[jacalata]

Some people appear to feel that any code of conduct is evidence of toxic SJW takeover.

[teacup50]

Well, it is. They're the ones that push them through. It's classic bureaucratic maneuvering: it gives you a political hammer from which you can then further cement a position of authority by leveraging the threat of official censure.

See also the expansion of Title IX and the resulting chill on campus speech.