1. You have the responsibility to ensure that your DS play is consensual at all times and by every person involved.
2. You have the responsibility to respect your submissive. Dominant is not synonymous with abusive jerk.
3. You have the responsibility to make sure that your activities do not adversely affect your submissive's health or safety, both physical and mental. If you break your toy you can't play with it any more.
4. You have the responsibility to respect your submissive's limits, not only those stated, but those perceived by you, that the sub may not be aware of. You must never take advantage of a submissive's weakened or altered mental condition, such as playing with an obviously inebriated sub or degrading someone you know to be a victim of incest.
5. You have the responsibility to maintain a clean, healthy and sober body. Filth, disease and/or substance abuse are the antithesis of Dominance.
6. You have the responsibility to provide something of value to your submissive in exchange for any funds that you may collect from that submissive, this may mean simply your attention or presence, but you do not fleece subs simply because they can be fleeced.
7. You have the responsibility to communicate clearly and honestly with your submissive, to listen to and consider their feelings and wishes, and to make sure he/she knows what parameters you will be playing in.
8. You have the responsibility to play only with those submissives that wish to and/or are allowed to submit to you. You must not take advantage of a sub that is too shy or frightened to say "no".
9. You have the responsibility to respect others as equals in the real world. When you are not in a scene your dominance is a personal matter not a public mandate.
10. You have the responsibility to familiarize yourself with the techniques and safety measures involved in the activities you engage in. Don't do rope bondage when all the training you have had is wrapping Christmas packages.
