*Code of Conduct- City Ethics Rules* (
http://empowerla.org/code-of-conduct/)
WHEREAS, the Commission expects Board Members to conduct themselves in a manner in keeping with an established Code of Conduct and with a proper regard for the rights and welfare of other Board Members, Stakeholders, Committee Members, and volunteers;
Neighborhood Council Board Members should conduct themselves in a professional and civil manner.
Neighborhood Council Board Members should treat other Board Members and members of the public with respect regardless of the other's opinion, ethnicity, race, religion, religious belief or non-belief, color, creed, national origin, ancestry, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender expression, age, disability, marital status, income, homeowner status, renter status or political affiliation.
(The below section refers to harassment of fellow Board Members. However, in this case a Board Member was harassing his Stakeholders. This instance of harassment was so egregious in my opinion, that I would like to request that DONE to incorporate this passage to be considered for a Board Member against a Stakeholder.)
Neighborhood Council Board Members should not engage in "bullying" or harassment which is generally defined as follows:
"Bullying" is conduct that meets all of the following criteria:
is reasonably perceived as being dehumanizing, intimidating, hostile, threatening, or otherwise likely to evoke fear of physical hand or emotional distress;
Is directed at one or more Board Members;
Is conveyed through physical, verbal, or technological means;
Substantially interferes with participation opportunities, benefits, or programs of one or more Board Members at Neighborhood Council sponsored activities or events;
adversely affects the ability of a Board Member to participate in or benefit from the Neighborhood Council programs or activities by placing the Board Member in reasonable fear of physical harm or by causing emotional distress; and,
Is based on a Board Member’s actual or perceived protected characteristic (see 2 above), or is based on an association with another person who has or is perceived to have any of these characteristics.
"Harassment" is conduct that meets all of the following criteria
is reasonably perceived as being dehumanizing, Intimidating, hostile, threatening, or otherwise likely to evoke fear of physical harm or emotional distress;
Is directed at one or more Board Members;
Is conveyed through physical, verbal, or technological means;
Substantially interferes with participation opportunities, benefits, or programs of one or more Board Members at Neighborhood Council sponsored activities or events;
adversely affects the ability of a Board Member to participate in or benefit from the Neighborhood Council programs or activities because the conduct, as reasonably perceived by the Board Member, is so severe, pervasive, and objectively offensive as to have this effect; and,
Is based on a Board Member’s actual or perceived protected characteristic (see 2 above), or is based on an association with another person who has or is perceived to have any of these characteristics.