Section 2 covers the standards faculty can expect to encounter at CWI. Topics include academic freedom, intellectual property.
Refer to INST 010 Academic Freedom in CWI Policies and Procedures Manual for information about the rights and responsibilities of faculty regarding academic freedom as both a citizen and a representative of the college.
CWI strives to create an educational and professional community demonstrating CWI 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 in the CWI Policies and Procedures Manual for additional information.
CWI recognizes that 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 Policy in the CWI Policies and Procedures Manual. See also HR 250 Political Activity (Employees) Policy.
CWI recognizes that 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 Policy in the CWI Policies and Procedures Manual.
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.
CWI hires individuals based solely on their qualifications and ability to carry out the duties of the available position. HR 260 Nepotism in the CWI Policies and Procedures Manual serves to reinforce the CWI’s commitment to practices which create and maintain an academic environment free of conflicts and constructive working relationships and practices that are fairly, efficiently, and evenhandedly applied 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.
CWI believes that 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 and Copyright Policy in the CWI Policies and Procedures Manual for guidelines relating to Copyright Material, Copyright Ownership by Category of Work, Use, Revision, and Alteration of Intellectual Property.
Here is a link to the CWI Copyright Permission Request Form.
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 and Confidentiality in the CWI Policies and Procedures Manual.
CWI 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 Policy and HR 300 - Attire and Grooming in the CWI Policies and Procedures Manual.
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 in the CWI Policies and Procedures Handbook.