Faculty Senate Code of Ethics 

Adopted by Faculty Senate 6/8/18 
Approved by President 6/29/18 

1. Constantly uphold the honor and dignity of your elected position as a member of the Faculty Senate in all personal conduct and relations with students, faculty, staff, administration, and outside constituencies. 

2. Prepare for each meeting by devoting time, thought, and study to the items to be addressed at each meeting. Your response may determine the success or failure of an important item on the agenda. 

3. Read and follow the By-Laws of the Faculty Senate – be aware of the trust we have 来自我们的同事. 

4. Exercise a high level of integrity and decorum when discussing items from our agenda 与同事. 

5. Never discriminate unfairly by dispensing privileged information to anyone, and never accept favors or benefits under circumstances which might be construed by reasonable 有影响力的人. 

6. Make no private promises to colleagues, staff or administrators on behalf of the Faculty Senate without another Faculty Senate member present. 例如,你可以 promise not to give the name of an individual whose concern is brought before the Faculty Senate, but you cannot promise him or her the vote of the senate. 

7. Expose breaches of integrity and confidence wherever and whenever discovered. 讨论 this with one of the three 军官 in the Faculty Senate. 

8. Work with fellow members in a spirit of harmony and cooperation in spite of differences of opinion that may arise. 

行为准则 

1. Do not use your position to influence or to gain special favors. 

2. Do not give preferential treatment (inside information) to any member of the staff, faculty, or administrators unless assigned that specific duty. 

3. Do not make a commitment or decision for the Faculty Senate without consulting one of the three 军官 or receiving the full support of the Faculty Senate. 

4. No member of the Faculty Senate, in the presence of staff, colleagues, or administrators, 应该 criticize any other member of the Faculty Senate for actions carried out in the execution of his or her senatorial duties. 

5. No member of the Faculty Senate shall miss a meeting without notifying one of the 军官. 

6. No senator shall reveal or discuss how other senators voted on senate business. 

7. Solicit information only from your school unless you are asked or assigned by committee 不然的话. (这 is not intended to discourage the normal, informal conversations between the faculty of different schools.)

8. Two members of the Faculty Senate MUST attend any meeting in which, a policy change is considered and the Faculty Senate has been asked to attend and explain our position on the policy, or other business relevant to the senate. Also, the discussion at these meetings 应该 be limited to previously identified topics. If other topics are addressed, members of the Faculty Senate will excuse themselves from further discussion. 

9. 性格冲突 will not be tolerated during a scheduled or non-scheduled Faculty Senate meeting or our attendance at another EGSC meeting. 性格冲突 MUST be left at the door during senate meetings, especially regarding speakers or 客人. 

10. Nothing discussed at our meetings 应该 be construed as a personal attack. 这 会非常困难. Emotions can be misinterpreted as a personal attack when actually 它们不是. The presiding officer will rule such comments out-of-order as stated 《网上火博体育》.