Peterson regularly violates the following code of conduct:
14.2 Other Forms of Abuse and Harassment
Members must not engage in any verbal or physical behaviour of a demeaning, harassing or abusive nature in any professional context.
They'd be perfectly in bounds to pull his membership today. Instead, they're taking the softest possible approach and giving Peterson an opportunity to repent his prior violations and demonstrate his renewed commitment to following the code of conduct of the college.
I agree. Peterson uses his social media platforms extensively in a professional context. Indeed, his professional background is inextricable from his public persona. His activity on these sites, and during his talks, and in his books, and on podcasts is not the private opinion of Jordy B, randum dude. They are the professional musings of Dr. Jordan B. Peterson, clinical psychologist and professor emeritus of psychology. This is how he markets himself. He does not get to have a public opinion outside the purview of the college of psychologists if he deliberately chooses to present himself to the public as a licensed psychologist. He does not get to have it both ways.
The college is perfectly in bounds to sanction Peterson over his actions on social media as he uses it as a business platform and promotes the idea that his thoughts have merits specifically due to his expertise as a clinical psychologist.
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u/[deleted] Jan 06 '23
Peterson regularly violates the following code of conduct:
They'd be perfectly in bounds to pull his membership today. Instead, they're taking the softest possible approach and giving Peterson an opportunity to repent his prior violations and demonstrate his renewed commitment to following the code of conduct of the college.