The heart of Mozilla is people. This guideline is meant to support a happy, productive, and safe event experience that can welcome new ideas and inspiration for all attendees of Mozilla's Diversity & Inclusion Sprint, regardless of gender, sexual orientation, age, ability, ethnicity, socioeconomic status, and religion (or lack thereof).
We gain strength from diversity, and actively seek participation from those who enhance it. These guidelines exist to ensure that diverse groups collaborate to mutual advantage and enjoyment. We will challenge prejudice that could jeopardise the participation of any person in the project, and we outline in this document expected, as well as prohibited behavior.
The following behaviors are expected and requested of all sprint participants, including attendees, speakers, and staff
Each individual attending this event does so on behalf of their community. This means being considerate of how your discussions, actions and decisions will represent your community.
Disagreement is no excuse for poor manners. We will exercise consideration and respect in our speech and actions, and consider collaboration before conflict. Ensure all voices are heard, not just the loudest.
Refrain from demeaning, discriminatory, or harassing behavior and speech. This includes gestures and online discussions / back-channels (like Telegram).
We can all make mistakes; when we do, we take responsibility for them. If someone has been harmed or offended, we listen carefully and respectfully, and work to right the wrong.
Be mindful of your surroundings and of your fellow participants. Alert an event organizer / Participation Team member if you notice a dangerous situation, someone in distress, or violations of this Guideline. If something makes you feel concerned, or worried - even if you’re not sure it’s a violation, it’s better to reach out, than to ignore.
Be mindful of local laws, and protect each other from making public - personal information that may put people at risk of appearing to violate those laws.
Remember that sprint venues may be shared with others; please be respectful to all patrons of these locations.
Be mindful that for many, English is a 2nd, 3rd or even 4th language, and to show patience and respect while listening to and conveying ideas. Remember that we come from many cultures and backgrounds. What is friendly in one culture may not be in another. If you’re not sure what is appropriate, just ask.
Remember that due to personal, religious, or other reasons, not everyone in the group may drink alcohol or even eat certain types of food. Please respect people’s choices and preferences in this regard without question or criticism.
Everyone is encouraged to ask questions about this guideline, and the Mozilla Participation Guidelines generally.
The following behaviors are considered harassment and are unacceptable:
This includes incitement of violence towards any individual, including encouraging a person to commit self-harm.
This includes posting or threatening to post other people’s personally identifying information (“doxing”).
Hurtful or harmful language related to gender, gender identity and expression, sexual orientation, disability, mental illness, neuro(a)typicality, physical appearance, body size, race, religion, age, or socio-economic status. This includes deliberately referring to someone by a gender that they clearly do not identify with.
If you’re unsure if a word is derogatory, don’t use it.
Unwelcome sexual attention. This includes, sexualized comments or jokes; inappropriate touching, groping, and unwelcomed sexual advances. Physical contact or simulated physical contact (e.g. textual messages like “hug” or “backrub”) without affirmative consent. This includes sharing or distribution of sexualized images.
Of course you can hug your best friend that you’ve known forever - the key word is consent.
Sustained disruption of sprint events, including talks and presentations will not be tolerated. This includes ‘talking over’ speakers, or influencing crowd actions that are contrary to the direction of the session.
Influencing the over-consumption of alcohol, or making derogatory comments about those who abstain from alcohol.
Advocating for, or encouraging, any of the above behavior is the same as committing that behavior yourself, and thus the same consequences apply.
Unacceptable behavior from any sprint community participants, including those with decision-making authority, will not be tolerated.
Anyone asked to stop unacceptable behavior is expected to comply immediately.
If an event participant engages in unacceptable behavior, the organizers may take any action they deem appropriate, up to and including a temporary ban or permanent expulsion from the event, as well as associated and future events without warning.
If you are subject to or witness unacceptable behavior, or have any other concerns, please notify Inclusion at Mozilla as soon as possible by emailing [email protected]
Additionally, event organizers are available to help sprint community members engage with local law enforcement or to otherwise help those experiencing unacceptable behavior feel safe. In the context of in-person events, organizers will also provide escorts as desired by the person experiencing distress.
If you feel you have been falsely or unfairly accused of violating this Code of Conduct, you should notify the sprint conduct team at [[email protected]]([email protected] with a concise description of your grievance.
All sprint participants (contributors, paid or otherwise; contractors; and other guests) are expected to abide by this Code of Conduct in all sprint community venues—online and in-person—as well as in all one-on-one communications pertaining to sprint community business.
This Guideline and its related procedures also applies to unacceptable behavior occurring outside the scope of sprint community activities when such behavior has the potential to adversely affect the safety and well-being of sprint community members.
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Emma Irwin, Organizer [email protected]
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Francisco Picolini, Event Logistics Manager [email protected]
You can also email Diversity Lead, Larissa Shapiro directly.
This Code of Conduct is distributed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike license. It has been adapted with few modifications from Ubuntu Code of Conduct, Mozilla’s View Source Conference, which is based on Stumptown Syndicate’s Citizen Code of Conduct, portions of which are derived from the Django Code of Conduct and the Geek Feminism Anti-Harassment Policy. Additional text from LGBTQ in Technology Code of Conduct.
Image by Flore Allemandou CC BY-SA 2.0