The New York R Conference is dedicated to providing a harassment-free experience for participants at our event(s). The New York R Conference is a conference intended for professional networking and collaboration in the R community. We encourage the open exchange of ideas and expression and thus require an environment that recognizes the inherent worth of every person and group.
A Code of Conduct is useful to define accepted and acceptable behaviors and to promote high standards of professional practice. It also provides a benchmark for self-evaluation and acts as a vehicle for better identity of the community and organization. If you have general questions about codes of conduct, a good place to start is this code of conduct FAQ.
This code (CoC) applies to any participant at the New York R Conference–-developers, participants in meetings, teleconferences, mailing lists, conferences or functions, etc. Note that this code augments rather than replaces legal rights and obligations pertaining to any particular situation.
All event participants are expected to behave in accordance with professional standards, with both this CoC as well as their respective employer's policies governing appropriate workplace behavior, and all applicable laws.
Harassment will not be tolerated in any form, including but not limited to:
Participants at the New York R Conference may also participate in online chats, discussion forums, and mailing lists (including platforms such as Slack and Twitter). Please use these guidelines when engaging with participants:
If you are being harassed, notice that someone else is being harassed, or have any other concerns relating to harassment, please contact a member of event staff immediately. Event staff can be identified by t-shirts/staff badges onsite; and an organizer or volunteer can be found at the event registration counter at any time. You can contact the Organizers here.
While this code of conduct applies to spaces associated with the New York R Conference, if you are being harassed by a guest/participant of/at the New York R Conference outside of our spaces, we still want to know about it. We will take all good-faith reports of harassment by New York R Conference participants seriously. This includes harassment outside our spaces and harassment that took place at any point in time. The New York R Conference organizing committee reserves the right to exclude people from the New York R Conference based on their past behavior, including behavior outside the New York R Conference spaces and behavior toward people who are not part of the New York R Conference.
In order to protect volunteers, we reserve the right to reject any report we believe to have been made in bad faith. Reports intended to silence legitimate criticism may be deleted without response.
We will respect confidentiality requests for the purpose of protecting victims of abuse. At our discretion, we may publicly name a person about whom we have received harassment complaints, or privately warn third parties about them if we believe that doing so will increase the safety of New York R Conference participants or the general public. We will not name harassment victims without their affirmative consent.
Conference staff will also provide support to victims, including, but not limited to:
If a participant engages in behavior in violation of the CoC, the conference organizers may take any action they deem appropriate, ranging from issuing a warning to expulsion from the conference with no refund, depending on the circumstances. The New York R Conference reserves the right to exclude any participant found to be engaging in harassing behavior from participating in any further New York R Conference events, trainings or other activities.
If you are planning to attend an upcoming event, and have concerns regarding another individual who may be present, please contact the organizers here. Precautions will be taken to ensure a victim's comfort and safety, including, but not limited to: providing an escort, prepping onsite event staff, keeping victim and harasser from attending the same talks/social events, and providing onsite contact cell phone numbers for immediate contact. In extreme cases, we may take action to prevent the harasser from attending the conference.
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