Refer to INST 010 – Academic Freedom for information about the rights and responsibilities of faculty regarding academic freedom as both a citizen and a representative of the College.
Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵÍø strives to create an educational and professional community demonstrating core values. Faculty are expected to uphold these values and serve as role models of integrity for students. Faculty must always model academic honesty, including providing proper credit during presentations (including handouts and PowerPoint/other software-assisted presentations) and in all individual academic endeavors. Refer to INST 020 – Academic Standards for additional information.
Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵÍø recognizes faculty are both members of the educational institution and private citizens. For guidelines related to political activity, faculty should refer to COMM 040 – Community Engagement. See also HR 250 – Employee Political Activity.
Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵÍø (CWI) recognizes employees may engage in outside employment of a professional and personal nature. CWI further encourages the sharing of professional knowledge with the community at large. However, employees owe their primary employment responsibility to CWI. Accordingly, the engagement in employment or independent contractor relationships outside of CWI by employees is subject to the guidelines set forth in HR 210 – Outside Employment.
Faculty shall not privately tutor their own CWI students for pay, nor solicit CWI students for tutoring through their employment at CWI. Faculty shall not tutor non-CWI students privately for pay on CWI property.
Disclose potential conflicts of interest using the Conflict of Interest Form.
Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵÍø hires individuals based solely on their qualifications and ability to carry out the duties of the available position. HR 260 – Nepotism serves to reinforce the College’s commitment to practices which create and maintain an academic environment free of conflicts and constructive working relationships and practices that are applied fairly, efficiently, and evenhandedly to all. See original policy for complete details on employment of persons related by family, marriage, or domestic partnership and supervision of persons related by family, marriage, or domestic partnership.
Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵÍø (CWI) believes the creation, discovery, and dissemination of knowledge are central to the achievement of its mission. CWI’s community shares both an interest in the protection of intellectual property as a creator of such property and in the authorized use of works authored by third persons in the daily pursuit of research, teaching, learning, and public service. Refer to CW 080 – Intellectual Property & Copyright for guidelines relating to copyrighted material, copyright ownership by category of work; and use, revision, and alteration of intellectual property.
The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) was designed to protect the privacy of a student's educational records, to establish the right of students to inspect and review their educational records, and to provide guidelines for the correction of inaccurate or misleading data through information and formal hearings. School officials may not disclose personally identifiable information from a student’s education record without written permission, unless such a disclosure is permitted by one of the FERPA signed-consent exceptions. Students have a right to file complaints with FERPA concerning alleged failures by the institution to comply with the act. Questions concerning FERPA should be referred to the dean of students, while details on guiding policy can be found in CW 090 – Records Retention and STU 090 – Student Records & Confidentiality.
Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵÍø strives to maintain a workplace environment that functions well and is free from unnecessary distractions. As part of that effort, the College requires employees to maintain a neat and clean appearance that is appropriate for the workplace setting and for the work being performed. To that end, managers may determine and enforce guidelines for workplace-appropriate attire and grooming for their areas. Details on expectations for attire and grooming can be found in HR 110 – Employee Conduct and HR 300 – Attire & Grooming.
Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵÍø (CWI) instructors are not required to conduct research activities as part of their job duties. However, some instructors may choose to conduct research.
CWI is committed to the ethical principles for the protection of human subjects and guidance for research related activities are found in INST 150 – Protection of Human Subjects.