{"id":1040,"date":"2003-07-22T09:32:40","date_gmt":"2003-07-22T13:32:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/dbnews\/uc-sexual-relations-policy\/"},"modified":"2003-07-22T09:32:40","modified_gmt":"2003-07-22T13:32:40","slug":"uc-sexual-relations-policy","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/dowbrigade\/uc-sexual-relations-policy\/","title":{"rendered":"UC Sexual Relations Policy"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/a><\/p>\n

From the actions adopted by the University of California Board of Regents
\n on July 17, 2003<\/strong><\/p>\n

C. Revision of Faculty Code of Conduct – Academic Personnel Manual 015:
\n Faculty-Student Relations Policy<\/p>\n

The Committee recommends that The Regents adopt revisions to the Academic Personnel
\n Manual Section 015, the Faculty Code of Conduct, Part II – Professional Responsibilities,
\n Ethical Principals, and Unacceptable Faculty Conduct – Section A. Teaching and
\n Students, as shown below, effective immediately.<\/p>\n

deletions shown by strikeout, additions by underscore<\/p>\n

The Faculty Code of Conduct<\/strong><\/font>
\n II.A. Teaching and Students<\/p>\n

Ethical Principles. “As teachers, the professors encourage the free pursuit
\n of
\n learning of their students. They hold before them the best scholarly standards
\n of
\n their discipline. Professors demonstrate respect for students as individuals
\n and
\n adhere to their proper roles as intellectual guides and counselors. Professors
\n make every reasonable effort to foster honest academic conduct and to assure
\n that
\n their evaluations of students reflects each student’s true merit. They
\n respect the
\n confidential nature of the relationship between professor and student. They avoid
\n any exploitation, harassment, or discriminatory treatment of students. They
\n acknowledge significant academic or scholarly assistance from them. They
\n protect their academic freedom.” (AAUP Statement, 1966; Revised, 1987)
\n In
\n this section, the term student refers to all individuals under the academic
\n supervision of faculty.<\/p>\n

The integrity of the faculty-student relationship is the foundation of the
\n University’s educational mission. This relationship vests considerable
\n trust in the
\n faculty member, who, in turn, bears authority and accountability as mentor,
\n educator, and evaluator. The unequal institutional power inherent in this
\n relationship heightens the vulnerability of the student and the potential for
\n coercion.
\n The pedagogical relationship between faculty member and student must
\n be protected from influences or activities that can interfere with learning
\n consistent with the goals and ideals of the University. Whenever a faculty
\n member is responsible for academic supervision of a student, a personal
\n relationship between them of a romantic or sexual nature, even if consensual,
\n is
\n inappropriate. Any such relationship jeopardizes the integrity of the educational
\n process.
\n <\/u>
\n In this section, the term student refers to all individuals under the academic
\n supervision of faculty.<\/p>\n

Types of unacceptable conduct:<\/p>\n

1. Failure to meet the responsibilities of instruction, including:\n<\/p>\n

\n

(a) arbitrary denial of access to instruction;
\n (b) significant intrusion of material unrelated to the course;
\n (c) significant failure to adhere, without legitimate reason, to the rules
\n of the faculty in the conduct of courses, to meet class, to keep
\n office hours, or to hold examinations as scheduled;
\n (d) evaluation of student work by criteria not directly reflective of
\n course performance;
\n (e) undue and unexcused delay in evaluating student work.\n <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

2. Discrimination, including harassment, against a student on political
\n grounds, or for reasons of race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, ethnic
\n origin, national origin, ancestry, marital status, medical condition, status
\n as a covered veteran, or, within the limits imposed by law or University
\n regulations, because of age or citizenship or for other arbitrary or personal
\n reasons.<\/p>\n

3. Violation of the University policy, including the pertinent guidelines,
\n applying to nondiscrimination against students on the basis of disability.<\/p>\n

4. Use of the position or powers of a faculty member to coerce the judgment
\n or conscience of a student or to cause harm to a student for arbitrary or
\n personal reasons.<\/p>\n

5. Participating in or deliberately abetting disruption, interference, or
\n intimidation in the classroom.<\/p>\n

6. Entering into a romantic or sexual relationship with any student for whom
\n a faculty member has, or should reasonably expect to have in the future,
\n academic responsibility (instructional, evaluative, or supervisory).(1)<\/p>\n

7. Exercising academic responsibility (instructional, evaluative, or
\n supervisory) for any student with whom a faculty member has a romantic
\n or sexual relationship.
\n<\/u><\/p>\n

(1)A faculty member should reasonably expect to have in the future
\n academic responsibility (instructional,
\n evaluative, or supervisory) for (1) students whose academic program will require
\n them to enroll in a course taught by
\n the faculty member, (2) students known to the faculty member to have an interest
\n in an academic area within the
\n faculty member’s academic expertise, or (3) any student for whom a faculty
\n member must have academic
\n responsibility (instructional, evaluative, or supervisory) in the pursuit of
\na degree.<\/em><\/u><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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