Sanctions

Sanctions under the Integrity Code are imposed for their educative, not punitive, effect.  The members of the University community charged with adjudicating a violation of the Standards--the Honor Court and the Student Affairs staff--do all in their power to make the discipline process one in which a student is encouraged to examine the motives for and consequences of the actions that bring his or her standing in the community into question.  The sanction process thus provides students with two opportunities:

1. the opportunity to grow in self-knowledge and ethical habits of thought and action;
2. the opportunity to heal the breach in the community caused by their behavior and to recompense the community.

To this end, sanctions typically will be meted out not in isolation, but in tandem with a number of programs established to address the sources of problems that led to violation of the Standard.  All the sanctions listed below may be imposed on groups and organizations as well as individuals.  The specific sanctions are as follows:

I. Conduct Reprimand: The result of a Standards violation that calls into question the student’s full understanding of the conduct expected of a student at the University. It places the student on warning that further violations may result in more serious sanctions. More importantly, it requires the student to examine the source of the University’s questioning of his or her behavior and to seek direction, as necessary, on ways to reorient his or her efforts.

II. Conduct Probation: A specified probationary period when the student’s public participation in the University community is halted because of the student’s particular violation of the Principle and Standards. While conduct probation allows the student to continue attending classes and living in University residences, he or she may not represent the University in any public fashion  (for example, in performing musical or dramatic groups or in intercollegiate sports competition) or run for or hold elected office in any student group or organization during the probationary period.  If a student violates the Integrity Code further while on conduct probation, he or she may be subject to suspension or expulsion.

A.  Level I Conduct Probation:  A student on level I conduct probation may make a written request for specific exception to represent the University in a public activity.  The exception request would be considered by the adjudicating officer.  This level of conduct probation may not exceed 12 months.

B.  Level II Conduct Probation:  No exceptions to represent the University in a public activity will be granted while a student is on level II conduct probation.  This level of conduct probation may exceed 12 months. 

III. University Residence Eviction: Immediate and permanent removal from University housing when a student proves him or herself no longer capable of living with other students in a way that fosters their mutual development socially as well as emotionally and intellectually, or when a student poses a significant risk to the health or safety of other University residents. Immediate removal is called for under this sanction, and further restriction from other University residences may be stipulated. Room and board fees may be forfeited.

IV. Conduct Suspension: Separation of the student from the University (including its premises and activities) for a specified period of time. This sanction is instituted when a period away from the University may suffice in reconciling the student to the University community’s values and goals. All fees and academic credits for the semester during which the suspension occurs may be forfeited. A suspended student who wishes to return to the University must apply to the Dean of Students for readmission and demonstrate willingness to abide by the Integrity Code.

V. Conduct Expulsion: Permanent separation of the student from the University (including its premises and activities) in extreme instances when no other means of reconciliation is possible between the student and the University. The student has proven him or herself incapable of normal relations with the University community, usually through a continual pattern of violations that directly threaten the University or its members’ well-being and safety. Notation of the expulsion will appear on the student’s transcript. All fees and academic credits for the semester during which the expulsion occurs are forfeited.

VI.  Other Sanctions:  As appropriate for the particular needs or problems at issue, other sanctions may include programs related to the use and abuse of alcohol, including alcohol assessment and treatment, and programs in which students found guilty of Standards violations will be required to read and write about the nature of their  actions and to discuss what they have read and written with others, including the Dean and Associate Deans of Students. Community service, aimed at re-establishing normal relations with the University, and restitution for damage are also use, as are other “creative” sanctions.

Approved by the University of Puget Sound Board of Trustees  10/5/91