Common use of Standards of Professional Performance Clause in Contracts

Standards of Professional Performance. All Athletic Staff Members are expected to perform their duties and responsibilities on behalf of the University in a professional, competent, and diligent manner that conforms to the University’s and the Department’s expected performance and conduct standards. Athletic Staff Members, therefore, must conduct themselves and carry out their duties in a manner that fosters and promotes the high moral, ethical and academic standards of the University, as well as good sportsmanship. Athletic Staff Members also must strictly adhere to all applicable federal, state, and municipal laws, University policies and practices, Department policies and practices, and governing athletic rules, including without limitation those rules relating to the recruitment and the furnishing of unauthorized benefits to recruits and student-athletes. Recognizing that the primary mission of the University is to serve as an institution of higher education, Athletic Staff Members are expected to fully cooperate with the University’s faculty and administrators in encouraging and promoting the academic pursuits of student-athletes and to take all necessary steps to safeguard and promote the physical and mental well-being of student-athletes. For those Athletic Staff Members who supervise other staff or students, those members also shall take all necessary steps to ensure that those under their supervision adhere to these standards.

Standards of Professional Performance. All Athletic Staff Members are expected to perform their duties and responsibilities on behalf of the University in a professional, competent, competent and diligent manner that conforms to the University’s and the Department’s expected performance and conduct standards. Athletic Staff Members, therefore, must conduct themselves and carry out their duties in a manner that fosters and promotes the high moral, ethical and academic standards of the University, as well as good sportsmanship. Athletic Staff Members also must strictly adhere to all applicable federal, state, state and municipal laws, University policies and practices, Department policies and practices, and governing athletic rules, including without limitation those rules relating to the recruitment and the furnishing of unauthorized benefits to recruits and student-athletes. Recognizing that the primary mission of the University is to serve as an institution of higher education, Athletic Staff Members are expected to fully cooperate with the University’s faculty and administrators in encouraging and promoting the academic pursuits of student-athletes and to take all necessary steps to safeguard and promote the physical and mental well-being of student-athletes. For those Athletic Staff Members who supervise other staff or students, those members also shall take all necessary steps to ensure that those under their supervision adhere to these standards.