Student Conduct Administration Values
The following are the values of the student conduct administration process:
1. Integrity –
All members of our community are expected to exemplify honesty, respect for truth,
and congruence with college standards and behavior expectations in all exchanges and
interactions.
2. Responsibility –
Members of our community are expected to take ownership of individual
choices and any subsequent consequences.
3. Respect –
All community members are expected to honor and esteem the
rights and freedoms of
each unique individual, and to understand the value and worth of college property and the
property of others, and to demonstrate care for individuals and property.
4. Fairness –
Members of the community are expected to follow all published rules and guidelines
in good faith as the college is committed to developing consistent, honest, and just systems.
5. Community –
Learning to live as a member of a community is an important part of the personal
development of our students. Each individual must learn to respect other individuals. As members
of the Spelman community, students are provided numerous venues to voice their own
expectations and concerns about community life. It is the college’s expectation that students will
use available campus resources to resolve differences and conflicts peacefully.
Student Code of Conduct
All members of the Spelman College community are expected to be responsible adults,
representatives, and ambassadors of the college. Students are accountable for all behaviors and
actions at all times. Because we exist in the larger society, the college does not provide immunity
from city, state, or federal law.
College Violations
The following conduct and any attempt to engage in the following conduct will be subject to
intervention and disciplinary action:
1. Academic Integrity*
Any form of academic dishonesty which may include, but is not limited to:
A. Cheating
B. Collusion/assisting any student or member of the college community in violating any of the
Academic Integrity policies and/or procedures.
C. Fabrication, falsification, and dishonesty
D. Misrepresentation of facts or unethical behavior designed to persuade any individual to alter
a grade(s).
E. Plagiarism
F.
Unauthorized permission to use the signature of another person on academic and other college
documents
G. Unlawfully accessing and/or securing tests
*Refer to College Bulletin for the full Academic Integrity policy and procedures.
2. Actions Against Members of the College
A. Abusive conduct
that includes any words or acts that cause physical injury, threaten any
individual, or interfere with any individual’s rightful actions.
I. Harassment
or any
physical, verbal, graphic, written, or electronic communications that
are sufficiently severe, pervasive, or persistent so as to threaten an individual or limit the
ability of an individual to function in the college community.
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