Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3361:40 - Students › Chapter 3361:40-5 - Conduct, Rights and Responsibilities › Section 3361:40-05-05 - Conduct, rights and responsibilities: student code of conduct

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A)
								Introduction
(1)
									Preamble
(a)
										Bearcat
			 bond
In pursuit of its mission to develop
				educated and engaged citizens to enrich the global community, the university of
				Cincinnati ("university") aspires for its students to demonstrate high
				standards of integrity and conduct. As a guide to community members to obtain
				this objective, in spring of 2012, the bearcat bond was endorsed by faculty
				senate, graduate student government, and undergraduate student government. The
				bearcat bond identifies community values essential to fostering a safe and
				scholarly environment. The bearcat bond states the following:
"As a member of the university of
				Cincinnati, I will uphold the principles of a just community and the values of
				respect, responsibility, and inclusiveness. I will promote the highest levels
				of personal and academic honesty and aspire continuously to better myself, the
				bearcat community, and the world."
Although there is no policy that
				expressly states that students are bound to the bearcat bond, the spirit of the
				bearcat bond is incorporated in university policy, and most especially, in the
				student code of conduct (S.C.O.C.).
(b)
										The university of
			 Cincinnati serves the people of Ohio, the nation, and the world as a premier,
			 public, urban research university dedicated to undergraduate, graduate, and
			 professional education, experience-based learning and research. The university
			 is committed to excellence and diversity in its students, faculty, staff, and
			 all of its activities. The university provides an inclusive environment where
			 innovation and freedom of intellectual inquiry flourish. Through scholarship,
			 service, partnerships, and leadership, the university creates opportunity,
			 develops educated and engaged citizens, enhances the economy, and enriches the
			 university, city, state and global community.
When students are admitted to and
				attend the university, they accept the rights and responsibilities of
				membership in the university's academic and social community. Just as the
				university has set high standards for membership, the university has
				established high standards for acceptable and unacceptable behavior for the
				university community and its members; thus, university standards of conduct,
				while falling within the limits of the law, may exceed local, state, or federal
				requirements.
The purpose of the S.C.O.C. is to
				inform students of their rights and responsibilities, identify procedures to
				address student behavior that is inconsistent with the community values
				reflected in university policies, and recommend potential sanctions,
				interventions, and measures designed to educate and safeguard the university
				community and its members.
(c)
										The authority for
			 the S.C.O.C. is found in section
			 3345.21 of the Revised Code. The
			 university conduct system is separate and independent of any criminal or civil
			 proceeding. If a student is undergoing civil or criminal action for the same
			 behavior which forms the basis of conduct action at the university, the
			 university may continue the conduct process as outlined in the
			 S.C.O.C.
(d)
										Students are responsible for knowing and honoring the
			 university's S.C.O.C. and other rules and policies of the university of
			 Cincinnati. The S.C.O.C. is not a contract between the university and the
			 student. The university reserves the right to change the S.C.O.C. at any
			 time.
(e)
										The university has a duty to take reasonable efforts to
			 make the S.C.O.C. available for students. The office of student conduct and
			 community standards will circulate the S.C.O.C. along with other rules,
			 regulations, and policies, which directly affect students at the university of
			 Cincinnati. The university will also provide notice to students when changes
			 are made to the S.C.O.C. The S.C.O.C. will be available for review in the
			 following locations: the office of student conduct and community standards, the
			 office of student conduct and community standards webpage, and the university
			 of Cincinnati board of trustees' webpage.
(f)
										To ensure
			 compliance with federal, state, and local laws, orders of a court or other
			 governmental authority, and university rules and policies, the university board
			 of trustees may revise the S.C.O.C. in consultation with the office of general
			 counsel and the office of student conduct and community standards without
			 regard to rule
			 3361:40-05-03 of the
			 Administrative Code.