University faculty and administrators have a responsibility to be informed concerning the relevant scholarship of others in the fields in which they write, teach, and administer. To keep current in any field requires continuing study. Although University faculty and administrators should feel free to criticize another's work, distortion or misrepresentation is always unacceptable. Relevant evidence and arguments should be addressed. Conclusions should be frankly stated, even if unpopular.
Significant contributions require acknowledgment in every context in which ideas are exchanged.
University faculty and administrators shall comply with institutional rules or policies requiring confidentiality concerning oral or written communications. Such rules or policies frequently will exist with respect to personnel matters and evaluations of student performance. If there is doubt whether such a rule or policy is in effect, a University faculty member or administrator should seek clarification. An evaluation made of any colleague should be based exclusively upon appropriate performance criteria fairly weighted in accordance with standards understood by the University faculty and administrators. This page is maintained by Don Wykis and Jennifer Barrett.