Common use of Conduct and Discipline Clause in Contracts

Conduct and Discipline. 1. Conduct of a Contract Lecturer which is unbefitting the status of a member of the teaching community of an academic institution, including persistent neglect of the duties and obligations set forth in Article 17 (Duties and Obligations), may, following a disciplinary inquiry, be subject to disciplinary measures. Disciplinary measures should be appropriate to their cause and to the principles of progressive discipline. 2. Disciplinary authority (that is, the authority to institute a disciplinary inquiry and, where warranted, to apply disciplinary measures) normally shall rest with the Chair/Director; but the ▇▇▇▇ or the Vice-▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, may by derogation and substitution assume the disciplinary authority where the gravity of the case warrants, or where the Chair/Director or the ▇▇▇▇ refuses to institute a disciplinary inquiry in a matter which, in the opinion of the higher official, requires such action. 3. Where the Contract Lecturer's alleged misconduct affects another Contract Lecturer, a Faculty member, any other employee of or persons rendering services to the Board, or a student, any such person shall have the right to request in writing to any of the officials referred to in clause 2. above, that a disciplinary inquiry be instituted. 4. All disciplinary proceedings shall be confidential.