1.1 General Statement on Respect and Inclusivity. Sepi believes deeply in the fundamental human needs of respect and inclusivity. We believe being recognized and celebrated for our differences, backgrounds, ethnicities, perspectives are a critical part of the human, and travel, experience. We are committed to doing everything we can to help eliminate all forms of unlawful bias, discrimination, and intolerance from our platform and greater community.
Respect – For Sepi, respect means a baseline amount of dignity, attempt at understanding and appreciation for one another regardless of race, color, socio-economic class, background, ethnicity, nationality, sexual orientation, religious beliefs, physical, mental, or emotional challenges or any other set of qualities that may, initially, distinguish one another. We firmly believe through travel and experiences with one another there is a greater likelihood of fostering deeper respect, understanding and inclusion of one another – in essence, making the world a better place.
Inclusivity – Sepi welcomes people of all backgrounds with authentic hospitality and open minds. Bias, prejudice, racism, and hatred have no place on our platform or in our community. While Vendors are required to follow all applicable laws that prohibit discrimination based on such factors as race, religion, national origin, and others listed below, we commit to do more than comply with the minimum requirements established by law.
1.2 Specific Guidance for Vendors in the United States, European Union, and Canada. As a general matter, Vendors will familiarize ourselves with all applicable federal, state, and local laws that apply to housing and places of public accommodation. Some jurisdictions may have additional legal requirements that expand or limit the civil right protections of the user community. Vendors are required to comply with such legal requirements. Guided by these principles, our U.S., EU, and Canadian host community will follow these rules when considering potential guests and hosting guests:
1.3 Race, Color, Ethnicity, National Origin, Religion, Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity, or Marital Status.
Sepi Vendors may not:
Decline a booking based on race, color, ethnicity, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, or marital status.
Impose any different terms or conditions based on race, color, ethnicity, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, or marital status.
Post any listing or make any statement that discourages or indicates a preference for or against any guest on account of race, color, ethnicity, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, or marital status.

1.4 Gender Identity. Sepi does not assign gender identity to our users. We consider the gender of individuals to be what they identify and/or designate on their user profiles, and we expect our Sepi community to do the same. This includes respecting the pronouns (he/him, she/her, they/them, etc.) any users within the community identify themselves with.
Sepi Vendors may not:
Decline a booking from a guest based on gender identity unless the Vendor shares living spaces (for example, bathroom, kitchen, or common areas) with the guest.
Impose any different terms or conditions based on gender unless the Vendor shares living spaces with the guest.
Post any listing or make any statement that discourages or indicates a preference for or against any guest on account of gender unless the Vendor shares living spaces with the guest.
Sepi Vendors may:
Make a unit available to guests of the Vendor’s gender and not the other, where the Vendor shares living spaces with the guest.
1.5 Age and Familial Status
Sepi Vendors may not:
Impose any different terms or conditions or decline a reservation based on the guest’s age or familial status, where prohibited by law.
Sepi Vendors may:
Provide factually accurate information about their listing’s features (or lack of them) that could make the listing unsafe or unsuitable for guests of a certain age or families with children or infants.
Note in their listings applicable community restrictions (e.g., senior housing), regulations, or laws that prohibit guests under a particular age or families with children or infants.
1.6 Disability
Sepi Vendors may not:
Decline a guest based on any actual or perceived disability.
Impose any different terms or conditions because the guest has a disability.
Substitute their own judgment about whether an Experience meets the needs of a guest with a disability for that of the prospective guest.
Inquire about the existence or severity of a guest’s disability, or the means used to accommodate any disability. If, however, a potential guest raises his or her disability, a host may, and should, discuss with the potential guest whether the listing meets the potential guest’s needs.
Prohibit or limit the use of mobility devices.
Charge more in fees for guests with disabilities, including pet fees when the guest has a service animal.
Post any listing or make any statement that discourages or indicates a preference for or against any guest because the guest has a disability.
Refuse to communicate with guests through accessible means that are available, including relay operators (for people with hearing impairments) and e-mail (for people with vision impairments using screen readers).
Refuse to provide reasonable accommodations, including flexibility when guests with disabilities request modest changes in your house rules, such as using an available parking space near the unit. When a guest request such accommodation, the host and the guest should engage in a dialogue to explore mutually agreeable ways to ensure the unit meets the guest’s needs.
Sepi Vendors may:
Provide factually accurate information about the unit’s accessibility features (or lack of them), allowing for guests with disabilities to assess for themselves whether the unit is appropriate to their individual needs.
1.7 When Guests Are Turned Down. Vendors should keep in mind that no one likes to be turned down. While a host may have, and articulate, lawful, and legitimate reasons for turning down a potential guest, it may cause that member of our community to feel unwelcome or excluded. Vendors should make every effort to be welcoming to guests of all backgrounds. Vendors who demonstrate a pattern of rejecting guests from a protected class (even while articulating legitimate reasons) undermine the strength of our community by making potential guests feel unwelcome, and Sepi may suspend Vendors who have demonstrated such a pattern from the Sepi platform.
1.8 Local Ordinances in Conflict with Nondiscrimination Policy. Outside of the United States, the European Union, and Canada, some countries or communities may allow or even require people to make accommodation distinctions based on, for example, marital status, national origin, gender, or sexual orientation, in violation of our general nondiscrimination philosophy. In these cases, we do not require Vendors to violate local laws, nor to accept guests that could expose the Vendors to a real and demonstrable risk of arrest, or physical harm to their persons or property. Vendors who live in such areas should set out any such restriction on their ability to host guests in their listing, so that prospective guests are aware of the issue and Sepi can confirm the necessity for such an action. In communicating any such restrictions, we expect Vendors to use clear, factual, non-derogatory terms. Slurs and insults have no place on our platform or in our community.
1.9 Noncompliance with Non-Discrimination Policy. If a particular listing contains language contrary to this Non-Discrimination Policy, the host will be asked to remove the language and affirm his or her understanding and intent to comply with this policy and its underlying principles. Sepi may also, in its discretion, take steps up to and including suspending the host from the Sepi platform.
If the host improperly rejects guests on the basis of protected class or uses language demonstrating that his or her actions were motivated by factors prohibited by this policy, Sepi will take steps to enforce this policy, up to and including suspending the host from the platform.
As the Sepi community grows, we will continue to ensure that Sepi’s policies and practices align with our most important goal: To ensure that guests and Vendors feel welcome and respected in all their interactions using the Sepi platform. The public, our community, and we ourselves, expect no less than this.
1.10 Additional Considerations. The Non-Discrimination Policy applies to all parts of the Sepi business. We recognize there are additional considerations that need to be made for varied offerings in the Sepi community. Here, we have included a few considerations that speak to those instances:
Gender Exemption:
Sepi Experience Vendors may offer a single gender experience if it is necessary to create a safe space (one that does not incite harm or danger and one that is not illegal), protect the safety and privacy of participants, and/or comply with legal or cultural requirements.
Accessibility / Disability / Reasonable Accommodations: Due to the broad range of Experience offerings, Sepi Experience Vendors may need to inquire about guests’ abilities to participate in certain physical activities or inquire about guests’ accommodation needs to best prepare their Experiences. Additionally, we encourage Experience Vendors to:
Provide factually accurate information about the physical nature of an Experience to allow guests to assess for themselves whether the Experience is appropriate given their individual needs.
Actively engage with guests who have disclosed disabilities and/or have questions regarding the accessibility of an experience, and to consider reasonable accommodation requests.
Seek opportunities to provide reasonable accommodations where accommodating a request would not substantively change the nature of the activity.

ACCEPTANCE
I have read and fully understand and accept the Sepi Non-Discrimination Policy.