05/24/2018

How the American Alliance of Museums Created its Code of Conduct

Here’s an inside look at the steps the organization took to develop it

The ongoing #MeToo movement has shone a light on sexual harassment at conferences and other events associations host. Because of this, many associations are developing meeting-specific policies and codes of conduct that outline different types of harassment and intimidation at meetings and what behaviors are prohibited.

One of these groups is the American Alliance of Museums, which unveiled its first-ever code of conduct at its annual meeting earlier this month.

“Part of what we want to do is model how museums can be welcoming to all audiences, so going forward … we want museums to take this code of conduct, revise it, begin conversations around it, and really try to implement some of those strategies about being intentional about being welcoming in their own institutions,” said Dr. Nicole Ivy, director of inclusion at AAM.

Please select this link to read the complete article from Associations Now.