{"id":51986,"date":"2022-06-09T16:17:44","date_gmt":"2022-06-09T16:17:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.augsburg.edu\/studentaffairs\/?page_id=51986"},"modified":"2025-07-11T17:21:47","modified_gmt":"2025-07-11T17:21:47","slug":"conduct-adjudication-process","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.augsburg.edu\/dean-of-students\/conduct-adjudication-process\/","title":{"rendered":"Conduct Adjudication Process"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Augsburg University Standards of Conduct<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The University has adopted <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1U4qII7Luw6L3BYro3Ov-gM-RmcLwmVAkYnkIkl10KRk\/edit#\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Standards of Conduct<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> which require students and their organizations to lead in matters of behavior with ethical and moral integrity. Augsburg strives to provide a community that protects each student&#8217;s freedom to learn and that seeks the orderly resolution of human problems while honoring the fundamental rights of all. It is the goal of Augsburg University to create and maintain a respectful environment for members of the University community, including students, staff, faculty, administration, and visitors. Such an environment is congruent with the University mission and values and, as such, serves to enhance the teaching-learning process.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>Conduct Adjudication Process<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Augsburg University expects its students to be responsible in their personal behavior and to comply with all established standards for student behavior. To this end, adjudication procedures have been established to review the case of any student who is accused of violating the University\u2019s Standards of Conduct and to give that student an opportunity to explain the behavior in question.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1U4qII7Luw6L3BYro3Ov-gM-RmcLwmVAkYnkIkl10KRk\/edit?tab=t.0\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Conduct Adjudication Process<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is used to review alleged violations of:<\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1U4qII7Luw6L3BYro3Ov-gM-RmcLwmVAkYnkIkl10KRk\/edit?usp=sharing\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Standards of Conduct<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (except in certain cases listed below).<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/residencelife\/parallax-front-page\/residence-life-handbook-policies\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Residential Handbook<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> policies.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Additional University policies.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The procedures in this process allow for flexibility and timeliness in determining student responsibility and sanctions. Since this is a civil system and not a criminal system, the process affords minimum procedural protections.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>Other Adjudication Processes<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Conduct Adjudication Process is not used for alleged violations of policies below (please click on the policy to learn more about the specific adjudication process used):<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1558SfkINlh8nOvrgqvnWNk3pXi-g19o_KCucEP4HLwY\/edit\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Academic Honesty Policy<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1XAU5C4SXkVE0Nb8gLsbUyDj1liQ37q9l8LlikpKMDJk\/edit\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Classroom Disruption Policy<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, unless the School Director (or designee) refers a case to the Conduct Adjudication Process.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1xGiG6RglYpohF0gHS3GhVTMKmte7n26qhFxrab47UnQ\/edit\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Discrimination and Bias Policy<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, unless the case include additional alleged violations of standards of conduct usually adjudicated through the Conduct Adjudication Process.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1jnjajuccNZna41MdQQ1w526y_E41S1_d2Z43RvTMy-Q\/edit\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sexual Misconduct Policy<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, except for allegations of retaliation or where the Title IX Coordinator refers a case to the Conduct Adjudication Process.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Augsburg University Standards of Conduct The University has adopted Standards of Conduct which require students and their organizations to lead in matters of behavior with ethical and moral integrity. Augsburg strives to provide a community that protects each student&#8217;s freedom to learn and that seeks the orderly resolution of human problems while honoring the fundamental &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.augsburg.edu\/dean-of-students\/conduct-adjudication-process\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Conduct Adjudication Process&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1067,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":2,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-51986","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.augsburg.edu\/dean-of-students\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/51986","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.augsburg.edu\/dean-of-students\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.augsburg.edu\/dean-of-students\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.augsburg.edu\/dean-of-students\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1067"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.augsburg.edu\/dean-of-students\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=51986"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/sites.augsburg.edu\/dean-of-students\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/51986\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":52284,"href":"https:\/\/sites.augsburg.edu\/dean-of-students\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/51986\/revisions\/52284"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.augsburg.edu\/dean-of-students\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=51986"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}