Interreg Euro-MED Academy code of conduct
The Interreg Euro-MED Academy platform includes people from all around the
world, and from a wide variety of different backgrounds, religions, and
cultural norms. This diversity is one of the things that makes our Community
great but it can also make communication challenging.
The purpose
of our Interreg Euro-MED Academy Code of
Conduct is to ensure that the Interreg Euro-MED Academy platform remains a welcoming, friendly and supportive place for all
members – regardless of their color, religion, national origin, sex, age, sexual
orientation, gender identity or expression, personal appearance, political
affiliation, marital status, family responsibilities/parenthood, veteran
status, education, disability, genetic information, and any other legally
protected class.
The Code of
Conduct has been prepared in conjunction with members of the community, learners,
instructors, and administrators to gather input and assure representation of
diverse views. These rules will continue to be developed in a manner that
involves all stakeholders in the development and implementation of fair
online learning rules.
The Code of
Conduct reflects the ethics and values of the Interreg Euro-MED Academy platform and community. To address and respond to
the ongoing collection of data on violence, cyberbullying, harassment, and
intimidation, the code will be reviewed annually by the Interreg Euro-MED Academy community and will be disseminated annually to
users via electronic and other media.
This is not
intended to be an exhaustive list, rather it is intended as a guide for the
kind of interactions we want to see on this platform. Ultimately, the Interreg Euro-MED Academy team can make the final decision on whether a
behavior is acceptable or not.
This Code of
Conduct applies to all forum posts and private messages posted on Interreg Euro-MED Academy, including http://interreg-euro-med.org, the Interreg Euro-MED Academy Community, and all the Interreg Euro-MED Academy’s course
discussion forums
- We expect all activity
on the platform to follow the Code of Conduct. If you do not follow the
Code of Conduct, you or your posts may be removed from Interreg Euro-MED Academy.
- Interreg Euro-MED Academy and our partners may
provide helpful information within the platform, though we are not able to
respond to every post. Peer responses, while helpful and appreciated, are
not communications from Interreg Euro-MED
Academy or
our partners.
- You own the rights to
any content you post in the Interreg
Euro-MED Academy platform. Interreg
Euro-MED Academy is granted a perpetual, worldwide,
royalty-free, non-exclusive license to use and commercialize any content
you post in the platform. By posting on the platform, you grant Interreg Euro-MED Academy the right to use any
content within the post without restriction or compensation.
- Coursera is permitted
to use any content you post in the Community, on other parts of http://interreg-euro-med.org and
http://interreg-euro-med.eu, on our social media
channels, in our marketing materials, or in articles about Interreg
Euro-MED Academy printed or posted by third parties. When
using your content in this way, Interreg Euro-MED Academy will ask permission
before using your image or full name alongside any content you’ve posted.
For such use cases, all rights to the final work will be retained by Interreg
Euro-MED Academy.
- Unless otherwise
stated, all content posted on the Interreg Euro-MED
Academy
platform is publicly visible and searchable online.
- If you delete your Interreg
Euro-MED Academy account, your Community posts and private
messages will be anonymized.
All users
have the responsibility to:
- Contribute to maintaining
a safe, supportive, and orderly online learning environment that is
conducive to learning and to show respect and dignity to other persons and
to property.
- Be familiar with and
abide by all Interreg Euro-MED Academy policies, rules, and
regulations dealing with user conduct.
- React to direction
given by instructors, administrators, and other Interreg Euro-MED
Academy
personnel in a respectful, positive manner.
- Maintain behavior free
from all forms of bullying, harassment, and discrimination.
- Ask questions when
they do not understand.
- Seek help in solving
problems that might lead to discipline.
- Accept responsibility
for their actions.
We want all Interreg
Euro-MED Academy users to have the best possible experience they can. In order to be
clear with what that means, we've provided a list of examples of behaviors that are
inappropriate for Interreg Euro-MED Academy users:
- Dangerous speech. Any form of expression
(e.g. speech, text, or images) that can increase the risk that its
audience will condone or commit violence against members of another group.
Key traits of dangerous speech: Aimed at groups, promotes fear, often
false, and harms indirectly. Dangerous speech can include: Coded language
(terms familiar to in-group).
- Harassment or
deliberate intimidation. This includes offensive verbal comments related to
gender, sexual orientation, disability, physical appearance, body size,
race, religion, sexual images in public spaces, stalking, and/or
deliberate intimidation.
- Violence or threats of
violence. 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.
- Sexist, racist,
homophobic, transphobic, ableist language, or otherwise exclusionary
language. 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.
- Unwelcome sexual
attention or behavior that contributes to a sexualized environment. This includes
sexualized comments, jokes or imagery in interactions, communications or
presentation materials, as well as inappropriate sexual advances.
- Influencing or
encouraging inappropriate behavior. If you influence or encourage another
person to violate the Code of Conduct, you may face the same consequences
as if you had violated the Code of Conduct.
- Sustained disruption
of online discussion, talks, or other events. Sustained disruption
of events, online discussions, or meetings, including talks and
presentations, will not be tolerated. This includes 'talking over' or
'heckling' event speakers or influencing crowd actions that cause
hostility in event sessions.
- Abuse of the peer
review system. This includes posing as another learner
to give yourself a positive peer review; colluding with other users to
give each other positive peer reviews; and posting discriminatory,
violent, or otherwise abusive content in the peer review feedback space.
See the Interreg Euro-MED Academy Honor Code.
- Retaliation. Punishing someone for
engaging in protected behavior is not permitted. This includes harassing,
bullying, or filing a false report against a user for raising a sincere
concern about your own behavior. It’s unacceptable to give a user a bad
peer review on an assignment simply because you disliked the review you
got on your assignment.
Interreg
Euro-MED Academy users are asked to stop any inappropriate behavior and are
expected to comply immediately. If you are the subject of an incident report or
if you wish to report inappropriate behavior, your personal data will be
processed by Interreg Euro-MED Academy as set forth in this Code of Conduct.
You consent to such processing.
Resources:
Below is
additional guidance to keep in mind when interacting in forums, like the Interreg
Euro-MED Academy Community or Interreg Euro-MED Academy discussion forums.
Respect
Remember that
context can get lost when communicating via text, and when one or more
discussion participants is using a language that is not their native language.
Strive to make sure your communication is clear and not unintentionally
offensive. Emojis can be used to add context but cannot make up for a rude
post.
- Always treat anyone
using Interreg Euro-MED Academy or working for Interreg Euro-MED Academy with
respect.
- Never make any posts
which may upset or offend another person, including sexual images or
descriptions, real or implied violence, or profanity.
- Never use language
intended to attack, accuse, insult, harass, intimidate, oppress, derogate,
or abuse another person on Interreg Euro-MED Academy.
For more
information, see Interreg Euro-MED Academy Acceptable Use Policy.
Problems, feedback and criticism
We welcome feedback that could be used to make the Interreg
Euro-MED Academy experience better.
- Please use the
appropriate channels to provide such feedback or to report problems.
- Avoid simply being
negative – constructive criticism is valued, unproductive negativity is
not.
This Community is focused around learning, so it’s
expected that members may make mistakes, get things wrong, or not understand
fully. Feedback and critique are an important part of learning so please feel
free to provide it when appropriate, keeping in mind the following:
- Always critique the
actual work or method, not the person behind it,
- Never belittle someone
for not knowing or understanding something,
- Give feedback
privately if you think it may be embarrassing for the recipient, and
- If someone responds
poorly to feedback don’t force them to take it, just stop interacting.
Protecting your own privacy
Avoid sharing your own or other people’s personal
information publicly online. Don’t include any of the following in the body of
a public post:
- First and last name
- Email address
- Phone number
- Address
- Account numbers
- Any other piece of
information which could be used to identify or harm you or others
For more information, check out Interreg Euro-MED
Academy’s Privacy
Policies.
Resolving and reporting problems
Disagreements and misunderstandings are normal in
such a diverse community. Ask for clarification and attempt to have a calm discussion
before assuming that someone is being offensive. Don’t lower your own standards
of communication in response.
If that isn’t possible, report the post by flagging
it to our moderators.
Posts which do not adhere to the Code of Conduct
may be edited or deleted.
This list is
not inclusive, and Interreg Euro-MED Academy reserves the right to take any
action it deems necessary. Possible responses to an incident include:
- Nothing, if the behavior
was determined to not be a Code of Conduct violation
- A verbal or emailed
warning
- Requiring that the
reported person not direct message an online community member
- Requiring that the
reported person not join specific Community channels or discussion forums
- Not publishing the
video or slides of a talk that violated the Code of Conduct
- Immediately ending
roles that the reported person holds such as translators, mentors, and
beta testers
- Requiring that a
person not participate as a translator, mentor, and/or beta tester
- Requiring that a
person immediately leave the Course, Community Channel, and or/ Interreg
Euro-MED Academy, and not return
- Removing the reported
person from community online chat servers or mailing lists (either
indefinitely or for a certain time period)
- Removing the reported
person from admin or moderator rights to community infrastructure
- Removing a person from
membership of relevant institutions
All reports
made to Interreg Euro-MED Academy will be taken seriously. Those who don’t
follow the Code of Conduct in good faith may face repercussions deemed
appropriate by our team. This is how we will generally handle misconduct:
- Warning. For most first-time
misconduct, our team will remove offending content and send a warning.
Most issues are resolved here.
- Account suspension. For repetitive
misconduct or behavior containing harassment, bigotry, or abuse, our team
will impose temporary suspension.
- Account expulsion. For very rare cases,
our team will expel people who display a pattern of harmful destructive
behavior toward the Coursera community.
We encourage
Coursera users to report any incidents that violate that Code of Conduct via
this article. The report will be handled by the Coursera team and the user who
violated the Code of Conduct will be contacted directly.
Use the 'Contact Us'
button at the bottom of this page to report a Code of Conduct incident. In your
report, please provide the following information:
- Link to the area of
incident
- Screenshot of the
violation and text
- Written text of the
misconduct
- Visible name of user
If you are the subject of a reported incident or if
you wish to report inappropriate behavior, we will strive to maintain the
anonymity and confidentiality of all individuals involved. There may be times,
however, when the Interreg Euro-MED Academy team may request permission to
identify the individual(s) in order to engage in necessary correspondence to
gather additional information to be able to advocate for a fair process and
resolution.
