Code of Conduct

Purpose

SRUK/CERU believes our community should be truly open for everyone. As such, we are committed to providing a friendly, safe, respectful, productive and welcoming environment for all, regardless of gender, sexual orientation, disability, age, body size, ethnicity, religion, nationality, social class or research discipline.

This code of conduct outlines our expectations for participant behaviour as well as the consequences for unacceptable behaviour during our X SRUK/CERU Symposium 2023.

We invite all attendees, volunteers, speakers, sponsors and other participants to help us achieve a safe, productive and positive symposium experience for everyone.

Expected behaviour

  • Be considerate, respectful and collaborative.
  • Get involved in open communications, valuing a diversity of views and opinions.
  • Listen to understand. If you are offended, mention it. If you offend, apologise.
  • Refrain from demeaning, discriminatory or harassing behaviour and speech.
  • Respect limits and encourage growth.
  • Be mindful of your surroundings and of your fellow participants. Alert conference organisers if you notice a dangerous situation or someone in distress.
  • Participate in an authentic and active way. In doing so, you help to create SRUK/CERU and make it your own.

Unacceptable behaviour

Unacceptable behaviours include: intimidating, harassing, abusive, discriminatory, derogatory or demeaning conduct by any attendees of the X SRUK/CERU Symposium 2023 and related events. All the symposium venues may be shared with members of the public; please be respectful to all patrons of these locations.

Harassment includes: offensive verbal comments related to gender, sexual orientation, disability, age, body size, ethnicity, religion, nationality, social class or research discipline; inappropriate use of nudity and/or sexual images in public spaces (including presentation slides); deliberate intimidation, stalking or following; harassing photography or recording; sustained disruption of talks or other events; inappropriate physical contact, and unwelcome sexual attention.

Consequences of unacceptable behaviour

Unacceptable behaviour will not be tolerated whether by other attendees, organisers, venue staff, sponsors, or other patrons of the symposium venues.

Anyone asked to stop unacceptable behaviour is expected to comply immediately.

If a participant engages in unacceptable behaviour, the symposium organisers may take any action they deem appropriate, up to and including expulsion from the symposium without warning or refund. SRUK/CERU reserves the right to prohibit attendance at any future SRUK/CERU activity.

What to do if you witness or are subject to unacceptable behaviour

If you are subject to unacceptable behaviour, notice that someone else is being subject to unacceptable behaviour, or have any other concerns, please seek immediate help in our “Purple Point” or notify a conference organiser or volunteer as soon as possible.

A “Purple Point” is an information point held during local fiestas, concerts and other big events in Spain. It guarantees a safe space for women and vulnerable groups that suffer some type of harassment or abuse during these events, as well as serves to raise awareness of the fight against gender violence. Conference volunteers in the “Purple Point” will be identified with a purple badge.

The X SRUK/CERU Symposium 2023 volunteers will be available to help participants contact venue security or local law enforcement, to provide escorts, or to otherwise assist those experiencing unacceptable behaviour to feel safe for the duration of the symposium.

Any volunteer can connect you with a symposium organiser. You can also come to the “Purple Point” and ask for the organisers.

Scope

We expect all symposium participants (attendees, volunteers, speakers, sponsors, childcare providers and other guests) to abide by this code of conduct at all symposium venues and symposium-related social events.

Code of Conduct Reporting form

If you have experienced or witnessed a breach of our Code of Conduct, please give us a detailed account via our email symposium@sruk.com or using the anonymous form below. If you’d like us to follow up with you directly, please also leave your name and contact information so that we can do so.

You are welcome to report anonymously. To do so, you can use the anonymous form below.

Licence and attribution

This Code of Conduct is a direct swipe from the work of Open Source Bridge, but adapted to fit the needs of our event. The original is released under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike licence.