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title: How to Join the Initiative
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<blockquote>

    &ldquo;The world needs people who see something that needs to be done and
    start to do it, without permission or advice. They just start doing
    it.&rdquo; — Wendell Berry

</blockquote>

If your company proactively maximizes trust through genuine transparency and
openness, you are an open company, full stop. You don't need our permission or
advice. That said, if you would like to join with like-minded companies in the
Open Company Initiative, please email [Tim
Cook](mailto:tim@saxifrageschool.org) (or submit a [pull
request](https://github.com/opencompany/opencompany.github.io/blob/master/directory/index.html))
with the following information:

  1. Your name and title
  1. The name of your company
  1. A link to your homepage, or a landing page about openness
  1. A one-sentence description of your company
  1. One concrete example of how your company already fulfills our pledge,
     &ldquo;to proactively maximize trust through genuine corporate 
     transparency and openness, not as an afterthought, but as a defining 
     element in how we create value.&rdquo;

<div class="next-steps nav">
    <ul>
        <li><a href="/about/">About the Initiative</a></li>
        <li><a href="/directory/">Directory of Companies</a></li>
    </ul>
</div>

---
layout: page
title: How to Join the Initiative
---
<blockquote>

    &ldquo;The world needs people who see something that needs to be done and
    start to do it, without permission or advice. They just start doing
    it.&rdquo; — Wendell Berry

</blockquote>

If your company proactively maximizes trust through genuine transparency and
openness, you are an open company, full stop. You don't need our permission or
advice. That said, if you would like to join with like-minded companies in the
Open Company Initiative, please email [Tim
Cook](mailto:tim@saxifrageschool.org) (or submit a [pull
request](https://github.com/opencompany/opencompany.github.io/blob/master/directory/index.html))
with the following information:

  1. Your name and title
  1. The name of your company
  1. A link to your homepage, or a landing page about openness
  1. A one-sentence description of your company
  1. One concrete example of how your company already fulfills our pledge.


### Our Pledge

We who belong to the Open Company Initiative pledge to proactively maximize
trust through genuine corporate transparency and openness, not as an
afterthought, but as a defining element in how we create value.

<div class="next-steps nav">
    <ul>
        <li><a href="/about/">About the Initiative</a></li>
        <li><a href="/directory/">Directory of Companies</a></li>
    </ul>
</div>

Make pledge clearer on Join page
Make pledge clearer on Join page
