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Workplace Expectations: Professional Conduct

Applies to: All faculty, staff, contractors and volunteers

Purpose: To define the college’s expected standards of conduct in the workplace

Policy Owner: Human Resources

Revision Dates: April 2021

Last Reviewed: April 2021

Policy

St. Norbert College expects all faculty, staff, contractors and volunteers to adhere to high standards of conduct in the workplace. All members should be respectful to one another at all times, along with being good stewards of college resources. Anyone who violates the college’s professional conduct policy will be subject to corrective action that could include termination.

Although it’s not possible to list all forms of unprofessional conduct, here are some behaviors that violate the college’s professional conduct policy.
  1. Poor job performance
  2. Loafing, neglecting your duties, being incompetent or inefficiently performing your duties (e.g., wasting materials, property or working time)
  3. Failing or willfully refusing to perform work as directed; insubordination
  4. Failing or willfully refusing to work in harmony with other employees, students, donors or visitors; being discourteous; or creating disharmony, irritation or friction with other employees, students, donors or visitors
  5. Using profane, obscene or abusive language or behavior while at work or work-related functions
  6. Being dishonest, stealing or damaging property, or falsifying information or records
  7. Placing obscene phone calls or writing inappropriate emails; using social media inappropriately; stalking; or coercing employees, students or visitors
  8. Making disparaging comments, written or spoken, that have a detrimental effect on college operations or on the reputation of the college or individuals
  9. Fighting, threatening, intimidating, physically attacking or coercing others on college premises
  10. Repeatedly being late or absent from work, or failing to follow the proper procedures to report absences
  11. Being absent from work without approval
  12. Using leave for a purpose other than the one for which it was granted
  13. Soliciting employees during work time without authorization, or distributing literature in work areas
  14. Accessing an unauthorized area
  15. Using college equipment for nonbusiness purposes without approval
  16. Removing or using property belonging to the college, other employees, students or visitors without authorization
  17. Allowing or failing to report unauthorized individuals on campus
  18. Carelessly or willfully damaging, losing or destroying property belonging to the college, other employees, students or visitors
  19. Breaching confidentiality, or tampering with computerized information or hard-copy records
  20. Acting negligently in observing safety regulations or policies, performing work unsafely, or failing to report on-the-job injuries or unsafe conditions
  21. Committing a crime at work, or during off-work hours when the crime is substantially related to your job. If you are arrested or cited, you may be suspended pending resolution of the charge.
  22. Unavailability for work because of incarceration
  23. Sleeping on the job
  24. Violating other college policies or department rules, or violating any other commonly accepted reasonable rules of responsible personal conduct
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