Code of Conduct

Our Pledge

In the interest of creating a safe and inclusive work environment, we as members, contributors, and leaders pledge to make participation in SOFTENG 701 a harassment-free experience for everyone, regardless of age, body size, visible or invisible disability, ethnicity, sex characteristics, gender identity and expression, level of experience, education, socio-economic status, nationality, personal appearance, race, religion, or sexual identity and orientation.

We pledge to act and interact in ways that contribute to an open, welcoming, diverse, inclusive, and healthy environment.

Our Standards

Examples of behavior that contributes to a positive and productive environment include:

• Demonstrating empathy and kindness toward other people.
• Being respectful of differing opinions, viewpoints, and experiences.
• Giving and gracefully accepting constructive feedback.
• Accepting responsibility and apologizing to those affected by our mistakes, and learning from the experience.
• Focusing on what is best not just for us as individuals, but for the overall Team.
• Attending at least one team meeting every week.
• Communicate with the team regularly and stay up to date on all communication platforms.
• Complete assigned tasks and meet deadlines.
• Notify the team within an appropriate timeframe if unable to complete assigned tasks.
• Complying with the team contribution guidelines.
• Appropriate documentation of work.

Examples of unacceptable behavior include:

• The use of sexualized language or imagery and unwelcome sexual attention or advances.
• Trolling, insulting or derogatory comments, and personal or political attacks.
• Public or private harassment.
• Publishing others' private information, such as a physical or email address, without their explicit permission.
• Other conduct which could reasonably be considered inappropriate in a professional setting.
• Failing to complete assigned tasks and meet deadlines without prior notice.
• Lack of clear communication with team members.
• Violating the team contribution guidlines and merging changes without appropriate approval.

Enforcement Responsibilities

All members of SOFTENG 701 are responsible for clarifying and enforcing our standards of acceptable behavior and will take appropriate and fair corrective action in response to any behavior that they deem inappropriate, threatening, offensive, or harmful.

Team leaders have the right and responsibility to remove, edit, or reject comments, commits, code, wiki edits, issues, and other contributions that are not aligned to this Code of Conduct, and will communicate reasons for moderation decisions when appropriate.

Scope

This Code of Conduct applies within The University of Auckland SOFTENG 701 Course.

Enforcement

Instances of abusive, harassing, or otherwise unacceptable behavior may be reported to team leaders or SOFTENG 701 teaching staff james.tizard@auckland.ac.nz (Lecturer) or e.tempero@auckland.ac.nz (Course Coordinator, Lecturer) for enforcement at The University of Auckland Faculty of Engineering. All complaints will be reviewed and investigated promptly and fairly.

All team leaders are obligated to respect the privacy and security of the reporter of any incident.

Attribution

This Code of Conduct is adapted from the Contributor Covenant, version 2.0, available at https://www.contributor-covenant.org/version/2/0/code_of_conduct.html.

Community Impact Guidelines were inspired by Mozilla's code of conduct enforcement ladder.

For answers to common questions about this code of conduct, see the FAQ at https://www.contributor-covenant.org/faq. Translations are available at https://www.contributor-covenant.org/translations.