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PDA is committed to providing a safe, professional, and welcoming environment for our members, employees, and all other professionals voluntarily engaging in PDA activities*. All participants** are expected to abide by this Code of Conduct when participating in both in-person and virtual PDA activities.

Agreement

By participating in PDA activities, you agree to abide by the following professional standards:

  • Act honestly and ethically.
  • Treat all PDA members, employees, and fellow participants with respect, courtesy, and dignity.
  • Non-discrimination and respect of ethnic, national, and cultural differences.
  • Obeyance of all applicable local, state, and federal laws, including all laws and regulations that govern appropriate conduct in the workplace.
  • No disruptive, destructive, or otherwise detrimental conduct or unacceptable behaviors*** in any form.
  • No commercial or promotional presentations or other solicitations unless officially approved by or contracted with PDA.
  • No video/audio recording, making copies, taking screenshots, or other replications or duplications of any event content unless approved by PDA.

Questions and Code Violations

PDA has zero tolerance for Code of Conduct violations. Questions, notifications of unacceptable behavior, or other items related to the Code of Conduct may be submitted to [email protected].

PDA reserves the right to take any action deemed necessary and appropriate in response to any incident of unacceptable behavior, including, but not limited to, immediate removal from the activity without warning or refund, removal of unapproved promotions or solicitations, and/or prohibition of participation in any future activities, etc.

* Activities include, but are not limited to, advisory boards, committees, authoring teams, chapters, commenting teams, conferences, interest groups, meetings, training courses, webinars, workshops, etc.

** Participants include, but are not limited to, attendees, authors, employees, exhibitors, members, panelists, partners, service providers, speakers, sponsors, committee members, trainers, volunteers, etc.

*** Unacceptable behaviors include, but are not limited to, negative conduct or comments related to gender, sexual orientation, disability, physical appearance, body size, race, religion, national origin, inappropriate use of nudity and/or sexual images in public spaces or in presentations, harassment, intimidation, stalking, threatening, unwelcome attention, violence, etc.