Our Pledge
The
Quantum Aviary is dedicated to our values of treating every
individual with respect and dignity. In the interest of fostering an
open and welcoming environment, all participants, commenters, online
contributors, and those associated with this website or its community
are expected to show courtesy for each other and our community by
creating a harassment-free experience for everyone, regardless of age,
personal appearance, disability, ethnicity, gender identity and
expression, body size, level of experience, nationality, race, religion,
caste, or sexual identity and orientation. Expected behavior applies to
both online and offline engagement associated with The Quantum Aviary.
Scope
The
purpose of this Code of Conduct is to define and enforce the values and
conduct of contributors and participants in this community. Examples
include attending an events, ontributing to online projects, commentary
on the blog or on Slack, or representing a
project or community, including using an official project e-mail
address, posting via an official social media account, or acting as an
appointed representative at an online or offline event. Representation
of a project may be further defined and clarified by project
maintainers.
Our Standards
Examples of behavior that contributes to creating a positive environment include:
- Using welcoming and inclusive language
- Being respectful of differing viewpoints, experiences, and cultures
- Gracefully accepting constructive criticism
- Focusing on what is best for the community
- Showing empathy towards other community members
- Being mindful of your surroundings and your fellow participants and listening to others
- Valuing the contributions of all participants
- Engaging in collaboration before conflict
- Pointing out unintentionally racist, sexist, casteist, or biased comments and jokes made by community members when they happen
Examples of unacceptable behavior by participants, even when presented as "ironic" or "joking," include:
- The use of sexualized language or imagery and unwelcome physical contact, sexual attention, or advances
- Trolling, insulting/derogatory comments, and personal or political attacks
- Public or private harassment, including offensive or degrading language
- Publishing
others' private information, such as a physical or electronic address,
without explicit permission. This includes any sort of "outing" of any
aspect of someone's identity without their consent.
- "Doxxing," Publishing
screenshots or quotes, especially from identity slack channels, private
chat, or public events, without all quoted users' explicit consent.
- Other conduct which could reasonably be considered inappropriate in a professional setting
Responsibilities & Enforcement
The
entire community is responsible for upholding the terms of the
Code of Conduct on the Quantum Aviary website or at any associated events and spaces, and reporting
violations if they see them. The internal Quantum team at IBM is
ultimately responsible for clarifying the standards of acceptable
behavior and enforcement, and is expected to take appropriate and fair
corrective action in response to any instances of unacceptable
behavior.
If
a participant or contributor engages in negative or harmful behavior,
IBM will take any action they deem appropriate, including but not
limited to issuing warnings, expulsion from an event with no refund,
deleting comments, permanent banning from future events or online
community, or calling local law enforcement. IBM has the right and
responsibility to remove, edit, or reject comments, contributions, posts, wiki
edits, and other contributions that are not aligned to this Code
of Conduct, or to temporarily or permanently ban any contributor or
participant for other behaviors that they deem inappropriate,
threatening, offensive, or harmful.
If you see a Code of Conduct violation:
- If
you feel comfortable, let the person know that what they did is not
appropriate and ask them to stop and/or edit or delete their message(s)
or comment(s).
- If
the person does not immediately stop the behavior or correct the issue,
or if you're uncomfortable speaking up, flag a moderator and, if
appropriate, fill out the IBM Quantum team's anonymous Code of Conduct violation form.
- The
IBM Qiskit team will open an investigation upon receiving your form
entry. When reporting, please include any relevant details, links,
screenshots, context, or other information that may be used to better
understand and resolve the situation.
- If
the code of conduct violation occurs at an event and requires immediate
response or contains a concern about an individual attending an
upcoming event, contact the event's on-call Code of Conduct point of
contact listed in the event specific code of conduct document. If you
don't feel comfortable speaking to the point of contact in person, fill
out a Code of Conduct violation form entry and include the details of
the event so that the Code of Conduct enforcement board can contact the
event's on-call Code of Conduct point of contact.
- If
an IBM employee witnesses a Code of Conduct violation at any time, such
as at events, in a Slack channel, or open source forums, it is their
responsibility to file a Code of Conduct violation report.
This
Code of Conduct does not supersede existing IBM corporate policies,
such as the IBM Business Conduct Guidelines and IBM Business Partner
Code of Conduct. IBM employees must follow IBM's Business Conduct
Guidelines. IBM's business partners must follow the IBM Business Partner
Code of Conduct. IBM employees concerned with a fellow IBMer's behavior
should follow IBM's own internal HR reporting protocols, which include
engaging the offending IBMer's manager and involving IBM Concerns and
Appeals. IBM employees concerned with an IBM business partner's behavior
should notify tellibm@us.ibm.com.