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Academic Personnel Manual
General University Policy Regarding Academic Appointees
Section UCD-015, Procedures for Faculty Misconduct Allegations
Exhibit A, Examples of Unacceptable Faculty Conduct
Examples of "unacceptable faculty conduct" from APM
015, Part II (this list is not exhaustive):
- Failure to meet the responsibilities of instruction, including
- arbitrary denial of access to instruction;
- significant intrusion of material unrelated to the course;
- substantial failure to adhere to faculty rules regarding conduct
of courses, to meet class, to keep office hours, or to hold exams
as scheduled;
- evaluation of student work by criteria not directly reflective
of course performance; and
- undue and unexcused delay in evaluating student work.
(APM-015, II.A.1)
- Violation of University policies regarding discrimination, including
harassment, against students, employees, or colleagues on political
grounds, or for reasons of race, religion, sex, sexual orientation,
ethnic or national origin, ancestry, marital status, medical condition,
disability, status as a covered veteran; or, within limits of law or
University policy, because of age or citizenship; or for other arbitrary
or personal reasons. (APM-015, II.A.2, A.3; II.C.5, C.6; II.D.2, D.3)
- Violations of the canons of intellectual honesty, such as research
misconduct and/or intentional misappropriation of the writings, research,
and findings of others. (APM-015, II.B)
- Serious violation of University policies governing the professional
conduct of faculty, including but not limited to:
- Violating policies regarding research, outside professional activities,
conflicts of commitment, clinical practices, violence in the workplace,
and whistleblower protections. (APM-015, II.C.7)
- Making evaluations of the professional competence of faculty members
by criteria not directly reflective of professional performance.
(APM-015, II.D.1)
- Breach of established rules governing confidentiality in personnel
procedures. (APM-015, II.D.4)
- Entering into a romantic or sexual relationship with any student
for whom a faculty member has, or should reasonably expect to have
in the future, academic responsibility (instructional, evaluative,
or supervisory). (APM-015, II.A.6)
- Exercising academic responsibility (instructional, evaluative,
or supervisory) for any student with whom a faculty member has a
romantic or sexual relationship. (APM-015, II.A.7)
- Using faculty position or powers to coerce a student's judgment
or conscience or to harm a student for arbitrary or personal reasons.
(APM-015, II.A.4)
- Unauthorized use of University resources or facilities on a significant
scale for personal, commercial, political, or religious purposes.
(APM-015, II.C.3)
- Intentional misrepresentation of personal views as a statement
of position of the University or any of its agencies. (APM-015,
II.E.1)
- Disruption of University functions, including:
- Participating in/abetting disruption, interference, or intimidation
in the classroom. (APM-015, II.A.5)
- Intentional disruption of University-sponsored or -authorized
functions or activities. (APM-015, II.C.1)
- Inciting others to disobey University rules so as to create a
clear and present danger of violence against persons or property
or of significant impairment to the University's central functions.
(APM-015, II.C.2)
- Forcible detention, threats of physical harm to, or harassment
of another that interferes with the person's performance of University
activities. (APM-015, II.C.4)
- Commission of a criminal act that has led to conviction in a court
of law and that clearly demonstrates unfitness to continue as a
faculty member. (APM-015, II.E.2)
- Failure to provide appropriate oversight of restricted University
facilities or property or select agents as described in the Department
of Agriculture Agricultural Bioterrorism Protection Act of 2002
(7 CFR 331 and 9 CFR 221) or the Department of Health and Human
Services Regulations regarding Possession, Use, and Transfer of
Select Agents and Toxins (42 CFR 37).
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