Participants in the Roman Rally must adhere to the American Astronomical Society Code of Ethics. MORE?
Where this applies
This code covers the meeting days, meals and social gatherings organized around a Rally, satellite events and online spaces that use the Roman Rally name, and the chats, repositories, and shared documents created for a Rally. It applies to every participant, including organizers, volunteers, and guests, in the room and online.
What we expect
- Treat people as colleagues. That includes students, staff, and anyone who is new to Roman data.
- Welcome questions, including basic ones. Critique the plot, the method, and the claim.
- Share credit. If someone contributed a substantial piece of a project, offer them a co-author place on the papers that come out of it. If you accepted that kind of help, make the offer.
- Ask before you photograph or record someone, and before you quote a private conversation in public.
- Stop when you are asked to stop.
- Follow the rules of the host building, and leave the room usable for the next group.
What we do not accept
Harassment, intimidation, and sustained disruption are outside this meeting. That includes, without trying to make a complete list:
- Comments, images, or jokes that single people out by gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, disability, physical appearance, body size, race, ethnicity, age, religion, national origin, or career status.
- Unwelcome sexual attention, stalking, or deliberate intimidation.
- Interrupting or talking over someone as a way to shut them out of the work, or otherwise disrupting a group after being asked to stop.
- Publishing a person's private information, or the contents of a private report, without their permission.
- Retaliation against someone who raises a concern or helps someone else raise one.
Scientific disagreement is part of the meeting. Humiliating a person is not a form of scientific disagreement.
Open work
Bring ideas, code, and data you are allowed to share with the room. Credit and co-authorship are on the about page. When a project continues as Roman Science Collaboration work, RSC publication policy applies.
How to report
If you can, tell a member of the Organizing Committee or the Roman Science Collaboration Board. Until a separate confidential address is posted, write to the co-Spokespersons on the contact page.
You can also report conduct that violates the AAS Code of Ethics through the Society's own process.
What organizers may do
Organizers will take reports seriously. They may warn someone, ask them to leave a session, end their participation in the meeting and its channels, or refuse a future application. They may involve the host institution or a relevant professional body when the situation calls for it.