The Code of Conduct is a set of regulations that dictate the behavior of Diplomats, whether on or off-site. All members of the department are to remain in alignment with the following regulations in order to represent the department in a good light.
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While onsite, all Department of External Affairs’ personnel are to maintain and remain professional as well as upholding appropriate standards of maturity at all times.
While offsite, Department of External Affairs’ personnel are expected to maintain the same aforementioned expectations when conducting official department business.
Professionalism is categorized as the proper usage of essential grammar (punctuation, capitalization, and syntax) as well as appropriate maturity for the given scenario.
Provisions revolving around the usage of grammar are voided when communication is through the team-chat while on the Paragon Research Institute.
2. Members of the Department of External Affairs are strictly prohibited from engaging in any toxicity in any way, shape or form, under no circumstances as to preserve the public image of both the department and foundation.
There are absolutely zero exceptions for cases of toxicity, and they will be handled on a case-by-case basis.
3. All personnel of the Department of External Affairs whilst on a foreign premise are to abide by the legislation imposed by the foreign entity that is applicable to them.
This may include any form of a foreign Code of Ethics or any legislation that is similar and applicable.
Misrepresentation of the department and foundation on a foreign premise is grounds for a severe reprimand.
4. Likewise, all members of the Department of External Affairs are to represent the department and foundation at large in a positive and well-mannered light.
5. Any and all orders provided by the Department of External Affairs’ Command are to be followed and carried out.
Under no circumstances should any orders from a superior be violated unless classified as an “illegal order”.
An “illegal order” is defined as any official order by a member of the Department of External Affairs’ Command that would otherwise be in violation of any foundation or department legislation. Any order that would be inappropriate, but not in violation of any written legislation, should still be reported.
Any illegal orders should be reported to High Command, or the direct superior of the issuing member of the Department of External Affairs’ Command.
6. Under no circumstances should a member of the Department of External Affairs intentionally (and blatantly, if applicable) misuse any department utilities/privileges granted onsite.
Some examples of privileges/utilities granted onsite is the combative radio and access to the inner Class-D Containment Zone.
The combative radio, for instance, should not be utilized for any unimportant or irrelevant rationales. An appropriate rationale is up to open-interpretation, so long as the rationale is justified.
For more information regarding inner Class-D Containment Zone access, see the corresponding regulation.
7. Upon obtaining the rank of “Diplomat”, personnel within the Department of External Affairs will attain the privilege of escorted access into the inner and outer Class-D Containment Zone.
An appropriate escort must be present in order to obtain access; an appropriate escort would be a member of the Security Department and/or Mobile Task Forces through the “requests” channel in the radio.
Personnel may not cross the guardline without an escort.
8. Classified documentation and/or information pertaining to the Department of External Affairs is not to be disseminated under any circumstances unless given explicit authorization by Central Command.
Any relevant information concerning the department that is classified “Private” may be declassified by a Director General or above. Information classified “Internal” may only be declassified by the Executive Ambassador.
The intentional and unintentional dissemination of classified information will be handled on a case-by-case basis by either department command or the Audit and Accountability Committee.
9. The seeking of loopholes within official department documentation is strictly prohibited, especially the then attempted (and potentially successful) circumvention of regulations.
Exemptions for cases of no malice or illicit intent will not be offered.
10. It is against the core structure, values, and principles of the Department of External Affairs for the implementation of any activity quota. Rather, members of the department are simply expected to maintain an active presence both on and offsite.
In order to maintain an active presence, Diplomats should at least be presenting the department onsite regularly as well as actively conversing the wider department.
Assignments will most oftenly have imposed deadlines for when they should be completed. The failure to meet and abide by these deadlines will result in a reprimand that will be handled on a case-by-case basis.
11. Members of the Department of External Affairs are to maintain a positive and reflective reputation within the wider genre, ensuring well-representation of the department and foundation.
It is important that the staff composition of the department is composed with that of the most respectable individuals in the genre, likewise ensuring a positive public image.
12. Under absolutely no circumstances should a member (or better yet, multiple members) of the Department of External Affairs directly or indirectly cause a Diplomatic Failure.
A Diplomatic Failure is defined as a given incident caused directly or indirectly by a member (or multiple) of the department that has resulted in a failure to accomplish goals set out for the department.
Diplomatic Failures may, for example, be the failure to maintain a foreign relation, resulting in the termination of relations.
Diplomatic Failures may also be an isolated incident that has resulted in a tensioning of relations.
Diplomatic Failures will be handled on a case-by-case basis, typically corresponding with the harshest of results.
13. Personnel within the Department of External Affairs upon reaching the rank of “Diplomat” will obtain access to the Community Moderation Teams’ team. Under no circumstances should the aforementioned personnel log onto or utilize the team unless authorized by High Command.
The only exception is moderating a hostile incursion, where only a proportional amount of Diplomats may be on-team.
There should be a Diplomat on-team to account for each participating party. (i.e. two moderators for two parties, three moderators for three parties, etcetera)
The rules for moderating and the explicit rules for the usage of the team may be found within the Raid/Riot Moderation Branch Manual; the regulations that it contains are to be followed whenever moderating a hostile incursion.
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