ETHICS

SMS LIBRARY ETHICAL CODE OF CONDUCT

At the School of Management Sciences, ethical behavior is based on a commitment to discharging our obligations to others in a fair and honest manner, and a commitment to respecting the rights and dignity of all persons. As faculty, staff, students, and trustees, we each bear responsibility not only for the ethics of our own behavior, but also for building SMS’s stature as an ethical institution.

When we make promises as an institution, or as individuals who are authorized to speak on behalf of SMS, we keep those promises, including especially the promises expressed and implied in our Mission Statement. We nurture an environment of mutual respect and tolerance. As members of the SMS community, we treat everyone with respect and dignity, even when the values, beliefs, behavior, or background of a person or group is offensive to us. This is one of the bedrocks of ethical behavior at SMS and the basis of civil discourse within our academic community. Because we are responsible not only for ourselves but also for others, we speak out against hatred and bigotry whenever and wherever we find them.

We do not harass, mistreat, belittle, harm, or take unfair advantage of anyone. We do not tolerate plagiarism, lying, deliberate misrepresentation, theft, scientific fraud, cheating, invidious discrimination, or ill use of our fellow human beings — whether such persons be volunteer subjects of scientific research, peers, patients, superiors, subordinates, students, professors, trustees, parents, alumni, donors, or members of the public.

We are careful to distinguish between legal behaviour on the one hand and ethical behavior on the other, knowing that, while the two overlap in many areas, they are at bottom quite distinct from each other. While we follow legal requirements, we must never lose sight of ethical considerations. Our faculty and staff are attentive to the well-being of students and others who are entrusted to our care.

By respecting the rights and dignity of others, and by striving for fairness and honesty in our dealings with others, we create an ethical university of which we can all be proud, and which will serve as a bright beacon for all peoples in our day and in the centuries to come.

At the School of Management Sciences-Varanasi, ethical behavior is based on a commitment to discharging our obligations to others in a fair and honest manner, and a commitment to respecting the rights and dignity of all persons. As faculty, staff, students, and trustees, we each bear responsibility not only for the ethics of our own behavior, but also for building SMS’s stature as an ethical institution.

When we make promises as an institution, or as individuals who are authorized to speak on behalf of SMS, we keep those promises, including especially the promises expressed and implied in our Mission Statement. We nurture an environment of mutual respect and tolerance. As members of the SMS community, we treat everyone with respect and dignity, even when the values, beliefs, behavior, or background of a person or group is offensive to us. This is one of the bedrocks of ethical behavior at SMS and the basis of civil discourse within our academic community. Because we are responsible not only for ourselves but also for others, we speak out against hatred and bigotry whenever and wherever we find them.

We do not harass, mistreat, belittle, harm, or take unfair advantage of anyone. We do not tolerate plagiarism, lying, deliberate misrepresentation, theft, scientific fraud, cheating, invidious discrimination, or ill use of our fellow human beings — whether such persons be volunteer subjects of scientific research, peers, patients, superiors, subordinates, students, professors, trustees, parents, alumni, donors, or members of the public.

We are careful to distinguish between legal behaviour on the one hand and ethical behavior on the other, knowing that, while the two overlap in many areas, they are at bottom quite distinct from each other. While we follow legal requirements, we must never lose sight of ethical considerations. Our faculty and staff are attentive to the well-being of students and others who are entrusted to our care.

By respecting the rights and dignity of others, and by striving for fairness and honesty in our dealings with others, we create an ethical institution of which we can all be proud, and which will serve as a bright beacon for all peoples in our day and in the centuries to come.