Community standards
Code of Conduct
Supply Chain Security Village is a space for learning, research, and open collaboration on software supply chain security. Everyone deserves to take part free of harassment. These are the standards we hold each other to.
Purpose
Supply Chain Security Village is dedicated to fostering a space that provides education and community engagement for anyone interested in software supply chain security. We believe that security is most effective when developed in an open forum that welcomes diverse views, methodologies, and thoughts. To achieve this, we uphold a culture free of harassment and bullying.
All attendees, volunteers, and organizers of Supply Chain Security Village are required to adhere to this Code of Conduct, as well as the code of conduct of any host event or venue where the Village is present.
Expected Behavior
Supply Chain Security Village serves a diverse community. We support individuals from various national backgrounds, ages, genders, orientations, ethnicities, religions, political views, and experience levels.
In our spaces, both physical and virtual, you are expected to conduct yourself in a manner that is welcoming, respectful, and appropriate for all individuals.
While we encourage constructive disagreement, harassment, abusive language, exclusionary or demeaning jokes, bullying, or threats of any kind are strictly prohibited.
Definitions
Harassment
Any behavior perceived as causing offense or humiliation to another person. This includes name-calling, demeaning questions, persistent disruption, stalking, or any activity intended to cause offense, fear, or humiliation. The victim has the right to define what they find demeaning.
Exclusionary Jokes
Jokes that objectify or demean individuals or groups based on their national background, age, gender, orientation, ethnicity, religion, political views, or experience levels.
Bullying
Coercive behavior intended to harm or intimidate. This includes physical or virtual intimidation, repeated harassment, and unwanted “joking.”
Threats
Explicit or implicit threats that may target someone’s career, physical safety, mental health, or other personal aspects.
Consequences
If any community member requests that objectionable behavior cease, it must stop immediately.
Organizers may take any necessary action to address violations of the Code of Conduct, including disqualification from contests, and temporary or permanent bans from any talk, workshop, roundtable, the CTF, or Supply Chain Security Village as a whole. Immediate bans will be enforced for threats.
Contact the Ethics Committee
For questions regarding the Code of Conduct, please email the Ethics Committee at ethics@scsvillage.org.
To report violations in person, ask any volunteer to introduce you to an organizer. To report violations virtually, email the Ethics Committee at ethics@scsvillage.org or reach out to any Supply Chain Security Village staff member.
Report a Violation
If you witness or experience a violation of this Code of Conduct, please contact us immediately at ethics@scsvillage.org.