Ethics & Care
Draft Updated: October 14th 2026
This page outlines the ethical principles and care considerations practiced by Ashley Grenstone | Ltd. Small Businesses and aid in setting clear guidelines for how Ashley Grenstone operates as a professional and small business owner to affect positive change in all her work.
AUTHENTICITY & AWARENESS
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- In Development: Seek out Knowledge, Skills & Professional Connections
INTENTION & PRACTICE
- Planned: Conclude all 2026 projects in active development by Q4 2026–27
- Completed: Participation in a 6-week CBT/Change-based Mental Health Program
- Completed: AG | Ltd. Action Plan 2025-26
OWNERSHIP & RECIPROCITY
- Planned: Beyond Acknowledgement Audit
- Completed: Statement on the Evolving Moral and Ethical Landscape for AI Usage
- Planned: Reintegration into and support of Ottawa/Gatineau Community

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Further Details TBA
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Further Details TBA
C | Seek Out Knowledge, Skills & Professional Connections
In seeking out growth opportunities and connections I, Ashley Grenstone and my small businesses are intentionally taking our impact seriously as a promise to further develop myself as a professional, as an artist, a designer and an advocate.
Further Details TBA
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A | Conclude all 2026 projects in active development by Q4 2026–27
As part of strengthening her practice and project management skills, Ashley has organized her creative efforts under formal ‘projects’. These projects go through a serious of analysis before being approved for development, with actions broken down into tasks and sub-tasks until the project reaches conclusion with a Final Project Report & Final budget Review.
Further Details on the Ashley Grenstone | Ltd. ‘Action Plan Tracker’ tool TBA.
All 2026 Projects:
- [ Pr. 001 | 2026 ] ‘Alex & Meg’s Wedding Album’
- [ Pr. 002 | 2026 ] Keegan Website V.1
- [ Pr. 003 | 2026 ] Antifa Print Materials
- [ Pr. 004 | 2026 ] Develop A Simple Game (Working Title)
- [ Pr. 005 | 2026 ] Draft A Writing Project (Working Title)
- [ Pr. 006 | 2026 ] Beyond Acknowledgement: A Fact-Finding Ancestry Audit
- [ Pr. 007 | 2026 ] Grant/Contest Submissions
- [ Pr. 008 | 2026 ] AG | Ltd. Website Update #2
- [ Pr. 009 | 2026 ] FATHOM Art Exhibition
- [ Pr. 010 | 2026 ] The New Action Plan (Working Title)
B | Participation in a 6-week CBT/Change-based Mental Health Program
A goal for Ashley in 2026 was to develop her mental health ‘toolkit’ and this was completed through the participation of a mental health program in September 2026.
Further Details TBA very soon!
C | AG | Ltd. Action Plan 2025-26
The first action plan developed by/for Ashley Grenstone | Ltd. was launched in 2025 and titled ‘AG | Ltd. Action Plan 2025-26‘. Central to this plan has been the commitment to creativity, collaboration and meaningful impact that when guided by vision, mission and values the core theme is to unite ‘purpose’ with ‘practice’ rooted in all of Ashley and her small businesses’ efforts.
This work has been in active development ever since with the action plan’s conclusion slated for end of Q4 2026-2027 (Specifically March 31st, 2027).
A new Action plan is currently in development and will take shape over the coming months to pick up where the current one ends.
Further Details TBA (Including Updates, Lessons Learned, Timelines, etc.)

A | Beyond Acknowledgement Audit
Ashley Grenstone is working towards completion of a genealogical audit of her family tree in an effort to understand her proximity to Indigenous communities and determine the level of culpability of her and/or her extended family currently and in the past identifying as Indigenous persons.
Further Details TBA (Including ensuring Indigenous Community & Leaders are included in the process).
B | The Evolving Moral and Ethical Landscape of AI Usage
Updated October 14th 2026
Ashley Grenstone | Ltd. will never use AI and/or AI-Adjacent Software to deliver a final deliverable to Clients; nor will Ai be used in the final design of any Ashley Grenstone | Ltd. small business services provided; and finally Ai will not be used for any product available on our store page.
In the past Ashley Grenstone has struggled with completion of tasks, projects & goal setting due to diagnosed social anxiety & depression. More recently Ashley has been working on her mental health and wellness so that she can maintain a heathy balance between her needs and commitments to her clients creative pursuits and to the Ethics/Care that drive her.

ChatGPT has been used in the past to draft the written text on the Ashley Grenstone | Ltd. website, the final text versions were rewritten to retain a level of authenticity in the identity of Ashley and her small businesses. This practice is being phased out, with one notable exception – if/when Ashley’s relationship with mental health necessitates use for drafting purposes only.
Ashley Grenstone | Ltd. recognizes that Ai, adjacent software and Ai-Agents are never a substitute for wellness practices.
Ashley Grenstone | Ltd. respects your decision to not work with/support Ashley Grenstone or her small businesses for any past or current usage of Ai/Agents/Software. Ai/Agents/Software was not used to write this statement.
We welcome any and all feedback on this important issue.
Pictured Above: A ‘meme’ of Mr Rogers responding to the original poster’s tagline “Whenever someone tells me they use ChatGPT” with “You know, your own imagination is far more wonderful“
Right: Youtube Short on the negative imppacts of Ai from @Brioanimated
C | Reintegration into and support of Ottawa/Gatineau Community
Details TBA

