Code of Conduct

Sydney Women’s Baseball League is committed to providing safe and harmonious community for all its members.  It seeks to ensure that members are not subjected to treatment that is hostile and immoral. 

Sydney Women’s Baseball League considers bullying, harassment, and discrimination unacceptable.  It will not be tolerated under any circumstances.  Sydney Women’s Baseball League takes seriously the duty of care obligations to its members, officials, spectators, and the community. 

To prevent any misunderstanding or misinterpretations when problems occur during the baseball season Sydney Women’s Baseball League has instituted the following Code of Conduct for members, officials and spectators.  This has been distributed in the hope that it will strengthen our community, its policies and share the clear expectations that our SWBL community has in regards to standards of behavior. 

Code of Conduct

As a member of the Sydney Women’s Baseball League, I agree to: 

Respect my coordinators, coaches and officials. The coordinators, coaches and officials are volunteers who donate their time to our community and my appreciation of their help should be reflected in all my actions on and off the playing field. 

Respect my team members and other members of the league.  I will not insult, criticize or verbally abuse any other player. Such behavior does not promote but destroys team / league spirit and will not be tolerated by the Sydney Women’s Baseball League.

Never resort to physical threats or actions to rectify a situation.  Physical outbursts are unacceptable and will be dealt with using a zero-tolerance policy.  Any occurrence will be immediately directed to the SWBL Committee.

Display good sportswomanship at all times.  As a representative of the Sydney Women’s Baseball League, it is my duty to reflect the characteristics of fair play at all times.  I will display to others that competition is healthy and I will not lower the standards of the Sydney Women’s Baseball League by engaging in unsportsmanlike conduct.

Be a contributor to the Sydney Women’s Baseball League.  I play baseball not only for my own personal pleasure and benefit but for the benefit of the Sydney Women’s Baseball League community.  I will always give 100% to my team by doing the best job that I can.

Be proud to be a player for the Sydney Women’s Baseball League and have FUN doing it!

Grievance Handling

All members shall have access to a formal mechanism for resolution of baseball related grievance. The emphasis on grievance handling is on resolution through mediation. 

For more information please refer to the SWBL Grievance Policy, copies can be found at either the website (below) or requested from a committee member at the BBQ. SWBL Policies regarding Bullying, Harrassment & Discrimination, Member Discipline and the Privacy and Confidentiality Statement can also be viewed and downloaded below.

Policy_Grievance.doc

Procedure_Grievance.doc

Policy_Bullying_Harassment_and_Discrimination.doc

Procedure_Member_Discipline.doc

Policy_Privacy_and_Confidentiality_Statements.doc