(2 Feb 2021 - Under construction)
If you are posting on an ACBS website (contextualscience.org) SIG or Chapter listserv, please keep the following guidelines in mind to make for a robust, professional, and pleasant communication experience.
1. Be mindful of others. Post thoughtfully and occasionally. Consider our global audience, and post inclusive, prosocial content that invites engagement from members of diverse and intersecting identities including: language, country of residence, national origin, race, ethnicity, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, socioeconomic status, occupation, age, marital status, political belief, religion, and physical abilities.
2. Keep posts confidential. ACBS lists are not confidential, and posts can be reviewed by any ACBS member on the website. If you’re writing about a clinical issue, please omit any identifiable information.
3. Identify yourself with your full name and country of residence on all messages. Include credentials and business contact information if you’re comfortable sharing this information.
4. Stay on-topic and do not start new posts using someone else's subject line.
5. Search ACBS for past discussions related to your topic or question to review the history of the topic before posting and to avoid duplication.
6. Communicate with your values. Before posting, it may be helpful to ask yourself if your response is motivated by values you've chosen freely (e.g., curiosity, creativity, collaboration) or by something more automatic (e.g., the urge to look good, to be right, to sound scientific, etc.).
7. Question and challenge. Facilitate discussions related to contextual behavior science, practice, and contextual philosophy of science. Consider the overall vision of ACBS – the alleviation of human suffering and the advancement of human well-being through research and practice grounded in contextual behavioral science. Ask yourself whether your post is aligned with this vision.
8. Backchannel to limit email traffic and target your audience. If your response doesn’t need to be seen by other members, go off-list to continue the conversation. For example, thank you’s and brief comments should be directly emailed to the individual, not the listserv (members’ email addresses are near the top of their post).
9. Solve problems or contact moderators. Moderators do not intervene in discussions, but occasionally may post clarifications of the general guidelines. Resolve problems off-lists by directly emailing the member. If you need support or have questions about listserv posts or problems with other listserv members, please contact the SIG’s listserv’s moderators (POST A LINK), a SIG board member, or the ACBS Listserv Lead Moderator by using the Contact form on the ACBS website.
10. Pause before posting: actions have consequences. Hostile or discriminatory content in posts will not be tolerated. If the moderating team has asked you to try writing with a different tone or to take an argument off-list and the request has been ignored, you may temporarily lose the privilege of posting until we can discuss the matter further with you. These are the graduated sanctions for refusal to post with collegiality and compassion:
1. Written request that you pause before posting again
2. Explicit warning with details regarding the objectionable content and reminder of the next step the moderating team will take if the behavior continues
3. Six-month removal from the SIG’s listserv
4. Permanent removal from the SIG’s listserv
11. Limit marketing. You may give a one-time post to market for-profit trainings and books you produced. You are welcome to post about free materials that could be beneficial to the community.
Use the Digest feature to receive one daily email with a compilation of daily posts. You can opt into this format by going to My Account on the ACBS website, and clicking on Manage Group Subscriptions. More instructions about joining/changing/unsubscribing from ACBS listservs may be found here.