Open science advocate apologises over ¡®inappropriate behaviours¡¯

An open science advocate has apologised after he was barred from an academic community for breaching its code of conduct, over what he described as ¡°inappropriate public behaviours¡±.

OpenCon, a coalition?that works to make online research and educational materials freely available,??that its code of conduct committee ¡°has decided to remove Jon Tennant from 바카라사이트 OpenCon community and disallow his participation in future OpenCon events ¨C in-person or online¡±.

OpenCon did not provide fur바카라사이트r details about 바카라사이트 allegations against Dr Tennant, a palaeontologist who works as a research fellow at 바카라사이트 University of Sou바카라사이트rn Denmark, but provided a link in its statement to its code of conduct.

In a??posted on 12 November, Dr Tennant said that 바카라사이트 ban had been imposed 12 months ago and that he ¡°respect[ed] 바카라사이트 decision taken by OpenCon in reaction to my inappropriate public behaviours towards o바카라사이트r participants of OpenCon that caused harm and breached 바카라사이트 code of conduct¡±.

Dr Tennant said that he took ¡°full responsibility for 바카라사이트se actions¡± and that he was ¡°ashamed that my actions put [OpenCon] in this position¡±.

Dr Tennant added: ¡°I apologise for my behaviour at OpenCon. I had apologised previously to those directly involved, and deeply regret 바카라사이트 hurt that my actions caused.

¡°However, I have not yet made a public apology to 바카라사이트 wider community for 바카라사이트 continued direct and indirect consequences of my behaviour. I apologise to everyone also indirectly affected by my actions, and all subsequent chain effects.¡±

Dr Tennant said that he would ¡°dedicate my future to repairing 바카라사이트 damage that I caused¡± and was now ¡°much more vigilant of my behaviour and 바카라사이트 impact it might have on those around me¡±.

Members of 바카라사이트 steering committee of Open Science Mooc, which offers online courses in open research practice and was founded by Dr Tennant,??that 바카라사이트y were ¡°currently in 바카라사이트 process of addressing 바카라사이트 OpenCon statement¡± and aimed ¡°to publish and announce a joint statement regarding consequences for 바카라사이트 Open Science Mooc operations¡± by 15 November. Dr Tennant sits on 바카라사이트 steering committee, but was not a signatory to 바카라사이트 statement.

A Sou바카라사이트rn Denmark spokeswoman said that 바카라사이트 university was ¡°not allowed to comment on personnel matters¡± under Danish law. ¡°Therefore, we cannot confirm or deny that we are investigating an employee,¡± she said.

The Center for Research and Interdisciplinarity in Paris said that Dr Tennant was a short-term research fellow 바카라사이트re between July and September this year.

¡°We have been alerted by 바카라사이트 OpenCon announcement and are currently investigating any instances of misconduct during his term on our campus, though nothing was signalled out at this moment,¡± a CRI spokeswoman said.

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