Code of Conduct

Scopism is creating the SIAM community with the support of our community partners. Our goal is to provide SIAM professionals from around the world with a place to network, share ideas, and access high quality content about the evolution of SIAM.

Our Code of Conduct defines the behaviors we expect from our staff, community partners, contractors, volunteers, community members and any other stakeholder.

Our community culture will be based on:

• Transparent communication
• Mutual respect
• Integrity
• High ethical standards
• Collaboration
• Valuing different cultures and contributions

Through the community, Scopism seeks to:

• Appreciate the contribution of all community members
• Create an environment to support professional and personal growth
• Lead, support and facilitate effective use of individual and organizational contributions
• Recognize the accomplishments of the volunteers who contribute to them

Please familiarize yourself with the list below:

• Become familiar with Scopism’s strategy and your role in supporting the strategy.
• When required, attend and participate in meetings (in person or remotely, as appropriate). If you are a volunteer, Scopism recognizes that you act as a volunteer and that your professional or personal commitments may prevent you from attending. Please inform the appropriate person when you are unable to attend
• Participate constructively during meetings and activities
• Complete any tasks/projects that you volunteer to participate in and perform them in a timely manner. When you encounter difficulties, please notify the appropriate person as soon as possible
• Share knowledge and refrain from advertising or inappropriate commercial content
• Make constructive suggestions to improve the process and Scopism’s goals
• Respect and support decisions made including decisions for which you have a different opinion

Impartiality Policy

Scopism is committed to creating an impartial environment for all of its staff, volunteers, partners and community members. We want all of our stakeholders to experience an environment that is free from bias and discrimination.

If you feel that you have not received impartial treatment as part of the Scopism community or as a Scopism stakeholder, please email contact@www.scopism.com. We will investigate all reports promptly and thoroughly, and take corrective action where necessary.

Non-Discrimination Policy

Scopism is an equal opportunity employer and does not allow, condone, or support discrimination of any type within the organization. This policy applies to Scopism staff, volunteers, partners and community members.

If you feel that you have been discriminated against (for example but not limited to religion, sexual orientation, race, gender or age) as part of the Scopism community or as a Scopism stakeholder, please email contact@www.scopism.com. We will investigate all reports promptly and thoroughly, and take corrective action where necessary.

Anti-Harassment Policy

Scopism prohibits any harassing conduct or other behavior which creates an intimidating, hostile, or offensive environment for staff, volunteers, partners and community members. Harassing or otherwise inappropriate conduct includes, but is not limited to, verbal or physical conduct that denigrates or shows hostility or aversion toward an individual because of that person’s race, religion, gender, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, disability, or other such characteristic. Slurs, jokes, insensitive cultural references, use of stereotypes, hostility, insults and/or expressions of hatred or dislike directed at groups or individuals as members of groups within society can all be examples of prohibited harassing conduct. Scopism also strictly prohibits conduct that may constitute sexual harassment.

If you feel that you have experienced or witnessed harassment as part of the Scopism community or as a Scopism stakeholder, please email contact@www.scopism.com. We will investigate all reports promptly and thoroughly, and take corrective action where necessary.

Participation Agreement

This agreement covers all Scopism community partner and volunteer activities, including but not limited to committee, task force or ad hoc participation in Scopism activities and/or subject matter expert review of materials (collectively “Volunteer Activities”).

Confidentiality

You understand and agree that as a volunteer for Scopism, that you may be exposed to Scopism’s confidential or proprietary information (“Confidential Information”).  This includes information which has been identified as confidential by Scopism, is not generally known by the public or by parties which are competitive with or otherwise in an industry, trade, or business similar to Scopism, or should reasonably be understood to be confidential in nature.  You agree not to make copies of, discuss, disclose or otherwise disseminate, or assist or permit others to copy, discuss, disclose or otherwise disseminate, any Confidential Information and not to use the Confidential Information for any purpose whatsoever except directly in connection with your volunteer work with Scopism and you agree that this promise of confidentiality is valid during your Volunteer Activities and after they conclude.

Intellectual Property

You agree that any and all input, writing, or other materials created by you as part of your Volunteer Activities as well as the final collaborative product (the “Materials”) will be owned by Scopism from the time of creation and to the degree you own any rights in the Materials you also assign to Scopism all right, title and interest in the Materials. You represent that all Materials contributed by you are either original and created by you or that you have obtained the necessary permissions or approvals from whoever may own or have rights in all or parts of the Materials, for example your employer or someone that helped you create the Materials.  To the extent permissible under applicable law, you also waive in favor of Scopism, all rights of “Droit Moral” or “Moral Rights of Authors” or any similar rights or principles of law that you may now or later have to the Materials under such applicable law, and if such rights cannot be waived, then you assign all such rights to Scopism.   If Scopism needs assistance in registering or otherwise illustrating its right to the Materials set forth above, you agree to assist Scopism.

Use of Your Likeness

Except where prohibited by law, you agree (and agree to confirm in writing, if requested) to permit Scopism and those acting under its authority to use your name, photograph, voice and/or likeness, for promotional or other purposes in connection with the Volunteer Activities in any and all media without territorial or time limitations.  You acknowledge that Scopism is not required to use your name, photograph, voice and/or likeness, but if it does, that you do not have approval rights over such usage by Scopism except where explicitly agreed and such usage will be without compensation to you.

Conflicts of Interest

You agree that you will notify Scopism of circumstances which could create a conflict of interest with your participation in a particular Volunteer Activity by sending an email to contact@www.scopism.com. These circumstances include, but are not limited to, where your company is a vendor, or potential vendor, to Scopism or where you may be rendering services to Scopism through your employer or through a contract with Scopism. You acknowledge and agree that this obligation continues so long as you participate in any Scopism Volunteer Activities. 

Voluntary

You agree that your participation in Scopism Volunteer Activities, including, but not limited to, attending meetings or traveling to any destination in support of those activities, is completely voluntary. To the extent permissible under applicable law, you agree to hold Scopism and its officers, directors, members, employees and agents harmless from any complaint, claim or damage arising out of or in connection with participating in any Scopism Volunteer Activities.  Please note that all volunteer appointments are at Scopism’s discretion and may be revoked at Scopism’s discretion.

Purchases through Circle

How the contract is formed between you and us

The pages on Circle will guide you through the steps you need to take to place an order with us. Our order process allows you to check and amend any errors before submitting your order to us. Please take the time to read and check your order at each page of the order process.

If you are a consumer, you may only make a purchase from our site if you are at least 18 years old.

After you place an order, you will receive an e-mail from us confirming your order. The Contract between us will only be formed when we send you this email.

Our right to vary these Terms

We amend these Terms from time to time.

Every time you order a Service from us, the Terms in force at the time of your order will apply to the Contract between you and us.

We may revise these Terms as they apply to your order from time to time to reflect the changes in relevant laws and regulatory requirements.

If we have to revise these Terms as they apply to your order, we will contact you to give you reasonable advance notice of the changes and let you know how to cancel the Contract if you are not happy with the changes. You may cancel either in respect of all the affected Services or just the Services you have yet to receive. If you opt to cancel we will arrange a full refund of the price you have paid.

Your right to cancel the Contract

You have a legal right to cancel a Contract under the Consumer Contracts (Information, Cancellation and Additional Charges) Regulations 2013 during the period set out below in clause 2. This means that during the relevant period, if you change your mind or decide for any other reason that you do not want to make use of a Service, you can notify us of your decision to cancel the Contract and receive a refund.

Your legal right to cancel a Contract starts from the date of the Delivery Confirmation (the date on which we e-mail you to confirm our acceptance of your order), which is when the Contract between us is formed. You have 14 days to cancel the Contract should you wish to (for example, if the Contract is formed on 1^st January the last day on which you may cancel the Contract is the 15^th January).

You are unable to cancel the Contract at any time if you access a Service, or begin to use the Services in any way.

To cancel a Contract, you just need to let us know that you have decided to cancel. The easiest way to do this is to e-mail us at contact@scopism.com. If you are e-mailing us please include details of your order to help us to identify it. If you send us your cancellation notice by e-mail, then your cancellation is effective from the date you send us the e-mail.

If you cancel your Contract as described in the previous clauses we will refund you the price you paid.

We will refund you on the credit card or debit card used by you to pay.

Because you are a consumer, we are under a legal duty to supply Services that are in conformity with this Contract. As a consumer, you have legal rights in relation to Services that are not as described. These legal rights are not affected by your right of return and refund in this clause or anything else in these Terms. Advice about your legal rights is available from your local Citizens’ Advice Bureau or Trading Standards office.

Price and Payment

The prices of the Services will be as quoted on our site at the time you submit your order. We take all reasonable care to ensure that the prices of Services are correct at the time when the relevant information was entered onto the system.

Prices for Services may change from time to time, but changes will not affect any order you have already placed.

The price of a Service excludes VAT or any other sales tax. Should VAT or any other sales tax apply to the provision of the Services then the full price (including tax) will be shown to you on our site before you confirm your order

It is always possible that some of the Services are priced incorrectly. If we discover an error in the price of the Service you have ordered we will contact you to inform you of this error and we will give you the option of continuing to purchase the Service at the correct price or cancelling your order. We will not process your order until we have your instructions. If we are unable to contact you using the contact details you provided during the order process, we will treat the order as cancelled and notify you in writing. Please note that if the pricing error is obvious and unmistakeable and could have reasonably been recognised by you as a mispricing, we do not have to provide the Service to you at the incorrect (lower) price.

How to pay

You may pay for a Service using a debit card or credit card.

Payment for Services is in advance.

Services will not be provided until full payment has been received

Our liability if you are a consumer

If we fail to comply with these Terms, we are responsible for loss or damage you suffer that is a foreseeable result of our breach of these Terms or our negligence, but we are not responsible for any loss or damage that is not foreseeable. Loss or damage is foreseeable if it is an obvious consequence of our breach or if it was contemplated (or should have been contemplated) by you and us at the time we entered into this contract.

We have no liability to you for any loss of profit, loss of business, business interruption, or loss of business opportunity.

We do not in any way exclude or limit our liability for:

death or personal injury caused by our negligence;

fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation;

breach of the terms implied by section 2 of the Supply of Goods and Services Act 1982 (title and quiet possession

breach of the terms implied by sections 3, 4 and 5 of the Supply of Goods and services Act 1982 (description, satisfactory quality, fitness for purpose and samples)

Events outside our control

We will not be liable or responsible for any failure to perform, or delay in performance of, any of our obligations under a Contract that is caused by an Event Outside Our Control. An Event Outside Our Control is defined below.

An “Event Outside Our Control” means any act or event beyond our reasonable control, including without limitation strikes, lock-outs or other industrial action by third parties, civil commotion, riot, invasion, terrorist attack or threat of terrorist attack, war (whether declared or not) or threat or preparation for war, fire, explosion, storm, flood, earthquake, subsidence, epidemic or other natural disaster, or failure of public or private telecommunications networks.

If an Event Outside Our Control takes place that affects the performance of our obligations under a Contract:

we will contact you as soon as reasonably possible to notify you; and our obligations under a Contract will be suspended and the time for performance of our obligations will be extended for the duration of the Event Outside Our Control. Where the Event  Outside Our Control affects our performance of the Services to you, we will endeavour to connect the Services as soon as we can after the Event Outside Our Control is over.

You may cancel a Contract affected by an Event Outside Our Control which has continued for more than 30 days. To cancel please contact us. If you opt to cancel, we will refund the price you have paid, including any delivery charges.

Communications between us

When we refer, in these Terms, to “in writing”, this refers to e-mail.

Should you need to contact us please do so using the details provided above

Intellectual property

All intellectual property rights in the Services and any other products or materials supplied by us to you under the Contract belong to us and/or our licensors.

You agree that you shall not attempt to copy, modify, duplicate, create derivative works from, frame, mirror, republish, download, display, transmit, or distribute all or any portion of the Services in any form or media or by any means.

In the event that we discover that you have not complied with the terms of this clause, we shall be entitled to terminate the Contract immediately by writing to you.

Using the Services

Start and end of the Service

Any additional information required for access to the Service will be sent to you at the email provided by you

We are not responsible for delays incurred as a result of you providing us with incorrect information.

Other important terms

We may transfer our rights and obligations under a Contract to another organisation, but this will not affect your rights or our obligations under these Terms. We will always notify you in writing or by posting on this webpage if this happens.

This Contract is between you and us. No other person shall have any rights to enforce any of its terms

Each of the paragraphs of these Terms operates separately. If any court or relevant authority decides that any of them are unlawful or unenforceable, the remaining paragraphs will remain in full force and effect.

If we fail to insist that you perform any of your obligations under these Terms, or if we do not enforce our rights against you, or if we delay in doing so, that will not mean that we have waived our rights against you and will not mean that you do not have to comply with those obligations. If we do waive a default by you, we will only do so in writing, and that will not mean that we will automatically waive any later default by you.

These Terms are governed by English law. This means a Contract for the purchase of Services through our site and any dispute or claim arising out of or in connection with it will be governed by English law. You and we both agree to that the courts of England and Wales will have exclusive jurisdiction except that if you are a resident of Northern Ireland you may also bring proceedings in Northern Ireland, and if you are a resident of Scotland, you may also bring proceedings in Scotland.

Governing Law; Jurisdiction

Except to the extent prohibited by applicable law: this Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of England and Wales. To the extent permissible under applicable law, you specifically waive any right you may have or acquire to sue Scopism in a country other than the United Kingdom.  Where the applicable law prohibits waiver of the ability to institute and prosecute an action relating to this Agreement, the action may be instituted where permitted by the applicable law.  In addition, Scopism may at its discretion, initiate an action to enforce this Agreement under any applicable law in any court or tribunal permitted under applicable law.