Code of Conduct
Please see accompanying slides until this chapter is built out more.
Please also refer to Openscapes’ Code of Conduct: https://openscapes.org/code-of-conduct
Important for:
- Conferences & workshops
- Online communities
- Labs & departments
Code of Conduct also known as
Community Participation Guidelines
Code of Practice
Similar ideas:
Lab philosophy, mission statement, participation agreements
Requirements
- Clear explicit statements
- Seen and heard – that all participants know about
- Accessible and discoverable online
- Mentioned aloud in meetings/interviews/onboarding
- Avenues for action, identified committees, recusals
Case study: rOpenSci
CoC itself
Blog post about the CoC
Blog post about creating the CoC — following a community call on the topic. Interesting points:
- Drafting – make it good and revisit; but not a living doc
- Adopting and sharing – so people know it exists & where to find it
- Reporting and enforcing – standardized form can help
Examples to build from
Further Reading
- How Codes of Conduct Are Combatting Open Source’s Diversity Problem — Margaret Rhodes, AIGA Eye on Design