Institutional Governance
Community Standards
The Society's canonical standards governing the conduct of its membership community and the character of its shared scholarly spaces.
Effective 2026-06-27
Principles
Collegiality
Members engage one another as colleagues in a shared scholarly enterprise, with the patience and good faith that such an enterprise requires.
Intellectual Honesty
Members represent their views, their work, and the work of others accurately and without dissimulation.
Institutional Stewardship
Members treat the Society's shared spaces as institutional property held in common for the advancement of its scholarly purposes.
Character of the Community
The Society's membership community exists to advance scholarly inquiry, institutional continuity, and collegial exchange. Its standards reflect the seriousness of that purpose.
Expectations of Members
Members are expected to engage in good faith, to attribute the work of others accurately, to respect the confidentiality of internal deliberation where so designated, and to uphold the Society's scholarly standards in their public conduct.
Inadmissible Conduct
Conduct that diminishes the dignity of members, that misrepresents scholarly work, that breaches institutional confidence, or that brings the Society into disrepute is inadmissible.
Resolution and Remedy
Where conduct is inconsistent with these Standards, the Society proceeds by way of institutional remedy proportionate to the matter, beginning with informal address and rising, where necessary, to formal review by the appropriate office of the Society.
Continuity
These Standards form part of the Society's institutional governance and are to be read together with the Membership Agreement, the Acceptable Use Policy, and other governance publications.
Revisions
- 2026-06-27Initial publication.