Policy:

Students, faculty members, and administrative employees are responsible for knowing and obeying IAU RAK policies, as well as local RAK government entities, and federal UAE laws. The following list of the Code of Conduct is an example of behaviors that may result in disciplinary action by the IAU RAK campus. It is not to be regarded as all-inclusive. If there arises uncertainty, inconsistency, or a need for further clarification regarding what constitutes a violation of the Code of Conduct, the Academic President / Campus Director or designated representative from the Human Resources department, shall make the final determination. The following actions are defined by the IAU RAK campus as unacceptable forms of behavior and are subject to disciplinary response:

1. Dishonesty

Acts of dishonesty, including but not limited to the following:

1. Providing false information to any IAU RAK campus official, faculty member, or office
2. Forgery, alteration, or misuse of any IAU RAK campus document, record, or instrument of identification
3. Tampering with the appointment of any recognized IAU RAK campus organization or authority structure
4. Misappropriation of student activity and/or IAU RAK campus funds
5. Falsification of work hours on a payroll/or signature timesheets
6. Violating other students’ rights as outlined in the IAU RAK campus rights and responsibilities policy.

2. Academic Dishonesty

Academic dishonesty, including but not limited to the following:

1. Cheating: Using or attempting to use cheat sheets, electronic sources, stolen exams, unauthorized study aids in an academic assignment, or copying or colluding with a fellow student to improve one’s grade.
2. Fabrication: Falsifying, inventing, or misstating any data, information, or citation in an academic assignment, field experience, academic credentials, job application, or placement file.
3. Plagiarism: Using the works (i.e. ideas, words, images, other materials) of another person as one’s academic property without proper citation in any academic assignment. This includes submission (in whole or in part) of any work purchased or downloaded from a website or an internet paper clearinghouse as well as work submitted by the student for another course or assignment.
4. Facilitating Academic Dishonesty: Assisting or attempting to assist any person to commit any act of academic misconduct, such as allowing someone to copy a paper or test answers.

3. Verbal Assault, Harassment, Intimidation, Bullying, Defamation, and Threatening or Abusive Behavior

Physical abuse, verbal abuse, threats, intimidation, coercion, and/or other conduct that threatens or endangers the health or safety of any person.

Threatening or causing physical harm to another person. Physical abuse includes, but is not limited to: personal injury, physical restraint against a person’s will, and holding or transporting an individual against his will.

“Bullying” is defined as inappropriate, unwelcome behavior (through various means of communication or physical contact) that targets an individual or group because of a characteristic of the individual or group. Prohibited bullying may also be the result of repeated behavior of an intimidating nature. Or, if direct, may also meet this definition and can occur through verbal, physical, electronic, or other means.

Conduct constitutes prohibited “Bullying” when a reasonable person in the circumstances would find the conduct sufficiently severe, based on its nature and frequency, to create an environment that is hostile or intimidating and which unreasonably interferes with the work, educational or university opportunity, or is intended to cause or is reasonably foreseeable to cause physical, emotional, or psychological harm.

Prohibited bullying behavior can take a variety of forms, and may include, but is not limited to, the following examples:

• Verbal abuse, such as the use of derogatory remarks, insults, mocking, and epithets; slandering, ridiculing, or criticizing a person or his/her family; persistent name-calling to an individual or group
• Verbal or physical conduct of a threatening, intimidating, or humiliating nature.
• Sabotaging or undermining an individual or group’s work performance or education experience.
• Inappropriate physical contact, such as pushing, shoving, kicking, poking, tripping, assault, or the threat of such conduct, or damage to a person’s work area or property.
• Cyberbullying or Inappropriate electronic communication, such as the use of electronic mail, text messaging, voice mail, social media, website in a threatening, intimidating, or humiliating manner.

“Defamation” is defined as the verbal, written, or electronic publication of a false statement of fact that exposes the person about whom it is made to hatred, contempt, or ridicule, or subjects that person to loss of the goodwill and confidence of others, or so harms that person’s reputation as to deter others from associating with her or him.

4. Physical / Verbal, Non-Verbal or Sexual abuse

Physical, verbal, non-verbal, or sexual abuse is broadly defined to cover a wide range of unwanted nature, or any act violating a person's modesty through inappropriate actions.

Any physical, verbal, non-verbal, or sexual abuse that creates an intimidating, hostile, or offensive environment will not be tolerated.

Other forms of abuse include, but are not limited to:

• Cyberbullying/Electronic harassment
• Any public obscene gestures, exposures, etc.

Whatever form, abuse is insulting and demeaning to the recipient and will not be tolerated. Violations of this policy may result in disciplinary action.

5. Disruption or Obstruction

Disruption or obstruction of teaching, research, administration, disciplinary proceedings, other IAU RAK campus activities, including any functions on or off campus, or other authorized non-IAU RAK activities, when the act occurs on IAU RAK premises.
Disruption of operations on the IAU RAK campus and/or infringing on the rights of other members of the IAU RAK community; leading or inciting others to disrupt scheduled and/or normal activities within any campus building or area; intentional obstruction that unreasonably interferes with either pedestrian or vehicular, on campus, whether inside or outside.

Any demonstrations or participation in protesting whether inside or outside the IAU RAK campus will result in disciplinary action.

Protests and demonstrations are prohibited.

6. Theft, Damage, or Unauthorized Use

Attempted or actual theft of, unauthorized use of, and/or damage to IAU RAK property or property of a member of the IAU RAK community or other personal or public property. This includes the intent to destroy or vandalize any property.

7. Unauthorized Entry or Use of IAU RAK Campus Premises

Unauthorized possession, duplication, or use of keys and/or access codes to any IAU RAK premises or unauthorized entry to or use of IAU RAK premises. Trespassing upon, forcibly entering, or otherwise proceeding into unauthorized areas of IAU RAK leased facilities, their roofs, or the residential space of another without permission.

8. Compliance

Failure to comply with directions of IAU RAK campus officials, federal or emirate law enforcement officers acting in the performance of their duties, and/or failure to provide proof of identity to these persons when requested to do so.

9. Drugs, Alcohol, Weapons, Gambling

Abuse of prescription and over-the-counter drugs. Violation of any federal, or emirate law including but not limited to:

1. Use, possession, or distribution of narcotics or other controlled substances.
2. Illegal possession, or distribution of alcoholic beverages, or public intoxication.
3. Use or possession of drug-related paraphernalia on or outside the IAU RAK campus.
4. Use or possession of firearms, explosives, other weapons, or dangerous chemicals.
5. Gambling or wagering.

10. Disorderly, Indecent Conduct

Conduct that is deemed disorderly, lewd, or indecent; breach of peace or aiding, abetting, or procuring another person to breach the peace on IAU RAK premises or at functions sponsored or participated in by IAU RAK.

11. Theft or Other Abuse of Computer Resources

Theft or other abuse of computing resources and network access, including but not limited to:

1. Unauthorized entry into a file to use, read, change the contents, or for any other purpose.
2. Unauthorized transfer of a file.
3. Unauthorized use of another individual’s identification and password.
4. Use of computing facilities to interfere with the work of another student, faculty member, or IAU RAK official.
5. Use of computing facilities to send, display, or print obscene or abusive messages.
6. Use of computing facilities to interfere with the normal operation of the IAU RAK computing system.
7. Knowingly causing a computer virus to become installed in a computer system or file.
8. Knowingly using the campus computer network to disseminate “spam” messages (i.e., unsolicited bulk email messages that are unrelated to the mission of IAU RAK).
9. Knowingly using the campus network to send any threatening or otherwise inappropriate message.
10. Illegal download of copyrighted software, or other works/files.

12. Improper Use of Cell Phone Cameras

Misuse of mobile phone cameras, electronic capture devices, or unauthorized audio or video recording, in an area where the expectation of privacy exists, or to facilitate plagiarism, compromise academic work, including but not limited to tests, or otherwise improperly compromise the intellectual property rights of others.

13. Hazing

Hazing, defined as an act that endangers the mental or physical health or safety of a student, or that destroys or removes public or private property, for the purpose of initiation, admission into, affiliation with, or as a condition for continued membership in, a group or organization.

14. Abuse of Fire Safety Standards

Any activity involving tampering with fire alarms or firefighting equipment, unauthorized use of such equipment, failure to evacuate during a fire alarm, hindering the evacuation of other occupants, or hindering authorized emergency personnel.

15. Other Offenses Against the IAU RAK Community

1. 1. Violations of other published IAU RAK policies, internship policies, rules, or regulations.
   2. Selling, or solicitation, on the IAU RAK campus.
   3. Creating a fire, safety, or health hazard. 

16. Criminal Conduct and/or Civil Offenses

A violation of any emirate law, or federal criminal law, or engaging in behavior that is a civil offense may be considered a violation of the IAU RAK Code of Conduct, even if the specific criminal conduct/civil offense is not specifically listed in this section. The criminal conduct/civil offense may be considered as a violation of the Code of Conduct irrespective of whether the criminal violation/civil offense is prosecuted in a court of law. IAU RAK may inform law enforcement government entities of perceived criminal violations and may elect to defer internal student conduct action until prosecution of the criminal violation has been completed. Exoneration from criminal charges will not result in immunity from civil action or IAU RAK proceedings.