Codes of Conduct can never replace good intentions, mutual respect and human decency, but in the right hands, they can be an excellent tool for bullying and abuse.
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Usually not true; every stable social structure evolves mechanisms for that. Conversely CoCs allow power grabs by sociopathic parasites and ideologues, because they replace social standing and merit with a legalistic machinery that can put group resources against the group itself
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Now how is a CoC not a mechanism for that, just documented?
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Because the original mechanism existed as an implementation in the intentions, understanding and social abilities of people that had to constantly earn their right to employ it. The CoC is a completely new mechanism, a machine that can be used by any bad actor.
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Say, how exactly do I "earn the right" not to be raped? By social standing?
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Are you suggesting that social groups usually need a CoC to award its members the right not to be raped? You sound insane to me.
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Well, it was you who came up with "social standing" or "merits" in this debate. Just asking what you mean by this.
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In the absence of controlling goons or crucial resources, the influence you have in a group is awarded to you by its members based on how they perceive your abilities (that is called merits). Social standing is the measure of your capacity for influence.
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And? What does this have to do with having a well-defined set of rules how to deal with bad people?
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A CoC is trying to solve social problems with a contract. With all the associated downsides, as it does not work out in most cases, it even
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legalizes certain action which would be forbidden by common sense but have a (undesired) loophole in the contract.
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People will read the contract exactly and try to use it against yourself. You don't solve problems in your team with such a contract.
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Instead common sense and a good community sense where everyone feels welcome helps more against abusive people than any CoC.
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Let's abolish all laws, and use common sense instead!
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No, laws are necessary to regulate involuntary social groups. Not unlike cryptography, they are incredibly expensive and knowledge intensive to write, evaluate, improve, implement and apply, because they are so easy to corrupt, misunderstand, or have unintended consequences.
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In other words: A CoC might give a bit of helpful official structure to an unorganized or disorganized community, A CoC in an organization that is supposed to have more sophisticated mechanisms to deal with individual misconduct mainly shows a lack or disfunctionality of these.
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even the craziest socially organised communities I have visited with multiple layers of mechanism to catch social problems inside and outside their groups have a CoC - its the most basic layer, it explains stuff clear and easy, its ethics, its something to refer to, its simple…
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