Code of conducts are untested unlike democratic processes. They are too new and too different. Some can be written benign and others not. They are tools. Most

Code of conducts are untested unlike democratic processes. They are too new and too different. Some can be written benign and others not. They are tools. Most political structures have rules in them which work regardless of who weilds them, codes of conduct don't. Codes of conduct assume they will be used by good people (and most of them are!) real law or poltical processes assume they might be used by bad people. There's a real good reason why we think in law that the accused should be treated as if they are innocent. Most codes assume the accused is guilty.