[NCUC-DISCUSS] Best practices in anti-harassment policies

[Mueller, Milton L]

Geek feminism is not what I would call an unbiased source of information. And some of the information there is not reassuring; e.g., in response to free expression concerns it says "A private authority figure may reserve the right to censor their subordinate's speech, or discriminate on the basis of speech, without any legal consequences." Great. Nothing to worry about there. 

The statistics they provide about non-reporting are about sexual assault, not various forms of harassment. While I agree that non-reporting of harassment is a concern, I still think the policy should protect against or not encourage false reports. It does not invalidate this concern to say that harassment is underreported, even if that is true. 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ncuc-discuss [mailto:ncuc-discuss-bounces at lists.ncuc.org] On Behalf
> Of Shane Kerr
> Sent: Friday, November 18, 2016 5:34 AM
> To: ncuc-discuss at lists.ncuc.org
> Subject: [NCUC-DISCUSS] Best practices in anti-harassment policies
> 
> Fellow NCUC members,
> 
> [ Only sending to NCUC on purpose. ]
> 
> I see concerns come up repeatedly in the discussion of ICANN's proposed
> anti-harassment policy. Fortunately (?), ICANN is not the first organization to
> attempt to introduce an anti-harassment policy. People have often
> expressed similar concerns in those venues. So often that there is a FAQ:
> 
> http://geekfeminism.wikia.com/wiki/Conference_anti-
> harassment/Policy_resources#Common_concerns_about_adoption
> 
> In fact I've seen each of those issues raised either here or on Facebook (ug,
> don't ask!), except for the Autism one (I guess that that's more of a problem
> in communities with more geeks and fewer lawyers).
> 
> I'd ask that everyone concerned or otherwise interested please have a look
> there. I don't know that this will make anyone less concerned, but it will at
> least save us having to re-visit ground that is already been covered. :)
> 
> Also interesting may be this table:
> 
> http://geekfeminism.wikia.com/wiki/Code_of_conduct_evaluations
> 
> It shows how people working in this area evaluate code of conducts.
> (The proposed ICANN policy actually meets most of the criteria. Except for
> the things that I mentioned I think it is not horrible.)
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> --
> Shane "Geek Feminist" Kerr