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Disciplinary Conduct
As set forth in the Standards of Conduct contained in the University
Policies and Regulations published in the Student Services Guide,
students enrolled at Case Western Reserve University and the Weatherhead
School of Management (Weatherhead) are expected to behave in an honorable,
trustworthy and orderly manner. The University and Weatherhead reserve
the right to discipline any student who acts in violation of the
Standards of Conduct or any other University rule.
Standards of
Conduct
- All forms of dishonesty including cheating, plagiarism, knowingly
furnishing false information to Weatherhead faculty or administrators,
alterations or misuse of University documents or records are prohibited.
- Use of texts or papers prepared by commercial or non-commercial
agents and submitted by a student as his/her own work is prohibited.
- Submission of work in one class prepared for in another class
without the prior authorization of the course instructors is prohibited.
- Giving or receiving unauthorized assistance in any form, including
the use of unauthorized aids, copying from another student's work,
soliciting and/or receiving unauthorized aid orally or in writing,
giving unauthorized aid or similar actions contrary to the principles
of academic honesty is prohibited.
- Unauthorized submission or use of computer-generated material
is prohibited.
- Copying University owned or licensed software or data or loading
it to another computer system for personal or external non-CASE
use without prior written approval is prohibited.
- The modification of University owned or licensed software or data
without prior written approval is prohibited.
- Damage or disruption to the operation of computer equipment, data
communications equipment or data communications lines is prohibited.
- The use of University owned or licensed computers for non-educational
purposes or for purposes for which they were not intended is prohibited.
- Theft or vandalism of any University property or the property
of any student, faculty or staff member, or the property of anyone
invited or permitted to be on University property is prohibited.
- Actual or threatened physical or mental abuse of any person on
University premises or at any University sponsored event off of
University premises is prohibited.
- Disorderly conduct is prohibited.
- Refusal to comply with the directives of University faculty or
staff acting in the performance of their duties is prohibited.
- Violation of any University Standard of Conduct or any other rule
or policy contained in the CASE Student Service Guide or any other
rule of the University is prohibited.
- The violation of any of the Standards of Conduct may result in
discipline up to and including expulsion from the University.
Disciplinary Procedures
In the event that a faculty member, administrator or student suspects
or has knowledge that a student has violated the Weatherhead Standards of
Conduct, that person shall prepare a written, signed statement consisting
of the following:
- A complete description of the acts constituting the violation
of the Standards of Conduct, including dates, times, locations and
names of individuals involved.
- The written statement should be directed to the Weatherhead Dean's designee.
The Dean’s designee will review the statement to determine
whether or not the written statement contains enough information
to warrant further investigation.
- If the Dean’s designee determines that further investigation
is warranted, he/she may require that other parties involved or
having knowledge of the alleged violation make a written statement
describing their knowledge of the incident.
- The student in question will be notified in writing of the nature
of the charges against him/her. The student will also be notified
that a hearing will be scheduled and that the student will have
the opportunity to defend himself/herself against the allegations
and to confront his/her accuser(s) and to have an advisor present
at the hearing. After receiving all written statements and any other
pertinent information, the Dean’s designee will convene an
ad hoc Hearing Committee of the following people:
a) two persons from the body of elected student officers;
b) two full-time regular faculty members; and
c) one administrative staff member.
- Neither the students, staff nor faculty shall constitute a majority
of the ad hoc Hearing Committee. The members of the committee will
elect one member to serve as Chairperson.
- The ad hoc Hearing Committee members will be provided with the
written documents concerning the alleged incident and any other
pertinent information.
- A hearing date will be decided upon and communicated to all parties
involved. Prior to the hearing date, the student in question shall
have access to all written documents and any other information the
ad hoc Hearing Committee has reviewed.
- On the hearing date, all members of the ad hoc Hearing Committee
must be present.
- At the hearing, the student may be accompanied and assisted by
an advisor. The advisor shall not be permitted to participate in
the hearing except to advise the student.
- A record will be made of the hearing.
- The student shall have the opportunity to argue his/her defense
and to present supporting witnesses. The student shall have the
opportunity to confront his/her accusers and to hear and cross-examine
witnesses against him/her by directing all such inquiry through
the person chairing the meeting.
- The Hearing Committee shall have the authority to limit the time
for testimony for each witness, including the testimony of the student
in question.
- After the hearing, the Committee shall convene to discuss the
evidence presented and to make a written recommendation. The recommendation
may include discipline up to and including suspension and expulsion.
The recommendation shall be made to the Weatherhead Dean or designee within
a reasonable period of time after the hearing. The student will
receive a copy of the Committee's recommendation.
- The Dean or designee shall have the authority to accept, reject
or modify the Hearing Committee's recommendation. The Dean or designee
shall communicate his/her decision in writing to the student and
the Committee.
- In cases of suspension or expulsion only, the student may appeal
an adverse decision to the University Appeals Board.
- In no event will a student be suspended from classes or expelled
prior to a final resolution of the charges, except in cases where
the Weatherhead Dean or designee and members of the CASE Office of Student
Affairs feel the student's presence on campus presents a risk of
danger to persons within the University community.
Student Grievance
Policy
In the event that you should feel unjustly affected by
an academic or administrative action or decision of the faculty or
staff of Weatherhead, you may grieve the action or decision in the
following manner:
- You should bring your complaint directly to the
person responsible for the action, which is the subject of the grievance.
At this step, you should talk to the person responsible in an
effort to resolve the problem informally.
- If your efforts at informal resolution of the problem
are not successful, you shall prepare a written statement
within a reasonable period of time after the action or decision
which gives rise to the grievance. The statement shall contain the
following
a) a brief description of the alleged unjust academic or administrative
action or decision;
b) the names of the individual(s) involved;
c) an explanation of the previous attempts to resolve the problem(s);
d) the action(s) that the student believes should be taken to resolve
the problem.
The written statement shall be directed to the Weatherhead Dean's designee.
- The Dean’s designee may request that the individual(s) named
in the student's written statement prepare a written statement responding
to the grievant.
- Upon receiving the aforementioned written statements from the
individuals involved, the Dean’s or designee shall convene
an ad hoc committee of three persons. One committee member shall
be a Weatherhead student, one committee member shall be a full-time Weatherhead
faculty member and one committee member shall be a Weatherhead non-faculty
administrator.
- The ad hoc committee shall consider the written statements of
the individuals involved and any other information they deem relevant.
The committee may interview the individuals involved, including
the student grievant.
- The ad hoc committee shall make a written recommendation to the
Dean or designee of Weatherhead and furnish a copy to the student grievance.
- The Dean’s designee may accept, reject or modify any or
all of the recommendations made by the ad hoc committee. The Dean’s
designee shall make the final decisions as to the grievance and
shall communicate the decision to the student in writing.
- The decision of the Dean's designee shall not be appealable except
informally to the Dean of the Weatherhead School.
- All grievances shall be held in strictest confidence by all involved.
- The following subject matters shall not be entertained as grievances
under this grievance policy:
a) violations of the CASE Standards of Conduct as set forth in the
Student Services Guide;
b) violations of any Weatherhead honor codes;
c) any actions resulting in your academic or disciplinary
suspension or dismissal from class.
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