FairConduct implements the framework developed in Second-Generation Codes of Conduct for Scientific Conferences: Protecting Participants and Protecting Scholarly Debate.
The study analyzes a cross-disciplinary corpus of 464 attendee-facing conduct-policy items and a separate companion corpus of 100 governance ecosystems. It asks what conference policies should contain once they operate not only as etiquette statements but as rules governing access, sanctions, scholarly disagreement, institutional authority, and participant data.
What the builder carries forward
- Preserve explicit protections against harassment, discrimination, threats, retaliation, and disruption.
- Distinguish misconduct toward persons from disagreement over ideas.
- Match serious or continuing sanctions with stronger procedural safeguards.
- Identify policy ownership, decision authority, conflicts, and review routes.
- Address sensitive registration data and surveys when they inform conduct policy or enforcement.
- Avoid treating conference participation as endorsement of unrelated moral, political, or advocacy commitments.
The catalogue translates those findings into modular policy choices. Its scores describe the explicit safeguards included in a draft; they do not predict organizer behavior or certify legal compliance.
Current status
FairConduct is in beta. The catalogue, generated language, and interface remain open to correction and improvement. Comments are welcome at [email protected].