This code of conduct ensures that our purpose is embedded in every interaction.

We have adopted this code of conduct and require all those who participate to agree and adhere to these Community Participation Guidelines to help us create a safe and positive community experience for all.

These guidelines aim to support a community where all people should feel safe to participate, introduce new ideas, and inspire others regardless of background, family status, gender, gender identity or expression, marital status, sex, sexual orientation, native language, age, ability, race and/or ethnicity, caste, national origin, socioeconomic status, religion, geographic location, or other aspects of diversity.

These guidelines are applicable whether you are engaging with the ADPList community on our platform (online) or at events and meetups (offline).

As a member of ADPList you are representing the values we have within our community. As such, the expected behavior outlined below is expected to be upheld across all platforms, beyond ADPList. If behavior not tolerated is demonstrated on other platforms and reported to us, we will proceed with the outlined process below to make sure our community feels safe and respected at all times.

This includes discussing of ideas, styles and perspectives. This is especially true when debating different merits.

It’s important to remember how global our community is.

Be sensitive to cultural norms, customs, and traditions. Avoid making assumptions or generalizations about individuals based on their cultural background. Seek clarification or information respectfully if you are unsure about a particular aspect of someone's culture. Reminder that even though most of our community is speaking in English, English may not be the primary language of someone you are interacting with, so lead with empathy and kindness. Take responsibility for your impact and your mistakes – if someone says they have been harmed through your words or actions, listen carefully, apologize sincerely, and correct the behavior moving forward.

Seek diverse perspectives to power innovation. Encourage all voices and listen actively. If you dominate a discussion, step back to let others contribute. Provide alternative ways for participation and ensure everyone's involvement. Respect and facilitate participation from all.

Be inclusive of everyone in an interaction, respecting and facilitating people’s participation. Think about how you might facilitate alternative ways to contribute or participate. If you find yourself dominating a discussion, step back. Make way for other voices and listen actively.

We have a global community with members that come from many cultures and backgrounds.

Cultural differences can encompass everything from official religious observances to personal habits to clothing. Be respectful of people with different cultural practices, attitudes, and beliefs. Work to eliminate your own biases, prejudices, and discriminatory practices. Think of others’ needs from their point of view. Use preferred titles (including pronouns) and the appropriate tone of voice. Respect people’s right to privacy and confidentiality. Be open to learning from and educating others as well as educating yourself; it is unrealistic to expect others to know the cultural practices of every ethnic and cultural group, but everyone needs to recognize one’s native culture is only part of positive interactions.

By matching your actions with your words, you become a person others want to follow. Your actions influence others to behave and respond in ways that are valuable and appropriate for our organizational outcomes. Hold yourself and others accountable for inclusive behaviors.

We want to give clear guidelines so you know what it means to be an ADPList mentor and mentee. We request that all mentors and mentees meet basic requirements such as: being responsive, accepting requests, adhering to Trust & Safety, cancellations, and reviews. For more information about what this entails, visit our standards here.

You should not schedule review sessions for commercial reasons; abuse the mentor programme; attempt to drive traffic to other sites or market unrelated products; or make false claims against other members of the community.

If you are not an ADPList Advance member, you are prohibited from promoting any paid mentorship services to mentees. Additionally, all members must adhere to our self-promotion guidelines in the Mentor Slack channel to maintain a respectful and supportive community. Violations of these rules may result in disciplinary actions.

You should not ask anything beyond design, career, mentorship, and tech-related topics unless both parties consent. You should not violate others' privacy, copyrights, or trademarks in their work or speech. You should not duplicate any personal profiles, descriptions, emails, and links without permission directly from the party.

You should treat everyone with respect in every interaction. You should not treat others differently because of their race, ethnicity, national origin, religious affiliation, sexual orientation, sex, gender, gender identity, disability, or serious diseases. As a part of ADPList, we expect this our members to respect everyone, regardless of what platform they are on.

Violence and threats of violence are not acceptable - online or offline. This includes incitement of violence toward any individual, including encouraging a person to commit self-harm. This also includes posting or threatening to post other people’s personally identifying information (“doxxing”) online.

Conflicts will inevitably arise, but frustration should never turn into a personal attack. It is not okay to insult, demean or belittle others. Attacking someone for their opinions, beliefs, and ideas is not acceptable. It is important to speak directly when we disagree and when we think we need to improve, but such discussions must be conducted respectfully and professionally, remaining focused on the issue at hand.

Hurtful or harmful language related to background, family status, gender, gender identity or expression, marital status, sex, sexual orientation, native language, age, ability, race and/or ethnicity, caste, national origin, socioeconomic status, religion, geographic location, or other attributes is not acceptable.

This includes deliberately referring to someone by a gender that they do not identify with, and/or questioning the legitimacy of an individual’s gender identity. If you’re unsure if a word is derogatory, don’t use it. This also includes repeated subtle and/or indirect discrimination; when asked to stop, stop the behavior in question.

ADPList is a Global Community with members representing hundreds of cultures and countries. We know that political discourse and religion are extremely important topics.This rule isn't meant to stifle beliefs or ideals that are important and meaningful to many individuals. However, in a global community context, they can often lead to heated debates and potential conflicts.

To maintain a positive and inclusive atmosphere, let's focus our conversations on other areas of interest that promote unity and understanding among community member.

Unwelcome sexual attention is not acceptable. This includes sexualized comments, jokes, or imagery in interactions, communications, or presentation materials. The sharing or distribution of sexualized images or text is unacceptable.

Sustained disruption of events, group sessions, meetups, and mentorship sessions, including talks and presentations, will not be tolerated. This includes:

We will treat influencing or leading such activities the same way we treat the activities themselves, and thus the same consequences apply.

Reports of harassment, hate speech, threats of violence, discrimination:

These reports will be promptly and thoroughly investigated by the ADPList Community Team and can result in immediate suspension from any ADPList arrangements, including offline (meetups, events) and online (your mentor or mentee profile).

All other reports:

Any other reports that do not fall under harassment, hate speech, discrimination will typically adhere to a strike system.

Although this is our approach, ADPList reserves the right to terminate access to any community member who does not abide by any guidelines.

If you witness any behavior that violates these guidelines or any form of cultural discrimination, report it to an ADPList Employee at community@adplist.org Reports will be thoroughly investigated.

This set of guidelines is distributed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike license.

These guidelines have been adapted and modified from ADPListʻs original Community Guidelines as well as from Mozilla Community Participation Guidelines and Contributor Covenant.

ADPList may amend the guidelines from time to time and may also vary the procedures it sets out where appropriate in a particular case. Your agreement to comply with the guidelines will be deemed agreement to any changes to it. This policy does not form part of any ADPList employee’s contract of employment or otherwise has a contractual effect.

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