Building Inclusive Communities Intermediate 10m
Your Code of Conduct
Facilitate healthy and constructive community behavior by adopting and enforcing a code of conduct.
Learning outcomes
- Explain why a code of conduct matters for open source communities
- Select and adopt an appropriate code of conduct
- Design an enforcement process for violations
- Describe the maintainer's responsibilities in upholding community standards
Prerequisites
Open source basics, Maintainer experience
Cite this lesson
APA
GitHub (2026). Your Code of Conduct. UC OSPO Network. https://opensource.guide/code-of-conduct/
BibTeX
@misc{code_of_conduct_2026,
author = {{GitHub}},
title = {Your Code of Conduct},
year = {2026},
publisher = {UC OSPO Network},
url = {https://opensource.guide/code-of-conduct/}
}