report they came from. Where something is a projection, an estimate or an early plan, we say so. If you find something wrong, tell us and we will correct it.

Using the REA name

Chapters, members and partners may refer to their relationship with REA accurately. They may not present themselves as speaking for REA Network as a whole, or use the REA name and marks in fundraising, recruitment or promotion that we have not agreed to.