Harassment Policy

 

coFLOWco is dedicated to providing a harassment-free experience for everyone, regardless of gender identity and expression, sexual orientation, age, race, ethnicity, nationality, language, ability, neurotype, physical appearance, body, or religion. We do not tolerate harassment of participants in any form virtually or in person.

coFLOWco prioritizes marginalized people’s safety over privileged people’s comfort. We will not act on complaints regarding: 

  • Reverse-isms

  • Criticism of racist, sexist, cissexist, or otherwise oppressive behavior or assumptions

  • Reasonable communication of boundaries. Examples include, but are not limited to: 

    • “leave me alone” 

    • “go away”

    • “I’m not discussing this with you”

  • Communicating without harassment, but in a tone that doesn’t suit you

Definitions

 
 

Definitions of Harassment include: 

  • Offensive comments related to gender, gender identity and expression, sexual orientation, disability, mental illness, neurotype, physical appearance, body, age, race, ethnicity, nationality, language, or religion

  • Unwelcome comments regarding a person’s lifestyle choices and practices, including but not limited to those related to food, health, parenting, drugs, and employment

  • Deliberate misgendering or use of ‘dead’ or rejected names

  • Deliberate “outing” of any aspect of a person’s identity without their consent

  • Gratuitous or off-topic sexual images or behavior

  • Physical contact and simulated physical contact (eg, textual descriptions like “hug” or “backrub”) without consent or after a request to stop

  • Unwelcome sexual attention

  • Patterns of inappropriate social contact, such as requesting/assuming inappropriate levels of intimacy with others

  • Continued one-on-one communication after requests to cease

  • Stalking or following

  • Threats of violence or deliberate intimidation

  • Incitement of violence towards any individual, including encouraging a person to commit suicide or to engage in self-harm

  • Harassing photography or recording, including logging online activity for harassment purposes

  • Publication of non-harassing private communication without consent by the involved parties

  • Sustained disruption of discussion

Definitions of Reverse-ism include: 

  • Reverse racism

  • Reverse sexism

  • Cisphobia

How to Report

If you believe someone is breaking our Code of Conduct, please report any violations ASAP. Depending on the incident, email: info@coflowco.com.

If you need a 3rd party to report to, we understand. Maybe you feel unsafe addressing it within our organization or it would be a conflict of our interest and we couldn’t remain impartial. If so, you may reach out to Shoshana Rosenberg, J.D. at Safe Porter. She will provide other contacts to ensure your issue is handled properly and taken seriously. All reports will be kept confidential regardless of reporting mechanism.

Please see the Code section for incidents determined to violate our Code of Conduct.

If you’re unsure if an incident is in violation of the Code of Conduct or not, please report it anyway. This helps us not miss any actual violations and helps us update our Code of Conduct, as we grow our understanding of types of uncertain communications that may occur. 

Please submit the following via email or record documentation: 

  • Your email and phone number: 

  • Name of individual(s) involved in the incident (real names, nicknames, and pseudonyms): 

  • Witness(es) of incident: 

  • Date, time, location of incident: 

  • Share your account of the incident, in as much detail as you can muster.

    • Please include any context that may have also occurred outside of the stated incident, and any other information you think we should have.

    • Is this incident ongoing?

    • Please include any screenshots or links to online incidents.

After submittal, the 3rd party will acknowledge receipt within 24 hours or sooner.

The coFLOWco Ethics + Justice Working Group (to be formed) will meet to review the incident and determine if the incident violates our Code of Conduct if it falls within their duties. We may contact law enforcement if we believe there is a physical threat of danger, and your safety comes first.

We encourage anyone submitting a report to contact law enforcement immediately if you believe there is a physical threat of danger to you or anyone else.

If your report concerns someone who is part of the Leadership team or the Ethics + Justice Working Group, please see alternative contacts in our Employee Guidebook. 


You may also leave anonymous complaints, concerns, or feedback about the Collective via this form. (No sign-in needed).