The systemwide student conduct code is neither a criminal nor a civil code and does not operate like one. UH’s expectations for our fellow community members are for a significantly higher standard of conduct than the bare minimum prescribed by law; conduct that is legal may nevertheless still be unacceptable within the bounds of our UH community.Cognitive learning solutions

• reporting party refers to any person who submits an alleging that a student violated this student conduct code. When a student believes that s/he has been a victim of another student’s misconduct, the student who believes s/he has been a victim will have the same recourse under this student conduct code as are provided to the reporting party, even if another member of the UH community submitted the charge.Cognitive learning solutions

• student means all persons registered in courses at UH, either full-time or part-time, pursuing undergraduate or graduate studies. In addition, for purposes of this student conduct code only, this code also applies to: (1) students who have been suspended or dismissed, students who withdraw after allegedly violating the student conduct code and may return to UH, students who are on a leave of absence from UH, or students who are on medical leave; and (2) persons who (a) have been notified of their admission and (b) have registered or officially participated in orientation or other officially recognized UH activities. 1

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• student conduct administrator means a UH official authorized on a case-by-case basis by the senior student affairs officer to impose sanctions upon any student(s) found to have violated the student conduct code.Cognitive learning solutions the senior student affairs officer may authorize a student conduct administrator to serve simultaneously as a student conduct administrator and the sole member or one of the members of the student conduct board.Cognitive learning solutions the senior student affairs officer may authorize the same student conduct administrator to impose sanctions in all cases.

• the purposes of UH are to give thorough instruction, conduct research and disseminate knowledge in and of branches of advanced learning as prescribed by its board of regents.Cognitive learning solutions UH is committed to ensuring a safe, civil, learning and working environment in which the dignity of every individual is respected. All members of the UH community - students, faculty and staff - share responsibility for its growth and continued welfare.Cognitive learning solutions

• choosing to join the UH community obligates each student to abide by this code of conduct. As members of the UH community, students accept the responsibility to become fully acquainted with UH’s rules and to comply with UH’s authority.Cognitive learning solutions UH expects students to maintain standards of personal integrity that are in harmony with the educational goals of UH; to respect the rights, privileges, and property of others; and to observe national, state, and local laws and university policies and procedures.Cognitive learning solutions

• UH views the disciplinary process as a learning experience which aims to promote growth and understanding of one’s responsibilities and privileges within the UH environment.Cognitive learning solutions to this end, the disciplinary process attempts to balance an understanding and knowledge of students and their needs with the needs of the academic community.Cognitive learning solutions pursuit of a college education provides an opportunity for exploration of new ideas, experimentation, self-examination, formation of new relationships, and development of ideals and direction.Cognitive learning solutions however, UH does not absolve students from accepting responsibility for their behavior in their pursuit of a college education. Rather, it reaffirms the principle of student freedom that is coupled with an acceptance of responsibility for one’s actions and the consequences of such actions.Cognitive learning solutions

Cheating is an act of academic dishonesty and includes, but is not limited to: (1) use of any unauthorized assistance in taking quizzes, tests, or examinations; (2) use of sources beyond those authorized by the instructor in writing papers, preparing reports, solving problems, or carrying out other assignments; (3) the acquisition, without permission, of tests or other academic material belonging to a member of the UH faculty, staff or student body; and (4) engaging in any behavior specifically prohibited by a faculty member in the course syllabus or class discussion.Cognitive learning solutions

Plagiarism is also an act of academic dishonesty and includes, but is not limited to, the use, by paraphrase or direct quotation, of the published or unpublished work of another person without full and clear acknowledgement.Cognitive learning solutions it also includes the unacknowledged use of materials prepared by another person or agency engaged in the selling of term papers or other academic materials.Cognitive learning solutions

• disruption or obstruction of teaching, research, administration, disciplinary proceedings, other UH activities, including its public service functions on or off campus, or of other authorized non-UH activities when the conduct occurs on UH premises.Cognitive learning solutions this includes creating noise or other disturbances on campus or in student life areas sufficient to disrupt the normal functioning of campus activities including classroom instruction.Cognitive learning solutions

• any conduct that threatens or endangers the health or safety of any person including but not limited to, physical abuse, verbal abuse, threats, intimidation, harassment, bullying, coercion, stalking as defined below. (for any conduct that is sexual or romantic in nature and committed by a current or former partner of an intimate, romantic, or sexual relationship, or is related to an individual’s actual or perceived sex or gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression, refer to EP 1.204 for detailed information.)

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• coercion is intentionally compelling or inducing another person to engage in conduct from which another has a legal right to abstain, or to abstain from conduct in which another has a legal right to engage, by threatening with words or conduct to take some negative action that may impact the other person.Cognitive learning solutions in this context, some examples of "negative action" include, but are not limited to: causing bodily injury, causing property damage, physical confinement or restraint, or revealing information that is sought to be concealed.Cognitive learning solutions

• hazing is an act that endangers the mental or physical health or safety of a student, or which destroys or removes public or private property, for the purpose of initiation, admission into, affiliation with, or as a condition for the continued membership in, a group or organization.Cognitive learning solutions the express or implied consent of the victim will not be a defense. Apathy or acquiescence in the presence of hazing is not a neutral act; both are violations of this rule.Cognitive learning solutions

• use, possession, manufacturing, distribution, or being under the influence of alcoholic beverages (except as expressly permitted by UH system policies, state or federal law), or public intoxication while on any UH premise or at any UH sponsored event or ancillary site.Cognitive learning solutions alcoholic beverages may not, in any circumstance, be used, possessed, or distributed to any person under twenty-one (21) years of age.

• any unauthorized use of electronic or other devices to make an audio or video record of any person while on UH premises without their prior knowledge, or without their consent when such a recording is likely to cause injury or distress.Cognitive learning solutions this includes, but is not limited to, surreptitiously taking pictures of another person in a gym, locker room, or restroom.

Adverse actions are actions that would dissuade a reasonable person from making or supporting a complaint under this policy.Cognitive learning solutions A retaliation complaint, allegation, or report will be reviewed as a separate offense under this policy; that is, a student can be found responsible for retaliation even if not found to be responsible for the underlying reported student conduct code violation.Cognitive learning solutions

• UH disciplinary proceedings may be instituted against a student charged with conduct that potentially violates both the criminal law and this student conduct code (that is, if both possible violations result from the same factual situation) without regard to the pendency of civil or criminal litigation in court or criminal arrest and prosecution.Cognitive learning solutions proceedings under this student conduct code may be carried out prior to, simultaneously with, or following civil or criminal proceedings at the discretion of the senior student affairs officer.Cognitive learning solutions determinations made or sanctions imposed under this student conduct code shall not be subject to change because criminal charges arising out of the same facts giving rise to violation of university rules were dismissed, reduced, or resolved in favor of or against the criminal law defendant.Cognitive learning solutions

• when a student is charged by federal, state, or local authorities with a violation of law, UH will not request or agree to special consideration for that individual because of their status as a student.Cognitive learning solutions if the alleged offense is also being processed under the student conduct code, UH may advise off-campus authorities of the existence of the student conduct code and of how such matters are typically handled within the UH community.Cognitive learning solutions UH may cooperate with law enforcement and other agencies in the enforcement of criminal law on campus and in the conditions imposed by criminal courts for the rehabilitation of student violators (provided that the conditions do not conflict with campus rules or sanctions).Cognitive learning solutions in the event of law enforcement and/or government agency enforcement of laws and regulations, UH may, as appropriate, adjust any student conduct code investigation and/or proceeding so as not to interfere or unduly prejudice the law enforcement process.Cognitive learning solutions individual students and other members of the UH community, acting in their personal capacities, remain free to interact with governmental representatives as they deem appropriate.Cognitive learning solutions

• federal and state laws, rules and/or regulations: jeanne clery disclosure of campus security policy & campus crime statistics act, as amended; the violence against women act, as amended; title IX of the education amendments of 1972, as amended; hawaiʻi revised statutes (HRS) chapter 586 (domestic abuse protective orders); and HRS chapter 707 (offenses against the person); hawaiʻi administrative rules title 20, chapter 2 (statement on the rights and responsibilities of the university of hawaiʻi community)