Code of Conduct
SAL-GOV-03 · Kept by the Secretary · Version 1, proposed until the Council adopts it · العربية
Article II. Code of Conduct
Section 1. Treat everyone at a Society activity with courtesy, whatever their views, language, college, or background.
Section 2. Critique the work, never the person. Feedback in workshops and editorial meetings is specific, kind, and useful.
Section 3. Harassment, bullying, intimidation, discrimination, and unwanted physical contact or attention are not tolerated, in person or online. Jokes, comments, or content that demean anyone for their gender, ethnicity, religion, sect, language, nationality, disability, or appearance are harassment, whatever the intent.
Section 4. No hazing. No one is asked to do anything humiliating, dangerous, or unrelated to the role as a condition of joining, of a first semester, or of any role. Hazing is reported straight to Student Life. The Society publishes this ban, as the Stop Campus Hazing Act of 2024 requires of US campuses.
Section 5. Keep your commitments, or say early that you cannot. Stepping back is always allowed; disappearing is not.
Section 6. Respect the University’s rules, its property, and the rooms and people who host the Society. Leave every room as you found it.
Section 7. Keep confidential what is confidential: unpublished submissions, votes, personal data, and conduct cases.
Section 8. Conflicts of interest. Declare any conflict of interest, and do not vote on, judge, or approve a matter in which you have one. Every role holder signs a conflict-of-interest declaration on the site on accepting a role, at the start of each semester, and whenever something changes; the Secretary keeps the register of declarations on the site, and recusals are recorded in the minutes. Personal gifts given because of a Society role are declined, except small tokens of thanks.
Section 9. No alcohol, drugs, or weapons at any Society activity, and no one attends one intoxicated.
Section 10. Online and in the groups. The same rules apply on the Society’s site and channels, in its Telegram groups, and whenever someone speaks as a member of the Society. In the members’ group, moderation runs from a reminder, to a warning, to a 24-hour mute, to removal; spam and threats are removed at once. The Director of Membership decides appeals, sent to hello@auibsal.org. The Media Manual (SAL-MED-01) sets how the groups are run.