Founding and Form
Division Founding
The Alvan Ikoku Corporation was established in 2020 by Alvan Azinna Chibuzo Ikoku ā as the primary division of The Ikoku Group able to assume, focus on and safeguard the conceptualization, design, implementation, testing and revision of ideas and their applications. It is primarily through The Ikoku Corporation that the Founder and The Ikoku Group may approve and conduct research and development of what will eventually become intellectual and real property and equivalent proprietary assets.
Division Formation
The Alvan Ikoku Corporation is formally organized as a protected series of The Alvan IkokuĀ Group LLC ā itself aĀ series limited liability company ā as provided for in the Delaware State Code of the United States. They are registered and headquartered in Wilmington, Delaware.Ā The Alvan Ikoku Corporation is also officially known under the business names, The Alvan Azinna Chibuzo Ikoku Corporation and The Ikoku Corporation. All three names, as used in official Ikoku Group and Ikoku Corporation documents, products, programs, services and sites, refer to the same aforementioned divisional entity.
Division Focus
The Ikoku Corporation conduct the development, incubation, implementation and review of ideas and their applications via four (4) units and areas of focus. Each of these areĀ further described in the sections listed below:
Division Mission
The Ikoku Corporation is thus structured to assist The Ikoku Group in fulfilling their shared, originating mission to foster care and creativity, ethics and innovation in work and communities of enduring concern to the Founder and Partners. As always, the objective is the improvement of lives and the betterment of societies.
Governing Structure
Ownership
The Ikoku Corporation is led and managed by the sole Founder and Owner of The Ikoku Group, Alvan Azinna Chibuzo Ikoku, who serves as President, Chair and CEO. The following are further details concerning governance of the Division.
Sole Shareholder, Director, Authorizer
Alvan Azinna Chibuzo Ikoku is the sole interests-holder, shareholder and director of The Ikoku Corporation, and as such is the only person empowered to authorize The Ikoku Corporation to engage in or enter into a specified activity or arrangement.
Sole Manner of Authorization
Such authorization by the above Founder may proceed only via express written instrument signed and sealed. No other activity in The Ikoku Corporation, or the Sites, Products, Programs and Services may take the place of such authorization, nor may any other such activity be taken as indication of donor preference, authorized transfer of charitable funds, or permission for any specific nonprofit activity on the part of The Ikoku Group, its President, Alvan Azinna Chibuzo Ikoku, or The Ikoku Charitable Trusts or The Ikoku Foundations.
Leadership and Management
Any further announcements and details of the leadership and management of The Ikoku Corporation shall be provided here upon completion of searches and appointments by the Founder.
Partners and Partnerships
Any further announcements and details of partners within and partnerships with The Ikoku Corporation shall be provided here upon completion of agreements and appointments by the Founder.
Core Purposes
Opening
The development of The Ikoku Corporation is governed by its sole Founder and Owner, Alvan Azinna Chibuzo Ikoku, as well as a set of attendant mission-related core purposes derived from a history of division establishment further described below:
History and Impetus for Founding
During a period preceding and extending into the formation of The Alvan Ikoku Corporation and its parent company, The Alvan Ikoku Group LLC, the Founder, Alvan Azinna Chibuzo Ikoku, was subject to a set of consistent, extensive, pervasive, dehumanizing and subhumanizing practices ā including but not limited to discrimination, harassment, stalking, and unconsented communication, experimentation, monitoring, and spying ā that entailed profound violations of the Founderās basic, fundamental and natural freedoms, liberties and rights, confidentiality and privacy rights, and fundamental autonomy, dignity and humanity accorded and provided to citizens and residents of California, Delaware, the United States, and member states of the United Nations.*
Founding Core Purpose
In response to the above, the Founder, Alvan Azinna Chibuzo Ikoku, established and shall further develop The Ikoku Corporation with the core, express and founding purpose to create, develop, and support communities, institutions, and societies where the above and related practices do not occur and to help other communities, institutions, and societies reduce the occurrence and prevalence of the above and related practices.
Sancthumanism
Such core, express and founding purpose shall also be in response to apparent, historical and sustained failures and limitations of established, present-day and prevailing civics, commerce, education, institutions, politics, public discourse and religion to provide a meaningful moral and ethical basis for ensuring the care, equanimity, recognition, respect, sanctity, sovereignty and spiritual or theological wholeness of human beings in contemporary society. Thus, The Ikoku Corporation, operating as a for-profit entity, shall do so via the following faith-based commitments and principles:
Attendant Core Purposes
As part of the core, express and founding purposes described above, the Founder, Alvan Azinna Chibuzo Ikoku, shall also further develop The Ikoku Corporation in view of the Founderās birth into, formation within and further development of a multigenerational, longstanding family commitment to lifelong education and research; as well as in direct response to past, present-day and ongoing infringements of basic, fundamental and natural freedoms, liberties and rights, including the disenfranchisement, forced migration, impoverishment, marginalization, stigmatization, underrepresentation, unethical care and research, and violations of due process, liberty and privacy rights, of varying peoples in Africa, its global diasporas, and culturally and structurally connected societies. The Ikoku Corporation shall thus have an attendant founding purpose to promote public awareness of, enhance public knowledge of and engage in commerce in and pertaining to Africa, its global diasporas, and its connected or shared societies, as well as foster global interrelationships between Africa and the Americas, Asia, Australasia and Oceania, and Europe.
Incompatibility with Founding
Notwithstanding any provisions of the Codes and Policies of The Ikoku Corporation or any other applicable documents, guidelines, laws, policies, or equivalent legal instruments, no objectives of The Ikoku Corporation shall supersede or be of greater benefit, import, or priority than the core, express and founding mission and purposes of The Ikoku Corporation as defined, described and delineated above. No activities, operations, or other processes of The Ikoku Corporation shall entail any of the aforementioned dehumanizing or subhumanizing practices. Any version of such practices ā as well as any accruing of advantage, benefit, or information through such practices, and also any natural or legal persons assisting, employing, permitting, planning, or otherwise conducting or promoting such practices ā are by definition incompatible with The Ikoku Corporation as well as its founding, development, administration, management, and operation. And upon the discovery by any person of such practices or its equivalent, immediate reporting and subsequent remedying shall be conducted to and via Alvan Azinna Chibuzo Ikoku, the sole Founder and Owner of The Ikoku Corporation, who shall be the sole person to interpret this and other codes and policies of The Ikoku Corporation and adjudicate the aforementioned and attendant matters.
Examples of Incompatibility
For these reasons, no person or entity may become or remain qualified as board or committee member, director, trustee, officer, executive, manager or other leadership, staff or employee, advisor or consultant, provider of care, of education, of mentorship, or of training, affiliate, partner, representative, recipient of funds or resources, researcher or observer, sponsor, supervisor, volunteer, parental entity, voting or decision-making entity, member or stakeholder, or other agent of The Ikoku Corporation (including its divisions, series, subsidiaries, affiliates, and partners) if conducting or promoting any of the aforementioned dehumanizing or subhumanizing practices and their attendant actions, activities, or behaviors, or their equivalent, as well as if in intentional violation of the core, express and founding purposes described above, the Founding and Governing Code of Ethics, or any of the ensuing codes, ethics, policies, protections, and rights provided for by The Ikoku Corporation concerning confidentiality, consent, privacy, respect, and unconsented care, education, experimentation, monitoring, research, tracking, training, supervision, or surveillance. Due to this stipulation, under no circumstances shall the following persons ā as well as any affiliates, associates, collaborators, employees, employers, executives, leaders, members, partners, representatives, staff, volunteers, third parties, and other agents of said persons ā qualify:
Example of Natural Person
Example of Natural PersonĀ ā any natural person who engages in, aids in, or otherwise encourages, fosters, or promotes any of the aforementioned dehumanizing or subhumanizing practices and their attendant actions, activities, or behaviors; who engages in, aids in, or otherwise encourages, fosters, or promotes the intentional interference with or violation of the codes, policies, protections, rights, studies, or teachings pertaining to the prevention of the aforementioned dehumanizing or subhumanizing practices and their attendant actions, activities, or behaviors and especially the Founding Code of Ethics; who engages in, aids in, or otherwise encourages, fosters, or promotes the impediment, interference, or diminishment of the Founderās ability to determine, interpret, and ensure the core, express and founding mission and purposes of The Ikoku Corporation; and who engages in, aids in, or otherwise encourages, fosters, or promotes the impediment, interference, or diminishment of the Founderās governance over and administration, management, and operation of The Ikoku Corporation and particularly the Founderās ability to determine and ensure remedies and compliance with the codes, policies, protections rights, studies, or teachings of The Ikoku Corporation pertaining to the prevention of the aforementioned dehumanizing or subhumanizing practices and their attendant actions, activities, or behaviors and especially the Founding Code of Ethics. For instance, in this case, Eleanor Marie Brown (AB, Brown; JD, Yale) of Jamaica and the United States of America; Rafael Parera Nadal of Manacor, Mallorca, Spain; and Cristiano Ronaldo dos Santos Aveiro of Funchal, Madeira, Portugal; and Jeff Williams of Telegraph Hill, San Francisco, California, United States of America.
Example of Legal Person
Example of Legal Person ā any legal person that engages in, aids in, or otherwise encourages, fosters or promotes any of the aforementioned dehumanizing or subhumanizing practices and their attendant actions, activities, or behaviors; that engages in, aids in, or otherwise encourages, fosters, or promotes the intentional interference with or violation of the codes, policies, protections rights, studies, or teachings pertaining to the prevention of the aforementioned dehumanizing or subhumanizing practices and their attendant actions, activities, or behaviors and especially the Founding Code of Ethics; that engages in, aids in, or otherwise encourages, fosters, or promotes the impediment, interference, or diminishment of the Founderās ability to determine, interpret, and ensure the core, express and founding mission and purposes of The Ikoku Corporation; and that engages in, aids in, or otherwise encourages, fosters, or promotes the impediment, interference, or diminishment of the Founderās governance over and administration, management, and operation of The Ikoku Corporation and particularly the Founderās ability to determine and ensure remedies and compliance with the codes, policies, protections rights, studies, or teachings of The Ikoku Corporation pertaining to the prevention of the aforementioned dehumanizing or subhumanizing practices and their attendant actions, activities, or behaviors and especially the Founding Code of Ethics. For instance, in this case, Leland Stanford Jr University of Palo Alto, California, United States of America; The New York Times Company of New York City, New York, United States of America; and The United States Tennis Association of White Plains, New York, United States of America.
Example of Government Person
Example of Government Person ā as well as, additionally, for related ethics, governance, policies and protections reasons ā any government or political person, including but not limited to any political party or organization, any government or public authority, entity, office, official or other agent, and any person who has held such authority, office, position or equivalent capacity, function or relationship within the preceding ten (10) years. For instance, in this case, Barack Hussein Obama (AB, Columbia; JD, Harvard) of Honolulu, Hawaii and Chicago, Illinois, United States of America.
Beneficiaries, Communities, Publics
To further clarify, with respect to The Ikoku Corporation, and especially its mission and purposes, Codes and Policies, and all other documentation and writing pertaining to its administration, governance, management, and operation, the terms ābeneficiaries,ā ācommunities,ā āpublicsā and their equivalent (such as natural and legal persons and people employed, funded or served by The Ikoku Corporation)Ā shall be limited to and include only persons who do not, in any way, engage in any of the aforementioned dehumanizing or subhumanizing practices and their attendant actions, activities, behaviors, or their equivalent, and furthermore those who accord persons equal and full enjoyment of basic principles derived from a robustly ethical and humane respect for the confidentiality and privacy of human beings ā including but not limited to principles defined and delineated in the Codes and Policies ā namely:
Basic Refusal to be Means or Medium
In light, therefore, of the aforementioned, The Ikoku Corporation and the Founder, Alvan Azinna Chibuzo Ikoku, do not and shall not, in any way or under any circumstances, agree, consent, or otherwise give license or permission to have any aspect of the Founderās personĀ ā especially activities or functions of the body and mind such as cognizing, perceiving, or thinking, and also talking by, to or with oneselfĀ ā accessed or otherwise engaged via any activity, in any manner or way, via any means or method, and for any benefit, end, goal, interest, mission, objective, purpose, or equivalent.
ā Additionally, The Ikoku Corporation and the Founder, Alvan Azinna Chibuzo Ikoku, do not and shall not, in any way or under any circumstances, agree, consent, or otherwise give license or permission to have any activities, affairs, areas, assets, offices, parts, properties, sections, or equivalent of either The Ikoku Corporation or the Founder accessed or otherwise engaged via any activity, in any manner or way and via any means or method such that the Founderās person, or any natural person, becomes a means or medium for any benefit, end, goal, interest, mission, objective, purpose, or equivalent.
ā This basic refusal and its principle ā at once human and humane ā shall, wherever there is conflict or question, legally supersede any conflicting provision or interpretation of any alleged, assumed, interpreted, presumed or otherwise made or understood agreement, consent, contract, law, license, permission, principle, regulation, right, or equivalent. The Founder shall, at the very least, enjoy the highest level of this principle and its protections that The Ikoku Corporation, the Codes and Polices, and applicable law and regulation provide.
Concluding
And furthermore, by engaging in any activity engaging, involving, referring to, relating to, or otherwise pertaining to The Ikoku Corporation, any activities, affairs, areas, assets, offices, parts, properties, sections, or equivalent of The Ikoku Corporation, any activities, affairs, areas, assets, offices, parts, properties, sections, or equivalent of the divisions, series, subsidiaries, or affiliates, as well as any activities, affairs, areas, assets, offices, parts, properties, sections, or equivalent of the Products or Services, you accept and agree to the statements, terms, conditions, and requirements described above and in the Codes and Policies, regarding the Founding and Governance of The Ikoku Corporation,Ā in their entirety without modification, including as updated from time to time by the Founder, and you further accept and agree to fully inform the Founder in writing of any knowledge you have regarding the above and related activities and history.
Governing Documents
Provision
Provided below is a listing of documents pertaining to The Ikoku Corporationās administration that are kept current in the Books and Records, includingĀ those of formation and corporate and user governance. All such documents are in the safekeeping of the Founder, President, CEO and Chair, Alvan Azinna Chibuzo Ikoku, who is the only person authorized to retain, amend, keep current and show originals and copies. Where appropriate, the public may be provided a link to access approved and downloadable copies of such documents.
For policies that govern employees, volunteers, partners, third-parties, visitors and users of The Ikoku Group, as well as the divisions, series, subsidiaries, and affiliates, and Sites, Services and Products, please see the mainĀ Codes and Policies section.
Agreement of The Ikoku Group
2019 The Amended and Restated Series Limited Liability Company Operating Agreement of The Alvan Ikoku Group LLC (HTML)
2019 The Limited Liability Company Operating Agreement of The Alvan Ikoku Group LLC (HTML)
Business Licensure
2020 Business License/Franchise Tax ā Delaware (HTML)
2019 Business License/Franchise Tax ā Delaware (HTML)
Certificate of Formation
2020 The Amended and Restated Certificate of Formation of The Alvan Ikoku Group LLC (HTML)
2019 The Certificate of Formation of The Alvan Ikoku Group LLC (HTML)
Codes and Policies
Codes and Policies (HTML)
Also at the Division
The Ikoku Corporation and its parent company, The Ikoku Group, are dedicated toĀ developing, providing and safekeeping ideas and solutions ā with the mission to foster care and creativity, culture and communities, ethics and innovation in lives and societies. And so in accordance with the above, The Ikoku Group and Ikoku Corporation provide the following:
A Company of and about Ethics
A company and division whose ethics and policies are carefully crafted, then adhered to by a range of individuals and entities working in varied relation to The Ikoku Group and The Ikoku Corporation to establish, develop and operate a private company dedicated to fostering care and creativity, ethics and innovation.
Built with Integrity and Respect in Mind
A company and division who take as their basis the most robust conceptions of humanity, integrity and respect as well as independence and fundamental freedoms, liberties and rights ā up to and beyond what the law protects and provides for ā as they carry out and embody their founding and core mission and purposes.
Areas of Focus Chosen for Mission and Work
And a company and division whose areas of focus have been expressly chosen to ensure attention to issues of enduring concern to the Founder ā and so committed to providing products, services, sites and spaces that remain safe, secure and respectful places to do work, to teach and learn, to form, inform and, where needed, transform local and global communities.