CODE OF CONDUCT

The Alliance for Digital Pathology

OUR PLEDGE

We as members, contributors, and leaders pledge to make participation in the Alliance for Digital Pathology, and all applicable sub-committees, a harassment-free experience for everyone, regardless of age, body, size, visible or invisible disability, ethnicity, sex characteristics, gender identity and expression, level of experience, education, socio-economic status, nationality, personal appearance, race, religion, or sexual identity and orientation. We pledge to act and interact in ways that contribute to an open, welcoming diverse, inclusive, and healthy community including.

Be friendly, humble, and patient.

Be considerate. Your work will be used by other people, and you in turn will depend on the work of others. Any decision you take will affect users and colleagues, and you should take those consequences into account when making decisions. Remember that we’re a world-wide community, so you might not be communicating in someone else’s primary language.

Be respectful. Not all of us will agree all the time, but disagreement is no excuse for poor behavior and poor manners. We might all experience some frustration now and then, but we cannot allow that frustration to turn into a personal attack. It’s important to remember that a community where people feel uncomfortable or threatened is not a productive one. Members of the Alliance for Digital Pathology should be respectful when dealing with other members as well as with people outside the Alliance community.

Be careful in the words that you choose. We are a community of professionals, and we conduct ourselves professionally. Be kind to others. Do not insult or put down other participants. Harassment and other exclusionary behavior aren’t acceptable.

OUR STANDARDS

Examples of behavior that contributes to a positive environment for our community include:

  • Demonstrating empathy and kindness toward other people

  • Being respectful of differing opinions, viewpoints, experiences and approaches

  • Giving and gracefully accepting constructive feedback

  • Accepting responsibility, apologizing to those affected by our mistakes, and learning from the experience

  • Focusing on what is best not just for us as individuals, but for the overall community

  • Working collaboratively across institutions and countries

  • Being transparent about potential conflicts of interest

  • Giving attribution and crediting authors of scientific work

Examples of unacceptable behavior include:

  • Public or private harassment

  • Publishing others’ personal information, such as a physical or email address, without their explicit permission

  • Trolling, insulting, personal or political attacks

  • Other conduct which could reasonably be considered inappropriate in a professional setting

ENFORCEMENT RESPONSIBILITIES

Alliance and committee leaders are responsible for clarifying and enforcing our standards of acceptable behavior and will take appropriate and fair corrective action in response to any behavior that they deem inappropriate, threatening, offensive, or harmful.

Alliance and committee leaders have the right and responsibility to remove, edit, or reject comments, proposals, and other contributions that are not aligned to this Code of Conduct, and will communicate reasons for moderation decisions when appropriate.

SCOPE

This Code of Conduct applies within all Alliance for Digital Pathology spaces, and also applies when an individual is officially representing the Alliance in public spaces. Examples of representing our community include using an official e-mail address, posting via an official social media account or website, or acting as an appointed representative at an online or offline event.

ENFORCEMENT

Instances of abusive, harassing, or otherwise unacceptable behavior may be reported to the community leaders responsible for enforcement (feedback@digitalpathologyalliance.org).

All complaints will be reviewed and investigated promptly and fairly. All Alliance leaders are obligated to respect the privacy and security of the reporter of any incident.

ENFORCEMENT GUIDELINES

Alliance leaders will follow these Alliance Impact Guidelines in determining the consequences for any action they deem in violation of this Code of Conduct:

  1. Correction

    • Alliance Impact: Use of inappropriate language or other behavior deemed unprofessional or unwelcome in the community.

    • Consequence: A private, written warning from community leaders, providing clarity around the nature of the violation and an explanation of why the behavior was inappropriate. A public apology may be requested.

  2. Warning

    • Alliance Impact: A violation through a single incident or series of actions.

    • Consequence: A warning with consequences for continued behavior. No interaction with the people involved, including unsolicited interaction with those enforcing the Code of Conduct, for a specified period of time. This includes avoiding interactions in community spaces as well as external channels like social media. Violating these terms may lead to a temporary or permanent ban.

  3. Temporary Ban

    • Alliance Impact: A serious violation of community standards, including sustained inappropriate behavior.

    • Consequence: A temporary ban from any sort of interaction or public communication with the community for a specified period of time. No public or private interaction with the people involved, including unsolicited interaction with those enforcing the Code of Conduct, is allowed during this period. Violating these terms may lead to a permanent ban.

  4. Permanent Ban

    • Alliance Impact: Demonstrating a pattern of violation of community standards, including sustained inappropriate behavior, harassment of an individual, or aggression toward or disparagement of classes of individuals.

    • Consequence: A permanent ban from any sort of public interaction within the community.

 ATTRIBUTION

This Code of Conduct is adapted from the Contributor Covenant, version 2.0 and the Django Code of Conduct. All content on this page is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license.