Code of Conduct

Background

Read about why it is important to have code of conduct for your GitHub organization (and for open source products) and how to manage conduct to support better collaborative communities: Contributor Covenant.

How to include a code of conduct

Where to find

The Fisheries Integrated Toolbox has a Code of Conduct in its Resources repo. Copy the contents if you want to use it.

For a GitHub org

You can have your code of conduct appear appear qutomatically in the side bar of every repo in your org.

  1. Create a repo called .github
  2. Within this create a folder called .github (yes it’ll be .github/.github)
  3. Within the .github folder, create CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md

For an individual repo

  • Add the file CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md at the base level in your repo. Note, if you did the above for a GitHub org or our personal GitHub account, you don’t need to do for individual repos also.
  • You put this in your repo, here’s an example from the Toolbox.

pkgdown

If you are using pkgdown, it should be pretty easy to modify _pkgdown.yml to add a link to the code of conduct.

Our Pledge

In the interest of fostering an open and welcoming environment, we as contributors and maintainers pledge to making participation in our project and our community a harassment-free experience for everyone, regardless of age, body size, disability, ethnicity, gender identity and expression, level of experience, nationality, personal appearance, race, religion, or sexual identity and orientation.

Our Standards

Examples of behavior that contributes to creating a positive environment include:

  • Using welcoming and inclusive language
  • Being respectful of differing viewpoints and experiences
  • Gracefully accepting constructive criticism
  • Focusing on what is best for the community
  • Showing empathy towards other community members

Examples of unacceptable behavior by participants include:

  • The use of sexualized language or imagery and unwelcome sexual attention or advances
  • Trolling, insulting/derogatory comments, and personal or political attacks
  • Public or private harassment
  • Publishing others’ private information, such as a physical or electronic address, without explicit permission
  • Other conduct which could reasonably be considered inappropriate in a professional setting

Our Responsibilities

Project maintainers are responsible for clarifying the standards of acceptable behavior and are expected to take appropriate and fair corrective action in response to any instances of unacceptable behavior.

Project maintainers have the right and responsibility to remove, edit, or reject comments, commits, code, wiki edits, issues, and other contributions that are not aligned to this Code of Conduct, or to ban temporarily or permanently any contributor for other behaviors that they deem inappropriate, threatening, offensive, or harmful.

Scope

This Code of Conduct applies both within project spaces and in public spaces when an individual is representing the project or its community. Examples of representing a project or community include using an official project e-mail address, posting via an official social media account, or acting as an appointed representative at an online or offline event. Representation of a project may be further defined and clarified by project maintainers.

Enforcement

Instances of abusive, harassing, or otherwise unacceptable behavior may be reported by contacting the project team. All complaints will be reviewed and investigated and will result in a response that is deemed necessary and appropriate to the circumstances. Further details of specific enforcement policies may be posted separately.

Attribution

This Code of Conduct is adapted from the Contributor Covenant, version 1.4, available at https://contributor-covenant.org/version/1/4