I've recently been looking at the Code of Ethics in various professional organizations such as the ACM Code of Ethics[1] Most open source Codes of Conduct, including Fedora[2], are incredibly vague while Codes of Ethics are quite specific about the most compelling issues, such as conflicts of interest. Has there been any discussion about upgrading to something that is more consistent with best practice or why this would not be desirable? My recent blog[3] about challenges in another community makes some very specific comments on how the code of conduct was not fit for purpose when handling criminal accusations against a volunteer. I feel this failed both the accused and any potential victims. The relevant comments are mostly in the concluding paragraphs for those who don't want to read the whole thing. Regards, Daniel 1. https://www.acm.org/code-of-ethics 2. https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ 3. https://danielpocock.com/debian-falsified-harassment-claims-appelbaum-expulsion/ _______________________________________________ council-discuss mailing list -- council-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to council-discuss-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/council-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
