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title: Code of conduct
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description: The Qiskit Code of Conduct defines and enforces the values and conduct of contributors and participants in the Qiskit open source community.
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---
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# Code of Conduct
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## Our Pledge
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The Qiskit Community is dedicated to our values of treating every individual
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with respect and dignity. In the interest of fostering an open and welcoming
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environment, all participants, including attendees, speakers, sponsors,
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volunteers, online contributors, and IBM employees are expected to show
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courtesy for each other and our community by creating a harassment-free
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experience for everyone, regardless of age, personal appearance, disability,
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ethnicity, gender identity and expression, body size, level of experience,
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nationality, race, religion, caste, or sexual identity and orientation.
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Expected behavior applies to both online and offline engagement within the
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Qiskit Community.
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## Scope
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The purpose of this Code of Conduct is to define and enforce the values and
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conduct of contributors and participants in the Qiskit open source community.
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The Code of Conduct applies both within project spaces and in public spaces
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when an individual is engaging with the Qiskit open source community. Examples
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include attending a Qiskit event, contributing to online projects, commentary
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on Slack, or representing a project or community, including using an official
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project e-mail address, posting via an official social media account, or
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acting as an appointed representative at an online or offline event.
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Representation of a project may be further defined and clarified by project
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maintainers.
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## Our Standards
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Examples of behavior that contributes to creating a positive environment
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include:
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- Using welcoming and inclusive language
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- Being respectful of differing viewpoints, experiences, and cultures
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- Gracefully accepting constructive criticism
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- Focusing on what is best for the community
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- Showing empathy towards other community members
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- Being mindful of your surroundings and your fellow participants and listening
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to others
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- Valuing the contributions of all participants
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- Engaging in collaboration before conflict
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- Pointing out unintentionally racist, sexist, casteist, or biased comments and
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jokes made by community members when they happen
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Examples of unacceptable behavior by participants, even when presented as
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"ironic" or "joking," include:
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- The use of sexualized language or imagery and unwelcome physical contact,
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sexual attention, or advances
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- Trolling, insulting/derogatory comments, and personal or political attacks
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- Public or private harassment, including offensive or degrading language
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- Publishing others' private information, such as a physical or electronic
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address, without explicit permission. This includes any sort of "outing" of
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any aspect of someone's identity without their consent.
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- "Doxxing," Publishing screenshots or quotes, especially from identity slack
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channels, private chat, or public events, without all quoted users' explicit
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consent.
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- Engaging in spamming activities, such as repeatedly sending unsolicited messages, LLMs (Large Language Models) output, advertisements, or promotional content to community members without previous IBM authorization.
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- Other conduct which could reasonably be considered inappropriate in a
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professional setting
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<span id="responsibilities-enforcement"></span>
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## Responsibilities and enforcement
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The entire Qiskit community is responsible for upholding the terms of the Code
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of Conduct in Qiskit Community events and spaces and reporting violations if
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they see them. The internal Qiskit team at IBM is ultimately responsible for
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clarifying the standards of acceptable behavior and enforcement, and is expected
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to take appropriate and fair corrective action in response to any instances of
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unacceptable behavior.
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If a participant or contributor engages in negative or harmful behavior, IBM
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will take any action they deem appropriate, including but not limited to
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issuing warnings, expulsion from an event with no refund, deleting comments,
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permanent banning from future events or online community, or calling local law
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enforcement. IBM has the right and responsibility to remove, edit, or reject
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comments, commits, code, wiki edits, issues, and other contributions that are
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not aligned to this Code of Conduct, or to temporarily or permanently ban any
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contributor or participant for other behaviors that they deem inappropriate,
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threatening, offensive, or harmful.
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If you see a Code of Conduct violation:
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1. If you feel comfortable, let the person know that what they did is not
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appropriate and ask them to stop and/or edit or delete their message(s) or
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comment(s).
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2. If the person does not immediately stop the behavior or correct the issue,
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or if you're uncomfortable speaking up, flag a moderator and, if appropriate,
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fill out the anonymous
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[Code of Conduct violation form](https://airtable.com/shrl5mEF4Eun1aIDm).
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3. The Qiskit Community will open an investigation upon receiving your form
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entry. When reporting, please include any relevant details, links,
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screenshots, context, or other information that may be used to better
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understand and resolve the situation.
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4. If the code of conduct violation occurs at an event and requires immediate
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response or contains a concern about an individual attending an upcoming
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event, contact the event's on-call Code of Conduct point of contact listed
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in the event specific code of conduct document. If you don't feel comfortable
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speaking to the point of contact in person, fill out a Code of Conduct
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violation form entry and include the details of the event so that the Code of
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Conduct enforcement board can contact the event's on-call Code of Conduct
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point of contact.
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5. If an IBM employee witnesses a Code of Conduct violation at any time, such as
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at events, in a Slack channel, or open source forums, it is their
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responsibility to file a Code of Conduct violation report.
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This Code of Conduct does not supersede existing IBM corporate policies, such as
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the IBM Business Conduct Guidelines and IBM Business Partner Code of Conduct.
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IBM employees must follow IBM's Business Conduct Guidelines. IBM's business
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partners must follow the IBM Business Partner Code of Conduct. IBM employees
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concerned with a fellow IBMer's behavior should follow IBM's own internal HR
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reporting protocols, which include engaging the offending IBMer's manager and
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involving IBM Concerns and Appeals. IBM employees concerned with an IBM
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business partner's behavior should notify tellibm@us.ibm.com.
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