Code of Conduct.

1. Purpose of this Code

This Code of Conduct governs participation in The Civic Reset Project, including website use, civic circles, volunteer activities, public discussions, events, community engagements, resource use, digital engagement and any other platform-related activity.

The purpose is to preserve a civic environment that is serious, non-partisan, respectful, constructive, non-violent and focused on public responsibility.

2. Who must comply

This Code applies to:

1. members;
2. volunteers;
3. civic circle organisers;
4. contributors;
5. event participants;
6. public users of the website;
7. community partners;
8. persons engaging with Civic Reset materials;
9. any person participating in activities associated with The Civic Reset Project.

3. Core standards

Participants must conduct themselves with:

1. truthfulness;
2. respect;
3. restraint;
4. civic responsibility;
5. fairness;
6. dignity;
7. non-violence;
8. evidence-consciousness;
9. respect for lawful public engagement;
10. commitment to constructive action.

4. Non-partisan conduct

Participants must not use The Civic Reset Project to promote, campaign for, fundraise for, defend or attack any political party, candidate or campaign organisation.

Participants may discuss governance, leadership accountability, public policy and civic responsibility. However, such discussion must remain issue-based, evidence-conscious and non-partisan.

The platform must not be converted into a campaign structure, praise machine, propaganda tool or political attack platform.

5. Respectful engagement

Participants must speak truthfully but respectfully.

Disagreement is permitted. Criticism is permitted. Honest civic challenge is permitted. However, participants must not engage in insults, threats, harassment, intimidation, defamation, bullying, stalking, humiliation, doxxing or coordinated abuse.

The standard is simple: attack issues, not persons.

6. No hate or discrimination

Participants must not publish, share, promote or encourage content that attacks, dehumanises, threatens or incites hostility against any person or group on the basis of ethnicity, religion, gender, age, disability, region, political identity, social status, nationality or any other protected or sensitive characteristic.

The platform may discuss difficult civic realities, but it must never become a channel for hatred.

7. No violence or incitement

Participants must not encourage violence, intimidation, mob action, unlawful protest, destruction of property, vigilantism, threats or coercion.

The Civic Reset Project supports lawful, peaceful, constructive and responsible civic engagement.

8. Evidence and responsible sharing

Participants must not knowingly share false information, fabricated claims, manipulated media, unverified allegations, misleading statistics or content designed to deceive.

Before sharing serious claims about a person, public office, institution, election, project, community matter or public fund, participants should take reasonable steps to verify the information.

9. Responsible use of resources

Civic Reset resources are provided for civic education and constructive public use.

Participants must not:

1. alter resources in a misleading way;
2. remove attribution;
3. sell resources without permission;
4. present the resources as the publication of another organisation;
5. use resources to promote hate, violence, propaganda or political manipulation;
6. use resources to falsely imply endorsement by The Civic Reset Project.

10. Civic circles and community discussions

Civic circles and community discussions must be conducted responsibly. Organisers must ensure that discussions:

1. remain non-partisan;
2. reject hate speech;
3. reject violence;
4. focus on issues and responsibility;
5. encourage participation without intimidation;
6. produce practical follow-up where possible;
7. respect local laws and community safety.

The Civic Reset Project may decline, suspend or withdraw recognition from any civic circle or group that violates this Code.

11. Volunteer conduct

Volunteers must act with integrity and restraint. Volunteers must not:

1. collect money in the name of the platform without written authorisation;
2. represent themselves as authorised officers where they are not;
3. make public commitments on behalf of the platform without authority;
4. misuse member or participant data;
5. use the platform for personal political advancement;
6. harass, pressure or exploit participants.

12. Public leaders and influential persons

Political, civic, traditional, religious, professional and institutional leaders may engage with the platform's ideas, resources and public conversations.

However, no leader may use the platform to:

1. claim ownership of the movement;
2. convert it into a campaign tool;
3. suppress criticism;
4. compel praise;
5. attack opponents;
6. influence the platform's independent civic voice.

13. Data and privacy conduct

Participants must respect the privacy of others.

No person may use the platform to collect, expose, publish or misuse personal information without lawful basis and appropriate consent.

Members, volunteers and organisers must handle personal data responsibly and only for authorised civic purposes.

14. Events and meetings

At events, meetings or dialogues connected with the platform, participants must:

1. follow lawful instructions of organisers;
2. avoid disruption;
3. avoid threats or intimidation;
4. respect speakers and participants;
5. avoid unauthorised recording where privacy has been requested;
6. avoid partisan campaigning;
7. avoid hate speech or incitement.

15. Enforcement

The Civic Reset Project may take reasonable steps where this Code is violated, including:

1. issuing a warning;
2. removing content;
3. declining publication;
4. suspending participation;
5. removing a person from a civic circle or event;
6. restricting access to platform activities;
7. reporting unlawful conduct to appropriate authorities where necessary;
8. taking any other lawful action required to protect the platform and its users.

16. No waiver

Failure to enforce any part of this Code at any time does not prevent the platform from enforcing it later.

17. Closing standard

The Civic Reset Project is built on values, responsibility and public trust. Anyone who participates in it must help preserve those standards.