POLICY 4.12.3 - Professional Ethics: Code Of Ethics

While ethical violations can result in dismissal for cause, intermediate remedies are not precluded. Expectations of faculty professionalism include:

• Conduct themselves in accordance with the university’s Code of Ethics, any codes of conduct of their school or division, and any codes of conduct of the professional association expected of their position at the university
• Demonstrate respect for the faculty, staff, students, patients, clients and other members of the university community
• Demonstrate appropriate behaviors and actions in matters involving privileged relationships, confidentiality and privacy
• Demonstrate commitment to academic freedom, a culture of diversity, open inquiry and discourse
• Demonstrate fairness in the exercise of the authority given their position at the university
• Deal with conflict of interest through disclosure, third-party monitoring or by declining to participate, as appropriate
• Demonstrate commitment to the highest standards of academic integrity in their own scholarship and, given the standards expressed in the university’s Honor Code, in the scholarship of their students
• Consistently and satisfactorily meet the obligations commensurate with their position at the university
• Conduct themselves in an appropriate manner when away from the institution and representing the university