Harvey Point's ethics framework governs all analytical work, research practices, and institutional conduct. These are not aspirational statements — they are operational commitments against which our work is evaluated.
Harvey Point is committed to the highest standard of epistemic integrity in all analytical work. This means representing the state of evidence accurately — including its limits, ambiguities, and contested dimensions — rather than projecting false certainty to satisfy the expectations of any audience, client, or stakeholder.
Our analysts are required to distinguish clearly between observed fact, analytical inference, and speculative assessment. Probability language must be used precisely and consistently. When evidence is insufficient to support a conclusion, Harvey Point will say so explicitly rather than fill analytical gaps with unsupported assertion.
Epistemic integrity requires intellectual courage: the willingness to present conclusions that are unwelcome, counterintuitive, or at odds with prevailing consensus when the evidence warrants it. Harvey Point does not produce analysis designed to confirm existing beliefs.