Code of Conduct

BCEENET is committed to fostering a community where all individuals, whatever their sex, race, ethnicity, national origin, disability, religion, age, gender, sexuality, or other protected class, feel valued and respected. We are committed to a nondiscriminatory approach and provide equal opportunity for engagement in all community activities and access to all community resources. Our community supports and promotes respectful communication and cooperation between all BCEENET members. We respect and value diverse life experiences and heritages and strive to ensure that all voices are valued and heard in a safe, productive, and welcoming environment. 

• The BCEENET Student Conference Cohort Program promotes both professional development and personal growth. Therefore, any harassment, microaggression, intimidation, and/or insinuative behavior will not be tolerated.

• The Student Conference Cohort Program upholds an illegal drug, smoke & alcohol-free atmosphere for all BCEENET events, activities, and programming, in both in-person and virtual settings. 

  • However, we are aware that some conferences will have events with alcohol. We highly suggest cohort members refrain from consuming alcohol to maintain an inclusive environment. If you are of legal drinking age and are invited to drink with a potential mentor or advisor, we strongly encourage you to limit your consumption as you are in a professional setting. 

As part of the BCEENET Student Conference Cohort Program, participants are asked to respect the following guidelines while participating in the conference, including video conferencing, live chat, live stream, email, social media, and any other in-person, or group communications: 

• Structure your critiques in a proactive and constructive way

• No profanity or expletives (explicit or implied)

• No racial epithets

• No use of illegal drugs or underage drinking

• No denigrating or bigoted remarks

• No attacking individuals or groups

• No discriminatory or offensive language 

• No commentary, content and/or images that are pornographic, proprietary, harassing, libelous, or that can create a hostile and toxic conference environment. 

Defining Inappropriate Behavior

Harassment, microaggression, intimidation, and/or insinuations are hurtful and interfere with other attendee’s experience and participation in the BCEENET Student Conference Cohort Program. These behaviors are inappropriate and unacceptable. Inappropriate behavior can take many forms such as but not limited to slurs, jokes, derogatory or discriminatory statements, foul or obscene language, offensive clothing, stalking, gestures, pictures, drawings, violating personal space by impeding or blocking another person’s movement, public intoxication, non-adherence to COVID policy, harassing photography or recordings, offensive emails, direct messages, texts, voicemail messages, social media postings, or any other content in any other form than can create a hostile or toxic conference and/or training environment.

How to Report Inappropriate Behavior

If you witness or are subjected to inappropriate behavior or have any other concerns, notify a BCEENET staff member as soon as possible at bceenetwork@gmail.com. Additionally, if you have questions in advance of the conference regarding the Code of Conduct or its implementation, please email us.  

Consequences of Inappropriate Behavior

Inappropriate behavior as outlined above will not be tolerated. If asked to stop behaving inappropriately, you should comply immediately. 

We reserve the right to refuse entry to or remove any party from the program at any time: All determinations are at the sole discretion of BCEENET organizers. Severe breaches of this Code of Conduct may result in disqualification from participating in future BCEENET events. 

The BCEENET Student Conference Cohort Program Code of Conduct was adapted from the SACNAS NDISTEM 2023 Conference Code of Conduct and the iDigTRIO Code of Conduct.