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OSKB Admin
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Education
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Student Guide
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English

OSKB Code of Conduct

OSKB Code of Conduct

Overview

The Open Scholarship Knowledge Base team is dedicated to providing a welcoming and supportive environment for all people, regardless of background or identity. Before joining or contributing to the OSKB community, individuals must agree to uphold and report all violations to this Code of Conduct.

Code of Conduct

The Open Scholarship Knowledge Base team is dedicated to providing a welcoming and supportive environment for all people, regardless of background or identity. We recognise that some groups in our community are subject to historical and ongoing discrimination, and may be vulnerable or disadvantaged. Membership in such a specific group can be on the basis of characteristics such as such as gender, sexual orientation, disability, physical appearance, body size, race, nationality, sex, colour, ethnic or social origin, pregnancy, citizenship, familial status, veteran status, genetic information, religion or belief, political or any other opinion, membership of a national minority, property, birth, or age. We do not tolerate harassment of participants on the basis of these categories, or for any other reason.

Harassment is any form of behaviour intended to exclude, intimidate, or cause discomfort. Because we are a diverse community, we may have different ways of communicating and of understanding the intent behind actions. Therefore we have chosen to prohibit certain forms of behaviour in our community, regardless of intent. Prohibited harassing behaviour includes but is not limited to:

  •  written or verbal comments which have the effect of excluding people on the basis of membership of a specific group listed above

  •  causing someone to fear for their safety, such as through stalking, following, or intimidation

  •  the display of sexual or violent images

  •  unwelcome sexual attention

  •  nonconsensual or unwelcome physical contact

  •  sustained disruption of talks, events or communications

  •  incitement to violence, suicide, or self-harm

  •  continuing to initiate interaction (including photography or recording) with someone after being asked to stop

  •  publication of private communication without consent

Behaviour not explicitly mentioned above may still constitute harassment. The list above should not be taken as exhaustive but rather as a guide to make it easier to enrich all of us and the communities in which we participate. All interactions should be professional regardless of location: harassment is prohibited whether it occurs on- or offline, and the same standards apply to both. Enforcement of the Code of Conduct beyond OSKB community specific events, locations, and communities is intended to ensure that OSKB community members who experienced harassment by other OSKB community members outside of the OSKB are safe inside the OSKB.

Enforcement of the Code of Conduct will be respectful and not include any harassing behaviors. Enforcement of the Code of Conduct may extend beyond OSKB community specific events and locations, and may be enforced for actions violating the Code of Conduct of other communities, events, or locations.

Reporting a Potential Code of Conduct Incident

If you believe someone violated this Code of Conduct, please report it. You are encouraged to submit your report by completing the Code of Conduct Incident Report Form. The form may be completed anonymously, or may include your contact information. You may also choose to report by sending an email to oskb@cos.io. Both the form and the email will be received by the Code of Conduct Committee (Marcy Reedy). If you are uncomfortable reporting to the Code of Conduct Committee, please report your incident to the Center for Open Science, Nikki Bialy at nbialy@cos.io.

 Thank you for helping make this a welcoming, friendly community for all.


This code of conduct is an adaptation of the one used by the Software Carpentry Foundation and is a modified version of that used by PyCon, which in turn is forked from a template written by the Ada Initiative and hosted on the Geek Feminism Wiki. Contributors to this document: Adam Obeng, Aleksandra Pawlik, Bill Mills, Carol Willing, Erin Becker, Hilmar Lapp, Kara Woo, Karin Lagesen, Pauline Barmby, Sheila Miguez, Simon Waldman, Tracy Teal.