Statute of the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia
TITLE I - General Principles
Art. 3 - Code of Ethics
The University's Code of Ethics determines the fundamental values and rules of conduct of the university community, with reference to the principles referred to in Article 2, paragraph 2 of this Statute.
The Code of Ethics requires the recognition and respect of individual rights as well as the acceptance of duties and responsibilities towards the institution to which they belong, including those deriving from participation in the bodies.
The Code of Ethics provides for the establishment of the Ethics Commission and specifies its functions and composition
The Code of Ethics is approved by the Academic Senate.
For violations of the Code of Ethics, the following sanctions are envisaged, depending on their seriousness:
- confidential formal reprimand;
- formal public reprimand within the university;
- exclusion from elective academic positions and from those designated by the Rector or the Academic Senate for a maximum period of three years starting from the academic year following the appointment. If the position currently held, the forfeiture is immediate.
Except in the cases referred to in the following paragraph, the Academic Senate resolves on the sanctions relating to violations of the Code of Ethics at the proposal of the Rector.
Without prejudice to any competing profiles of civil, criminal and administrative liability, if the behaviours put in place integrate an offence not only of an ethical-deontological but also of a disciplinary nature, the competence of the Rector and / or the Discipline Board prevails, in accordance with the provisions of Articles 10, paragraph 1, letter g) and 18 of this Statute.
