The Hiking Club's code of conduct is built around creating a safe, supportive environment for everyone in our spaces. It's worth a read ❤️

This code of conduct is adapted from the Geek Feminism Wiki's Community anti-harassment policy template.

The RCA Hiking Club (Hiking Club) is dedicated to providing a harassment-free experience for everyone. We do not tolerate harassment of members or non-members ****in any form. In addition to this code of conduct, all members are expected to abide by the RCA Student Union's Code of Conduct.

This code of conduct applies to all Hiking Club spaces, including at all Hiking Club events (no matter where they take place), online on our Whatsapp and website, and all other places on the internet managed by the club. Anyone who violates this code of conduct may be sanctioned or expelled from these spaces at the discretion of the committee.

Some Hiking Club spaces may have additional rules in place, which will be made clearly available to members. Members are responsible for knowing and abiding by these rules.

Harassment includes:

• Offensive comments related to gender, gender identity and expression, sexual orientation, disability, mental illness, neuro(a)typicality, physical appearance, body size, age, race, or religion.
• Unwelcome comments regarding a person’s lifestyle choices and practices, including those related to food, health, parenting, drugs, and employment.
• Deliberate misgendering or use of ‘dead’ or rejected names.
• Gratuitous or off-topic sexual images or behaviour in spaces where they’re not appropriate.
• Physical contact and simulated physical contact (eg, textual descriptions like “hug” or “backrub”) without consent or after a request to stop.
• Threats of violence.
• Incitement of violence towards any individual, including encouraging a person to commit suicide or to engage in self-harm.
• Deliberate intimidation.
• Stalking or following.
• Harassing photography or recording, including logging online activity for harassment purposes.
• Sustained disruption of discussion.
• Unwelcome sexual attention.
• Pattern of inappropriate social contact, such as requesting/assuming inappropriate levels of intimacy with others
• Continued one-on-one communication after requests to cease.