# Code of Conduct

### Mission

CorrelAid is an independent and inclusive non-partisan network. Our projects are aimed at supporting non-profit organisations in expanding their impact by enabling them to actively participate in the digital world. We commit ourselves against racism, sexism and discrimination and we support equality in our teams and transparency in our work.

Besides helping NGOs we want to support all those people who are engaged in our projects in their spare time to develop their own career in Data Science, Data4Good projects and other related fields with the “CorrelAid Mentoring Program”. We believe in harnessing the power of the internet to foster connection and want to increase diversity in technology.

### Program Expectations

The CorrelAid Mentoring Program is a six-month commitment. As mentors and mentees, it is expected that you will be present throughout the entire mentorship cycle. That six month period will include:

* A virtual kick-off event.
* A one-on-one call between mentor and mentee on day one of the first mentorship period. We strongly encourage this call to be done via video.
* Monthly calls via video or voice, with weekly / bi-weekly / regular email follow-ups to check in on monthly goals, progress, and adjustments.
* Participation in the mid-program _check-in and survey_.
* A wrap-up call at the end of the mentorship period.

Because mentorship builds upon the foundation set in each month’s call, we expect mentors and mentees to commit to the full six month period. Since “life happens,” we expect participants to reach out to the Mentoring Coordination Team as soon as possible if any changes that would interrupt their participation at this time.

### Expected Behavior

Be considerate, respectful, and collaborative. Refrain from unacceptable behaviour. Unacceptable behavior includes but is not limited to:

* Offensive comments related to gender, gender identity and expression, sexual orientation, disability, mental illness, neuro(a)typicality, physical appearance, body size, age, race, or religion.
* Unwelcome comments regarding a person’s lifestyle choices and practices, including those related to food, health, parenting, drugs, and employment.
* Deliberate misgendering or use of ‘dead’ or rejected names.
* Gratuitous or off-topic sexual images or behaviour in spaces where they’re not appropriate.
* Physical contact and simulated physical contact (eg, textual descriptions like “_hug_” or “_backrub_“) without consent or after a request to stop.
* Threats of violence.
* Incitement of violence towards any individual, including encouraging a person to commit suicide or to engage in self-harm.
* Deliberate intimidation.
* Stalking or following.
* Harassing photography or recording, including logging online activity for harassment purposes.
* Sustained disruption of discussion.
* Unwelcome sexual attention.
* Pattern of inappropriate social contact, such as requesting/assuming inappropriate levels of intimacy with others.
* Continued one-on-one communication after requests to cease.
* Deliberate “outing” of any aspect of a person’s identity without their consent except as necessary to protect vulnerable people from intentional abuse.
* Publication of non-harassing private communication.

Participate in an authentic and active way. In doing so, you help to create the CorrelAid Mentoring Program and make it your own.

#### Consequences Of Unacceptable Behavior

Unacceptable behavior will not be tolerated by other participants, organizers, mentors, and mentees including, but not limited to, interactions in one-on-one video/voice calls between mentors, in Slack, or via email. Anyone asked to stop unacceptable behavior is expected to comply immediately. If a participant engages in unacceptable behavior, the organizers may take any action they deem appropriate, up to and including expulsion from the program without warning.

#### What To Do If You Witness Or Are Subject To Unacceptable Behavior

If you are subject to unacceptable behavior, notice that someone else is being subject to unacceptable behavior, or have any other concerns, please notify a program organizer as soon as possible.The Mentoring Support Team will be available to assist those experiencing unacceptable behavior to feel safe for the duration of the program.

### Scope

We expect all participants to abide by this code of conduct at all times.

### License And Attribution

This Code of Conduct is inspired by the awesome work of Open Source Bridge, but with our program information substituted. The original was available via [opensourcebridge.org](http://opensourcebridge.org/about/code-of-conduct/) and  released under a CreativeCommons Attribution-ShareAlike license. We got the list of unacceptable behaviour from the R-ladies ([r-ladies.org](https://rladies.org/coc/)) and it is licensed under the Creative Commons Zero license.
