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On 20.11.17 19:02, Kristine Hildebrandt wrote:<br>
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style="color:rgb(29,33,41);letter-spacing:-0.12px;white-space:pre-wrap"><font
face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">I do urge ALT members <b>not</b>
to simply assume that this Association (or any other) gets
to 'opt out' of this issue, so I would welcome some
discussion on this towards crafting revised language, either
online or during a special session, language </font></span><span
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eventually be adopted formally.</span><br>
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Here's a proposal for a revised code of conduct (copied from the
upcoming <a
href="http://sydney.edu.au/arts/conference/als_2017/code.shtml">Australian
Linguistic Society meeting</a>'s code of conduct):<br>
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<p>Conference participants will:</p>
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<li>treat fellow participants, students, volunteers, and any other
members of the public with respect, dignity, impartiality,
courtesy and sensitivity;</li>
<li>maintain a cooperative and collaborative approach to
inter-personal relationships;</li>
<li>respect the privacy of others;</li>
<li>ensure that they do not become involved in or encourage
discrimination against or harassment of participants, students,
volunteers, or any other members of the public.</li>
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For me, the main point is that there should be no threat to expel
participants from the conference for what they say.<br>
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The ALS's statement should go at least some way toward "setting the
tone" against anti-scientific behaviour of the kind highlighted by
Claire, without falling into the trap of being anti-scientific in a
different way.<br>
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Another thing that ALT could do is introduce mandatory "harrassment
training" at the beginning of the conference – this is something
that is completely unknown in Germany and other non-Anglo-American
countries, but maybe it's something that the whole world needs – I'm
certainly open to this possibility. It would be a slight annoyance
for some people, but the main thing for me is that there would be no
threat to expel a colleague from the conference.<br>
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Best,<br>
Martin<br>
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Martin Haspelmath (<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:haspelmath@shh.mpg.de">haspelmath@shh.mpg.de</a>)
Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History
Kahlaische Strasse 10
D-07745 Jena
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Leipzig University
IPF 141199
Nikolaistrasse 6-10
D-04109 Leipzig
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