Academic Catalog

5.5 Code of Ethics

  1. Responsibility

    To know the difference between choices and outcomes; evaluating short versus long-term consequences and accepting those consequences without justifying actions or blaming others to escape sanctions and/or accountability.

  2. Fairness
    • Respect for the individual and commitment to equal opportunity in a diverse society.
    • Support for the freedoms of religion, of the press, of speech, and of the right to assemble.
    • Belief that individual rights and privileges are to be exercised responsibly, especially with respect to others.
    • Conviction that no one is above the law.
  3. Civility

    To honor others’ viewpoints and solves problems without creating greater ones.