diff --git a/COC.md b/COC.md index 5bd5d6d..164ab49 100644 --- a/COC.md +++ b/COC.md @@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ These requirements on _behavior_ apply to _members_ at all times, even when they * **Interaction**. We define _interaction_ as any one-on-one _communication_, physical contact (with person or property), close proximity, or persistent gaze. Explicitly excluded from this definition is opt-in, broadcast-based _communication_ within the _community_. * **Members**. We define a _member_ of the _community_ to be any _civil_ individual who we allow to actively participate in the _community_. * **Personal Attribute**. We define _personal attribute_ to be an individual as a whole, or the presence or absence of any individual characteristic, including but not limited to age, body mods, ethnic origin, gender, gender-expression, gender-orientation, intellectual disability, physical appearance, physical disability, presented appearance, race, sex, sexual preferences, sexual-orientation, size, skin color, and strength; attitudes, beliefs, moral systems, personality traits, political views, religions, and values; facts, including address, job title, membership in categories or groups, membership in communities, profession, real name, salary, and type and extent of education. - * **Professional Sabotage**. We define _professional sabotage_ to be any _behavior_ that does have or is intended to have the effect of harming a _member's_ career, including but not limited to attempting to no-platform, blackball, or fire a _member_; or encouraging others to engage in such _behavior_. Explicitly excluded from _professional sabotage_ is all harmful _behavior_ that is exclusively motivated by and _communicated_ in terms of the _member_'s failure to fulfill their professional duties. + * **Professional Sabotage**. We define _professional sabotage_ to be any _behavior_ that does have or is intended to have the effect of harming a _member's_ career, including but not limited to attempting to no-platform, blackball, or fire a _member_, or stealing or taking credit for the work of a _member_; or encouraging others to engage in such _behavior_. Explicitly excluded from _professional sabotage_ is all harmful _behavior_ that is exclusively motivated by and _communicated_ in terms of the _member_'s failure to fulfill their professional duties. * **Prying**. We define _prying_ to be any unauthorized attempt to infer the _communication_ of semi-private forms of communication (including phone calls, direct messages, texts, private conversations), or to infer content on private devices or private channels of communication belonging to other _members_. * **Retaliation**. We define _retaliation_ as the imposition of any _negative consequence_ on a _member_ for their unofficial resolution or reporting of an _incident_, or for their participation in such resolution or reporting (including participation as _arbiter_), where _negative consequence_ is defined as any consequence that does or is intended to have the effect of harming the _member's_ career. * **Shaming**. We define _shaming_ as the _communication_ of the idea that any _personal attribute_ of any person is inferior, including all personal insults and ad hominem. Explicitly excluded from _shaming_ is all _communication_ of the idea that objective, falsifiable statements espoused by a _member_ are inconsistent, unsupported, or falsified, as well as _communication_ of the idea that some _personal attributes_ offer an advantage or disadvantage in obtaining specified measurable objectives.