Overview

The organisers of the New Paradigms in Quantum Control Workshop (NPQC) are committed to ensuring its participants are not subjected to behaviours, practices or processes that may constitute discrimination, harassment, or victimisation outlined by this code and by the law.

This code of conduct intends to provide guidance to NPQC attendees in their interactions with colleagues, students, collaborators, and other stakeholders. This code is a set of general principles rather than detailed prescriptions. It stands besides but does not exclude or replace the rights and responsibilities of members to their employing organisations, under Common Law or any Commonwealth and State legislations.

NPQC will not tolerate any sort of discrimination, harassment and victimisation. Should an attendee of NPQC be accused of discrimination, sexual harassment and victimisation, the NPQC organisers will take immediate appropriate actions as necessary. All attendees should be aware all policies on discrimination, harassment, and victimisation policies at their employing organisations.

Personal and Professional Conduct

Participants at NPQC activities and events should:

• refrain from all forms of discrimination, harassment, and victimisation,
• treat other members and members of the public with dignity, courtesy, and respect, and
• give due credit to the contributions of others.

Discrimination and Sexual Harassment

Discrimination is treating, or proposing to treat someone unfavourably because of a personal characteristics which includes a disability, parental status, race, colour, descent, national origin, age, sex, industrial activities, religion, pregnancy, breastfeeding, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, marital status, political opinion, social origin, medical record, or an association with someone who has or is assumed to have one of these personal characteristics or may have it at some time in the future.

Sexual Harassment is a specific and serious form of harassment. It is unwelcome sexual behaviour, which could be expected to make a person feel offended, humiliated, or intimidated. Sexual harassment can be physical, spoken, or written. It can include:

• comments about a person’s private life or the way they look
• sexually suggestive behaviour, such as leering or staring
• sexually suggestive comments or jokes
• displaying offensive screensavers, photos, calendars or objects
• repeated unwanted requests to go out
• sexually explicit posts on social networking sites
• insults or taunts of a sexual nature
• intrusive questions or statements about a person’s private life
• sending sexually explicit emails or text messages
• inappropriate advances on social networking sites, and
• behaviour that may also be considered to be an offence under criminal law, such as physical assault, indecent exposure, sexual assault, stalking or obscene communications.

Participants at NPQC activities are asked to:

• not discriminate against anyone in connection with any NPQC activities/events on any personal characteristics,
• not engage in any form of sexual harassment, and
• ensure all communication is appropriate for a professional audience including people from different backgrounds and personal characteristics. Sexual language and imagery in presentations is not appropriate.

Victimisation

Victimisation is subjecting or threatening to subject someone to a detriment because they have asserted their rights under equal opportunity law, made a complaint, helped someone else make a complaint, or refused to do something because it would be discrimination, sexual harassment or victimisation.

It is also victimisation to threaten someone (such as a witness) who may be involved in investigating an equal opportunity concern or complaint. Participants at NPQC activities are asked to not be engaged or encourage any forms of victimisation.