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With thousands of supporters throughout New Jersey, BennyGoHome has adopted the following principles to direct the activities of the movement.
1. BGH encourages everyone to treat other people and places with respect as a standard. Every person who acts respectfully deserves to have it reciprocated. This is true of respect towards people, property, and the environment. When respect is not given, it should not be demanded in return. As Ralph Waldo Emerson once said: "Men are respectable only as they respect." 2. BGH endorses an end to the privatization of the coast and promotes low-impact, free and open access to the beaches for all people. Beach and wave access is everyone's right. The shoreline is a limited resource, and no one should have exclusive rights to such a precious natural treasure. 3. BGH promotes the use of eminent domain solely for the direct benefit of the immediate community. The abuse of eminent domain for government, private business, and private interests is a corrupt practice which is employed to forcibly remove people from their homes or businesses, often so that a small few may profit on the sacrifices of others. Locals make the shore what it is. Tearing down a neighborhood to build a tourist compound or upscale boutiques is just another way that developers and politicians profit at the expense of the local culture and population. 4. BGH recognizes the natural balance and ecological diversity of the shoreline as priceless and irreplaceable. BGH believes that the preservation of this balance is vital to the continued well-being of the coast and encourages the use of this resource in ways which will not adversely effect near or onshore ecosystems. 5. BGH supports businesses which have interest and care for the society in which they operate. BGH recognizes the importance of businesses and companies working with the community within the framework of a mutually beneficial relationship and encourages all commercial enterprises to abide by the concepts of Corporate Social Responsibility. 6. BGH is committed to education and community involvement in all relevant issues. Making a difference is possible through supporting the active involvement of local people, businesses, and organizations in all issues which effect the shore community. 7. BGH is a grassroots movement and is effective solely through the active support of our local members. While funding facilitates numerous goals of the organization, neither BGH nor its representatives or affiliates will allow sponsors or business partners to divert the organization from its mission. 8. BGH functions as a direct democracy whereby all those who actively participate in the organization also vote on all decisions related to it. While many businesses and organizations operate under a top-down approach, BGH maintains that those who work should be the same as those who decide, and that power is equally the right of all people. The above principles form the cornerstone of the BennyGoHome movement and as such ensure the ethical operation of the entire organization. It is to these principles that BennyGoHome and all of its representatives are dedicated to uphold. |
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