# Contributor Code of Conduct > Creative Commons (CC) is an organization and global community that champions > openness, sharing, and creativity. We are committed to fostering a safe, > inclusive, respectful, and harassment-free environment for > everyone—regardless of age, ability, disability status, ethnicity, gender > identity and expression, level of experience, nationality, personal > appearance, race, religion, or sexual identity and orientation. > > We pledge to act in ways that contribute to a welcoming, diverse, and healthy > community across all CC activities—whether online or in person, formal or > informal. This project and all other Creative Commons open source projects are governed by our [Code of Conduct][code_of_conduct]. [code_of_conduct]: https://creativecommons.org/code-of-conduct/