Conduct and Courtesy

### Conduct

Conduct refers to the the general rules and guidelines of Lot 52. Members of L52 are expected to follow these rules in game, Discord, and any other EvE social platform, and while interacting with others. Please remembers that as a member, you are a representative of Lot 52. Management and HR (Discord mods) moderate at their discretion, preferring to resolve matters privately rather than taking punitive measures.

We invite any member of either our Discord or server with concerns to message Board Members or members of HR to handle and disputes, complains, or concerns. We are here to listen to you.

* We do not tolerate any sort of queerphobia or questioning the validity of anyone's identities. This is including but not limited to homophobia and transphobia in any form. We will also moderate any sort of truscum, enbyphobia, and anything that brings into question the validity of our community members. Further, cis identities are to be respected and not questioned. We do not tolerate misogyny or misandry, and respect everyone's identity. It's important to remember and respect the spectrum of our community.
* We do not tolerate racism or xenophobia. Our corp stands opposed to racial injustice wherever it is found, and stands opposed to the degradation of other cultures or nationalities. We believe Black Lives Matter. We believe No Human Is Illegal.
* We do not tolerate any form of ableism, concerning mental disabilities, health, neurodivergency, or other types of medical shaming. We try to avoid being reductive of others or their decisions concerning their health.
* We do not tolerate any form of ageism. EvE is a game all sorts of people enjoy, both young and old. All experience is valuable.
* We do not tolerate any form of body shaming. The outside world does that for us already.
* We do not tolerate sexual harassment in any form, anywhere. This includes, but is not limited to, uninvited sexual advances as well as unnecessarily sexual jokes, memes, comments, or other content, regardless of who it was directed at or if it was directed at anyone. Sex is good and fun. Not everyone wants to be blasted by it without warning.
* We do not tolerate any sort of nationalism, fascism, bootlicking or right winged ideologies as they run counter to our values and routinely bring into question the lives and validity of many of our members. We refuse to give a platform to fascism, even if they're being a 'nice' fascist and deftly avoiding the use of hate speech, we will not tolerate their ideology. We are not particular fans of homonationalism or assimilationism.
* We keep shit-talk towards members or outsiders to a minimum and encourage our members to work on keeping positive outlooks regarding themselves, their skills, their opponents, and their endeavors. We understand upsetting things happen in life and in EvE, but we always try to strive towards constructive discussion and resolution. This benefits the health of the corporation environment and the health of our members.
* We strive to keep our EvE operations social and friendly amongst each other, and create an open environment for others. For those purposes, we try to keep more social discourse to **#the-cafeteria** channel of our Discord, or the **L52 Public** in-game channel. Serious topics, such as mental health issues, politics, religion, or other sensitive issues should be handled respectfully, and kept to a minimum in these places. Important topics can be discussed, but should be held with respect for all involved, including anyone being discussed (ideally, discuss ideas rather than people). Highly triggering content, including but not limited to suicide, rape, graphic violence and hate speech is not welcome in these places. HR (our moderators) reserve the right to place your message within a spoiler tag if it is found to be objectionable, or if a complaint is filed. Should your message be found to be totally unacceptable, it may get deleted and you will be contacted for a solution-oriented discussion. We do understand that mistakes happen and the lines may not always be clear, so we try to avoid punitive action when it is not warranted.
* Some common EVE language is not conductive to our values, and we ask our members do not use it, and it be refrained from use in our channels. We recognize that it is not our duty to police the speech of pilots in the greater EvE community, but we reserve the right to create a space where we do not permit the normalization of harmful language, and hope to lead by example. Some example of questionable common parlance and their better alternatives are:
	+ "Come whore on this killmail!" ➔ "Come get on this killmail".
	+ "Suicide gank/roll" ➔ "high-sec gank" *(we get this one's hard)*
	+ "That's so Aids/Cancer/etc." ➔ "That's so shitty."
	+ "Hey Boys/Guys/Fellas/Newbros!" ➔ "Hey Folk/Fam/Friends/Nerds!"

If you have any questions or suggestions for these rules, please reach out to a Board Member or a member of HR!

### Courtesy

Courtesy refers to good habits and practices that keep everyone happy and on the same page, and help the corporation flourish. Consider these to be guidelines and suggestions, not rules, that will help make everyone's life easier.

* Use the fleet subfolders (numbered 6-10) when making temporary location bookmarks in a fleet or group. Subfolders 1-5 are intended for more permanent/corp-wide bookmarks to be used for others.
* Try to keep bookmarks and containers clearly labeled, and use the appropriate expiration, if any. Board Members may rename or erase dead bookmarks, or rename containers. A naming guide is available in our corporate bulletins.
* Bring company ships back at the end of the month, or contact a member of Management to check-in if you are flying a company fit. All hangars are inventoried at the end of the month, and missing ships are replaced from the company wallets. If ships cannot be accounted for, they will be marked as lost, and pilot dividends will suffer.
* Avoid replacing charges or drones inside their respective containers, and avoid stacking charges and drones in them. Once you take these items, you should hold on to them. Putting them back in their hangar containers can leave partial stacks, and stacking them makes it harder for other pilots to pick up what they need quickly.
* Consider adding to the corporation stockpile, especially if you are using a company ship. Depending on your activities, this can be as simple as dropping a minor percentage of your mining haul to us, manufacturing a few of our focused goods, sorting through your own salvage for the few specific pieces we use, or even using one of our drop hangars for your trash pile. The corporation will naturally take a 4.2% tax from ratting, bounty, and mission activities over 100,000 ISK, but continued growth depends primarily on direct pilot donations and input.
* Donations should go only into the **LOOT AND DONATIONS** hangar. A list of our preferred items is available in our in-game bulletins. Donations of ISK are to be made only to the *Community Fund* wallet.
* Are you traveling in our office wormhole system of J170106? It is customary for pilots of Lot 52 to tag their ship with the prefix "**VRR**" to ensure we are not seen as hostiles to our allies. Pilots may additionally announce their arrivals in the in-game channel *THE HOME DEPOT* for extra safety.
* Setting standings is a privilege reserved to Board Members and Heads. Negative standings are set against corporations with repeated coordinated attacks or camps against Lot 52. All pilots can always petition for standings to be set against someone, but should have a strong case. "I don't like their name" is not a strong case. Equally, positive standings can be set to folk who have shown trustworthiness, reliability, or help in a time of need.

## See Also

About Us

Lot 52 And You

Operational Procedures