Dear Twitter,
With a group of my colleagues, we are drafting a code of ethics/conduct for a professional society and its conferences. I'd like to kindly ask if you could please share with me good examples you have seen of such documents. Thank you! #CodeOfConduct #ScienceTwitter
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@thecarpentries process is that the response has to go through a LOT of emails/people/discussion before anything can be acted upon. If I were using the code of conduct I would give much more power to local people to enforce as early as possible. -
I don’t think it’s a problem of corner cases, the code of conduct gives power for many actions *and others* but the safety committee has to be willing to make strong decisions quickly and - in contrast to the legal system - NOT based on precedent.
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Depends on the legal system! But yes, I absolutely agree.
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The reason I mentioned legal system is just that in every crime or offense it doesn't just go "you did a theft, now prison" — it actually gets discussed and different sentences are given based off a CoC-type thing (the law).
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Ah! Gotcha. I have a bit of a strong response to comments about legal systems around codes of conduct because one of the things I say A LOT is that you don’t need one for things that are illegal!! >
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< Sexual harassment and physical abuse are - in many countries (but not all) illegal. Conference organisers don’t need a code of conduct to report people to the police. They DO need a code of conduct to support the most vulnerable people by deplatforming the most toxic people.
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I feel you. I think it's about understanding the audience too. If you already all agree that a CoC is the bare minimum that one needs to do, then you start to realise the hard part is actually enforcing it and communicating it clearly and most importantly:
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no matter what system is used (a CoC plus more) those who are protected ostensibly are protected actually. People who bend the CoC are not inline with the spirit of it even if they are inline with the letter of it (another useful legal concept here!) and should be dealt with.
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