Stripe Developer Code of Conduct

Last Updated: April 2023

The Stripe Developer Relations Program is dedicated to providing a safe, inclusive, welcoming, and harassment-free space and experience for all participants, regardless of gender identities, sexual orientations, ethnicities, races, socio-economic backgrounds, level of experience, ages, abilities, religions, national origins or any other aspects of identity.

Our Code of Conduct exists because of that dedication. We do not tolerate harassment in any form.

This Code of Conduct applies to all Stripe Developer Relations Program spaces, including the Stripe Developer Advisory Board, Developer Community Experts, App Developers, Developer Relations Programs GitHub and Discord Discussions forums, live and recorded Developer events and comment threads, and Stripe Developer Relations Programs events (for both members and their guests), online and off, as well as in one-on-one communications pertaining to Stripe Developer Relations Program business. Persons violating our Code of Conduct may be penalized or expelled at the discretion of community moderators.

Some Stripe Developer Relations Program spaces (such as specific GitHub Discussions topics) may have additional rules in place, which are posted publicly for participants. Participants are responsible for knowing and abiding by these rules. We invite all those who participate in the Stripe Developer Relations Program to help us create safe and positive community experiences.

Consequences for noncompliance with the Code of Conduct may include a discussion with program managers, mediation with the participant you may have harmed, or ejection from the program.

Behavior

Harassment includes but is not limited to:

• Discriminatory language and actions that relate to gender, gender identity and expression, sexual orientation, disability, mental illness, neuro(a)typicality, physical appearance, body size, age, race, or religion.

• Trolling, insults, or personal attacks.

• Violent or personally objectifying material.

• Gratuitous or off-topic sexual images or behavior.

• Unwelcome sexual attention.

• Physical contact and simulated physical contact (e.g., textual descriptions like “backrub”) without consent or after a request to stop.

• Violent language or threats of violence.

• Incitement of violence towards any individual, including encouraging a person to commit suicide or to engage in self-harm.

• 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.

• Pattern of inappropriate social contact, such as requesting/assuming unprofessional levels of intimacy with others.

• Continued one-on-one communication after requests to cease.

• Deliberate “outing” of any aspect of a person’s identity without their consent.

• “Doxxing,” or threatening to post or posting other people’s personally identifiable information without consent.

• Publication of non-harassing private communication without consent.

• Blogging, tweeting, or otherwise communicating with intent to harm someone’s reputation, i.e., “making an example” of a member.

• Intimidation, stalking, or following.

• Harassing or unwanted photography or recording, including logging online activity for harassment purposes.

• Sustained, uninvited disruption.

• Other conduct which could reasonably be considered inappropriate in a professional setting.