Producing Codes of Conduct

According to ADA-initiative, an effective CoC should declare unacceptable behaviours and provide information about reporting violations and enforcing the rules.

There should also be a clear distinction between unacceptable behaviour, with severe consequences, and collective guidelines such as general disagreement resolution (Aurora, 2014). For example, when someone is told to RTFM (Read The Fucking Manual), the community has to draw the line between structural exclusion and personal annoyance.

What’s more, for actual interventions to happen, people need to constantly interact with the written rules of their community. The bodies gathered around Codes of Conduct are responsible for activating and enforcing them (Snelting, 2018).

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