No, the question is whether she had a right to complain after the fact - and she did, as a matter of policy. If you don't like a conference's code if conduct, don't go to the conference. Simple.
-
-
Whether companies/conferences/institutions have the right to impose values on users/workers is of less interest to me than what those values. eg, I'd be critical of a company which said 'Everyone must join in Christian prayers' but not one that said 'Everyone must wear clothes.'
-
In both cases, a conference would have the right to set its own ethos and people would have the right to choose not to attend. These rights are not so interesting to me. Why everybody must be Christian or pretend to be Christian to be included could be depending on context.
End of conversation
New conversation -
-
-
It is generally accepted that corporations have broad rights to set standards of appropriate behaviour relating to issues of sexual harassment in the workplace. Conference codes of conduct are more novel, at least in my profession, but there seems to be consensus there too.
-
I am less interested in what is generally accepted than whether it is right that this is generally accepted. Consensuses on what is acceptable vary hugely from place to place and from time to time. We need to look at specifics and argue from basic liberal (for me) principles.
End of conversation
New conversation -
Loading seems to be taking a while.
Twitter may be over capacity or experiencing a momentary hiccup. Try again or visit Twitter Status for more information.