Code of Conduct

Last updated on 2024-12-04 | Edit this page

Estimated time: 60 minutes

Overview

Questions

  • How should we introduce the Code of Conduct at workshops and trainings?
  • How can we be prepared to handle Code of Conduct incidents?

Objectives

  • Explain the impact of The Carpentries Code of Conduct on classroom climate.
  • Identify strategies to handle Code of Conduct incidents during an Instructor Training event.
  • Identify areas of uncertainty with regard to handling Code of Conduct violations.

Reading:

Transparency Reports

The Code of Conduct committee publishes quarterly transparency reports, which include information on potential Code of Conduct breaches, police matters, policy changes, and committee changes that occurred during the quarter.

Discussion Questions

  1. What questions do you have about our community’s Code of Conduct?

  2. Plan how you will introduce the Code of Conduct at your trainings. Practice delivering this introduction out loud to yourself or to a colleague. A few individuals will be asked to present their introduction during our meeting.

  3. Scenario practice: You are teaching Instructor Training online. At the end of the first day, you receive a private message from a trainee saying an individual in their breakout group was displaying political insignia which made them feel uncomfortable. They request not to be placed in a breakout group with that individual again. What actions do you take?

  4. Scenario practice: You are teaching Instructor Training online. During the training, your co-Trainer uses a word or phrase which you know can be exclusionary or derogatory. You assume that your co-Trainer does not know about this exclusionary or derogatory usage. What actions do you take?

  5. Scenario practice: You are teaching Instructor Training online. While your co-Trainer is teaching, you receive a private message from a trainee saying that something the co-Trainer just said was exclusionary or derogatory. What actions do you take?

  6. How prepared do you feel about handling a Code of Conduct incident at an event? What questions do you have?

Key Points

  • Highlighting the importance of the Code of Conduct sets the tone for the your training.
  • Code of Conduct incidents are rare in our community, but we need to be prepared to handle one if it arises.