Welcome to CHIWORK 2026! At CHIWORK, we believe in respect, understanding, and inclusion. We want our conference to be a place where community members can freely share ideas, which requires welcoming diversity in opinion and background. All CHIWORK community members will act in accordance with these values, the SIGCHI Code of Conduct, and the ACM Policy Against Harassment in order to create a space where every member can express themselves without fear of judgment or harassment. We summarize the expected and unacceptable behaviour below, adapting language from the CSCW Code of Conduct and the ACM Policy Against Harassment.
Expected Behavior
We expect all participants to:
- Treat everyone with respect and consideration; under the umbrella of respect, we expect all participants to be mindful of their speech and behaviours both in person and online;
- Refrain from demeaning, discriminatory, or harassing behavior and speech;
- Be mindful of your surroundings and of your fellow participants;
- Being respectful and mindful in your critique of ideas;
- Alert community leaders if you notice a dangerous situation, someone in distress, or violations of this policy, even if they seem inconsequential;
- Respecting participants’ wishes to not be photographed, respecting their gender pronouns, respecting their space, and their right to engage or disengage in conversation;
Unacceptable Behaviour
We do not tolerate harassment, discrimination, or abuse in any form. Harassment can occur when there is no deliberate intention to offend. Be careful in the words that you choose. Harassment committed in a joking manner or disguised as a compliment still constitutes unacceptable behaviour. Participants who engage in harassment may be removed from the conference at the discretion of the organizers.
Harassment includes, but is not limited to:
- Unwelcome comments regarding a person’s lifestyle choices and practices
- Intimidating, harassing, abusive, discriminatory, derogatory or demeaning speech or actions by any participant
- Offensive, degrading, humiliating, harmful, or prejudicial verbal or written comments or visual images related to gender, sexual orientation, race, religion, disability, age, appearance, or other personal characteristics
- Deliberate intimidation or antagonism
- Exclusionary jokes or comments
- Unwelcome sexual attention or physical contact
- Sustained disruption of presentations, events, or online discussions
- Continued one-on-one communication after requests to cease
- Comments that reinforce social structures of domination (related to gender, gender identity and expression, sexual orientation, disability, physical appearance, body size, race, age, religion)
- Inappropriate or gratuitous use of nudity, sexual images, or stereotyped images including using an activity-related communication channel to display or distribute sexually explicit or otherwise offensive or discriminatory images or messages
- Threats of violence
- Deliberate intimidation, stalking or following
- Harassing photography or recording
- Physical assault (including unwelcome touch or groping);
- Real or implied threat of physical harm
Consequences of Unacceptable Behaviour
If a participant in an ACM activity engages in prohibited behavior, ACM reserves the right to take any action ACM deems appropriate. More information can be found at the ACM Policy Against Harassment.