Conduct Policies

Code of Conduct

The Big Ideas @ Berkeley Marketplace is a service provided by the University of California, Berkeley, in partnership with the Big Ideas @ Berkeley Initiative, led by Thomas Kalil, Special Assistant to the Chancellor, to facilitate communication and the philanthropic relationships between student-lead project teams of the UC Berkeley community and faculty members, the extended Cal Community (our alumni, corporate, foundation, non-profit, and community partner individuals), friends and family, and the world as potential supporters and donors of UC Berkeley student-led initiatives, defined as “users” of the system.

Certain uses of Big Ideas @ Berkeley Marketplace are inconsistent with this purpose, including, but not limited to:

• activities that are illegal or fraudulent;

• use that inaccurately implies endorsement, approval, or sponsorship by UC Berkeley (or any individual officer of the University);

• use that can be confused with official communications of UC Berkeley or its officers;

• use that can be confused with official communications of the Big Ideas @ Berkeley Initiative or its officers;

• activities that violate other users' privacy, such as transferring membership access to the system or releasing personal information about others, such as name, address, or phone number;

• harassment of any individual; or

• violations of Discussion Forum and Comments posting Guidelines

UC Berkeley will deny further access to the secure portion of this Web site to those who engage in these or similar practices. Participants in the Big Ideas @ Berkeley Marketplace who misuse information and communication services may be removed from the Big Ideas @ Berkeley community permanently, and they could face legal action for failure to abide by the policies and procedures outlined in the code of conduct agreement. Please contact us for feedback or to report violations of this code of conduct. The University reserves the right to reorganize or delete any postings and may at its discretion reassign a discussion forum topic’s ownership. UC Berkeley may deny access to Big Ideas @ Berkeley Marketplace.

Cause for such termination of Big Ideas @ Berkeley Marketplace services shall include, but not be limited to:

• breaches or violations of the Big Ideas @ Berkeley Marketplace;

• requests by Big Ideas @ Berkeley Marketplace members for self-initiated account deletions;

• discontinuance or modification to Big Ideas @ Berkeley Marketplaces; and

• technical or security issues or problems.

Users will ordinarily receive a single warning about behavior that violates the Code of Conduct and policies governing Big Ideas @ Berkeley Marketplace. The warning will cite the specific behavior or behaviors that violate the policy, invite the user to respond, and explain that rights to any and all services of Big Ideas @ Berkeley Marketplace will be terminated if the cited behavior is repeated.

When a user’s Big Ideas @ Berkeley Marketplace service is terminated, UC Berkeley will:

• notify the holder of the account via an e-mail that their access to Big Ideas @ Berkeley Marketplace is being terminated; and

• terminate the access to the Big Ideas @ Berkeley Marketplace services

Use of the Big Ideas @ Berkeley Marketplace service is also governed by the following policies:

• UC Berkeley IT Policies

• University of California Electronic Communications Policy

Discussion Forum and Comments Posting Guidelines

UC Berkeley values the diversity of viewpoints fostered in an academic setting and is steadfast in its commitment to free speech, encouraging the open exchange of ideas and perspectives.

The opportunity to participate in the discussion forums and comments posting are a privilege, not a right. The University may, under certain circumstances and without prior notice, immediately terminate your access to Big Ideas @ Berkeley Marketplace services.

UC Berkeley cannot protect individuals against the existence or receipt of materials that may be offensive to them. However, if UC Berkeley believes, in its sole discretion, that a user's participation in Big Ideas @ Berkeley Marketplace violates the guidelines set forth here, UC Berkeley reserves the right to take any and all actions it deems necessary and appropriate including, but not limited to: deleting a posting or limiting or denying a user's access to Big Ideas @ Berkeley Marketplace.

UC Berkeley requires that discussion forum posts and comments conform to following standards for posting:

• Keep your comments to the relevant initiative topic or purpose of the discussion forum topic.

• Limit your post to a reasonable length, not to exceed 400 words.

• Do not post copyrighted material or lengthy essays or articles (generally defined as no more than 400 words) without appropriate permission to the list.

• Please include your full name in your posts.

• When responding to an earlier message, do not quote all of a previous message. Instead, quote only those sections that are relevant.

• If you are asking a question, please encourage people to respond directly to you and offer to summarize responses and send the summary to the forum.

• Please be polite, professional, and respectful. Constructive discussion is encouraged; personal attacks and flame wars are not.

• You may not send commercial messages to the list.

• Do not include attachments in your messages.

Because some of the discussion forum sections are not moderated forums, administrative approval may be not required for posting. This means that users will be held accountable for adhering to the “Discussion Forum and Comments Posting” guidelines set forth here. Users are required to self-police their postings to ensure that they meet the guidelines. The University may review user postings at any time to determine if there have been violations of the guidelines.

Privacy Statement

The Big Ideas @ Berkeley Marketplace exists to help current undergraduate and graduate students connect with potential outside supporters who may be interested in funding their initiatives.

The secure areas of the community are accessible only to members of the UC Berkeley community who are currently registered students with a CalNet ID and other authorized users, such as donors and authorized staff. The information contained in secure areas of the Web site are only to be used for University business and for individual communication between members listed herein.

Student members who register themselves in the Big Ideas @ Berkeley Marketplace will be asked to provide their personal e-mail address and phone number. This information will not be visible to the public; it will be used solely for internal communication between the Big Ideas @ Berkeley administrators and the students. There will be an opportunity for students to post a team contact form for visitors of the site to directly contact the student team if they choose to do so.

UC Berkeley can and may deny access to any user of the community who misuses any information contained within the site, e.g. the e-mail addresses, phone numbers, etc. provided by the team when posting an initiative. UC Berkeley has taken reasonable precautions to secure the personal information available through the Big Ideas @ Berkeley Marketplace registration. The student registration pages are located on a secure Web site that incorporates the latest encryption technology. Although these precautions should protect any personal information available through the registration process from abuse or outside interference, a certain degree of privacy risk is faced any time information is shared over the Internet. (? TBD - Therefore, through the section of the community called "My Account," you have the ability to control the nature and amount of information available to other users. This functionality is available to you once you become a member of the Big Ideas @ Berkeley Marketplace.)

Individuals also have the right to withhold their information entirely from the Big Ideas @ Berkeley Marketplace site. During registration, individuals may choose to withhold their information from the Big Ideas @ Berkeley Marketplace and thereby opt out of the Big Ideas @ Berkeley Marketplace community. Individuals who decline the Code of Conduct and Privacy Policy have not opted out of the Big Ideas @ Berkeley Marketplace community, and, until they opt out of the Big Ideas @ Berkeley Marketplace, their names and basic information will appear in the initiatives description section if they choose to do so.