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| 1 | +### American Express Open Source Community Guidelines |
| 2 | + |
| 3 | +#### Last Modified: January 29, 2016 |
| 4 | + |
| 5 | +Welcome to the American Express Open Source Community on GitHub! These American Express Community |
| 6 | +Guidelines outline our expectations for GitHub participating members within the American Express |
| 7 | +community, as well as steps for reporting unacceptable behavior. We are committed to providing a |
| 8 | +welcoming and inspiring community for all and expect our community Guidelines to be honored. |
| 9 | + |
| 10 | +**IMPORTANT REMINDER:** |
| 11 | + |
| 12 | +When you visit American Express on any third party sites such as GitHub your activity there is |
| 13 | +subject to that site’s then current terms of use., along with their privacy and data security |
| 14 | +practices and policies. The GitHub platform is not affiliated with us and may have practices and |
| 15 | +policies that are different than are our own. |
| 16 | + |
| 17 | +Please note, American Express is not responsible for, and does not control, the GitHub site’s terms |
| 18 | +of use, privacy and data security practices and policies. You should, therefore, always exercise |
| 19 | +caution when posting, sharing or otherwise taking any action on that site and, of course, on the |
| 20 | +Internet in general. |
| 21 | + |
| 22 | +Our open source community strives to: |
| 23 | +- **Be friendly and patient**. |
| 24 | +- **Be welcoming**: We strive to be a community that welcomes and supports people of all |
| 25 | +backgrounds and identities. This includes, but is not limited to members of any race, ethnicity, |
| 26 | +culture, national origin, color, immigration status, social and economic class, educational level, |
| 27 | +sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, age, size, family status, political belief, |
| 28 | +religion, and mental and physical ability. |
| 29 | +- **Be considerate**: Your work will be used by other people, and you in turn will depend on the |
| 30 | +work of others. Any decision you take will affect users and colleagues, and you should take those |
| 31 | +consequences into account when making decisions. Remember that we're a world-wide community, so you |
| 32 | +might not be communicating in someone else's primary language. |
| 33 | +- **Be respectful**: Not all of us will agree all the time, but disagreement is no excuse for poor |
| 34 | +behavior and poor manners. We might all experience some frustration now and then, but we cannot |
| 35 | +allow that frustration to turn into a personal attack. It’s important to remember that a community |
| 36 | +where people feel uncomfortable or threatened is not a productive one. |
| 37 | +- **Be careful in the words that we choose**: We are a community of professionals, and we conduct |
| 38 | +ourselves professionally. Be kind to others. Do not insult or put down other participants. |
| 39 | +Harassment and other exclusionary behavior aren't acceptable. |
| 40 | +- **Try to understand why we disagree**: Disagreements, both social and technical, happen all the |
| 41 | +time. It is important that we resolve disagreements and differing views constructively. Remember |
| 42 | +that we’re all different people. The strength of our community comes from its diversity, people from |
| 43 | +a wide range of backgrounds. Different people have different perspectives on issues. Being unable to |
| 44 | +understand why someone holds a viewpoint doesn’t mean that they’re wrong. Don’t forget that it is |
| 45 | +human to err and blaming each other doesn’t get us anywhere. Instead, focus on helping to resolve |
| 46 | +issues and learning from mistakes. |
| 47 | + |
| 48 | +### Definitions |
| 49 | +Harassment includes, but is not limited to: |
| 50 | +- Offensive comments related to gender, gender identity and expression, sexual orientation, |
| 51 | +disability, mental illness, neuro(a)typicality, physical appearance, body size, race, age, regional |
| 52 | +discrimination, political or religious affiliation |
| 53 | +- Unwelcome comments regarding a person’s lifestyle choices and practices, including those related |
| 54 | +to food, health, parenting, drugs, and employment |
| 55 | +- Deliberate misgendering. This includes deadnaming or persistently using a pronoun that does not |
| 56 | +correctly reflect a person's gender identity. You must address people by the name they give you when |
| 57 | +not addressing them by their username or handle |
| 58 | +- Physical contact and simulated physical contact (eg, textual descriptions like “hug” or “backrub”) |
| 59 | +without consent or after a request to stop |
| 60 | +- Threats of violence, both physical and psychological |
| 61 | +- Incitement of violence towards any individual, including encouraging a person to commit suicide |
| 62 | +or to engage in self-harm |
| 63 | +- Deliberate intimidation |
| 64 | +- Stalking or following |
| 65 | +- Harassing photography or recording, including logging online activity for harassment purposes |
| 66 | +- Sustained disruption of discussion |
| 67 | +- Unwelcome sexual attention, including gratuitous or off-topic sexual images or behaviour |
| 68 | +- Pattern of inappropriate social contact, such as requesting/assuming inappropriate levels of |
| 69 | +intimacy with others |
| 70 | +- Continued one-on-one communication after requests to cease |
| 71 | +- Deliberate “outing” of any aspect of a person’s identity without their consent except as necessary |
| 72 | +to protect others from intentional abuse |
| 73 | +- Publication of non-harassing private communication |
| 74 | + |
| 75 | +Our open source community prioritizes marginalized people’s safety over privileged people’s comfort. |
| 76 | +We will not act on complaints regarding: |
| 77 | +- ‘Reverse’ -isms, including ‘reverse racism,’ ‘reverse sexism,’ and ‘cisphobia’ |
| 78 | +- Reasonable communication of boundaries, such as “leave me alone,” “go away,” or “I’m not |
| 79 | +discussing this with you” |
| 80 | +- Refusal to explain or debate social justice concepts |
| 81 | +- Communicating in a ‘tone’ you don’t find congenial |
| 82 | +- Criticizing racist, sexist, cissexist, or otherwise oppressive behavior or assumptions |
| 83 | + |
| 84 | +### Diversity Statement |
| 85 | +We encourage everyone to participate and are committed to building a community for all. Although we |
| 86 | +will fail at times, we seek to treat everyone both as fairly and equally as possible. Whenever a |
| 87 | +participant has made a mistake, we expect them to take responsibility for it. If someone has been |
| 88 | +harmed or offended, it is our responsibility to listen carefully and respectfully, and do our best |
| 89 | +to right the wrong. |
| 90 | + |
| 91 | +Although this list cannot be exhaustive, we explicitly honor diversity in age, gender, gender |
| 92 | +identity or expression, culture, ethnicity, language, national origin, political beliefs, |
| 93 | +profession, race, religion, sexual orientation, socioeconomic status, and technical ability. We will |
| 94 | +not tolerate discrimination based on any of the protected characteristics above, including |
| 95 | +participants with disabilities. |
| 96 | + |
| 97 | +### Reporting Issues |
| 98 | +If you experience or witness unacceptable behavior—or have any other concerns—please report it by |
| 99 | +contacting us at opensource@aexp.com. All reports will be handled with discretion. In your report |
| 100 | +please include: |
| 101 | +- Your contact information. |
| 102 | +- Names (real, nicknames, or pseudonyms) of any individuals involved. If there are additional |
| 103 | +witnesses, please include them as well. Your account of what occurred, and if you believe the |
| 104 | +incident is ongoing. If there is a publicly available record (e.g. a mailing list archive or a |
| 105 | +public IRC logger), please include a link. |
| 106 | +- Any additional information that may be helpful. |
| 107 | + |
| 108 | +After filing a report, a representative of our community will contact you personally, review the |
| 109 | +incident, follow up with any additional questions, and make a decision as to how to respond. If the |
| 110 | +person who is harassing you is part of the response team, they will recuse themselves from handling |
| 111 | +your incident. If the complaint originates from a member of the response team, it will be handled by |
| 112 | +a different member of the response team. We will respect confidentiality requests for the purpose of |
| 113 | +protecting victims of abuse. |
| 114 | + |
| 115 | +### Removal of Posts |
| 116 | +We will not review every comment or post, but we reserve the right to remove any that violates these |
| 117 | +Guidelines or that, in our sole discretion, we otherwise consider objectionable and we may ban |
| 118 | +offenders from our community. |
| 119 | + |
| 120 | +### Suspension/Termination/Reporting to Authority |
| 121 | +In certain instances, we may suspend, terminate or ban certain repeat offenders and/or those |
| 122 | +committing significant violations of these Guidelines. When appropriate, we may also, on our own or |
| 123 | +as required by the GitHub terms of use, be required to refer and/or work with GitHub and/or the |
| 124 | +appropriate authorities to review and/or pursue certain violations. |
| 125 | + |
| 126 | +### Attribution & Acknowledgements |
| 127 | +These Guidelines have been adapted from the |
| 128 | +[Code of Conduct of the TODO group](http://todogroup.org/opencodeofconduct/). They are subject to |
| 129 | +revision by American Express and may be revised from time to time. |
| 130 | + |
| 131 | +Thank you for your participation! |
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