The Brewers Association has a new Code of Conduct, a step in holding accountable member breweries that engage in racial, sexual, or other forms of discrimination.
The next step: establishing a complaint process that could lead to the expulsion of members who violate that code. The BA already has been circulating new bylaws that would make it possible to remove members from the organization.
Bob Pease, the BA’s president and CEO, says in today’s announcement that the new Code puts into writing the responsibility to follow the law as well as eliminate “discrimination, harassment, and bias of all types.”