AphA (Association of Professional Healthcare Analysts) are committed to the Ethics Group being a space where people feel welcome to discuss and share their thoughts and ideas. Whilst AphA have a professional Code of Conduct for Professional Analytics Competence, it is expanded here for the Ethics Group to ensure that those participating are protected from abuse, harassment or discrimination, and that the discussions we have are supportive and productive.
This Code of Conduct (CoC) is inspired and based upon the RMarkdown’s Contributor Covenant Code of Conduct which in turn has been based on other organisations’ CoCs.
If you would like to suggest an addition or amendment then you can make an issue, submit a PR, or use the AphA contact form.
By “Community” we refer to those involved in these ethics group but also, by extension, any person who these discussions relate to such as other analysts, data scientists or statisticians, people whose work includes analysis and those whose data we work with such as patients and service users.
We, attenders to this group, pledge to make participation 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, class, job banding, 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 community.
Community leaders are responsible for clarifying and enforcing our standards of acceptable behaviour and will take appropriate and fair corrective action in response to any behaviour that they deem inappropriate, threatening, offensive, or harmful.
This Code of Conduct applies to the Ethics Group and any activities related to this group where an individual is officially representing this group such as written material that appears in this repository, any communications via social media or write-ups such as those for the AphA magazine.
Instances of abusive, harassing, or otherwise unacceptable behaviour may be reported to the community leaders responsible for enforcement at AphA. All complaints will be reviewed and investigated promptly and fairly.
All community leaders are obliged to respect the privacy and security of the reporter of any incident and the Code of Conduct equally applies to the leaders.
Community leaders will follow these Community Impact Guidelines in determining the consequences for any action they deem in violation of this Code of Conduct:
Community Impact: Use of inappropriate language or other behaviour deemed unprofessional or unwelcome in the community.
Consequence: A private, written warning from community leaders, providing clarity around the nature of the violation and an explanation of why the behaviour was inappropriate. A public apology may be requested.
Community Impact: A violation through a single incident or series of actions.
Consequence: A warning with consequences for continued behaviour. No interaction with the people involved, including unsolicited interaction with those enforcing the Code of Conduct, for a specified period of time. This includes avoiding interactions in community spaces as well as external channels like social media. Violating these terms may lead to a temporary or permanent ban.
Community Impact: A serious violation of community standards, including sustained inappropriate behaviour.
Consequence: A temporary ban from any sort of interaction or public communication with the community for a specified period of time. No public or private interaction with the people involved, including unsolicited interaction with those enforcing the Code of Conduct, is allowed during this period. Violating these terms may lead to a permanent ban.
Community Impact: Demonstrating a pattern of violation of community standards, including sustained inappropriate behaviour, harassment of an individual, or aggression toward or disparagement of classes of individuals.
Consequence: A permanent ban from any sort of public interaction within the community, removal of AphA membership and/or professional registration and reporting of behavioural impact to employer(s).