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HANDBOOK ON HUMAN VALUES AND PROFESSIONAL ETHICS
Maa Jagdambe Educational Society - MJ College koha-Junwani road Bhilai.
About the Institute. The parent body that runs the college came into existence in the form of an educational trust. The trust was founded in2001, Maa jagdambe educational society have a great faith in the people working in the society, inspired by the ideology of ‘Sanskritik Rasthrawad’. So she approached the people. Trust for the betterment of the future generations. The trust was formed of those who share the same qualities of selflessness, honesty and a vision to develop the society into better educated, self-reliant and stronger India. Vision The aim of all human endeavors is to enhance the quality of life through intellectual, emotional, spiritual, physical, aesthetic and social development of the individuals. We believe that this goal can be achieved by creating an atmosphere where every student gets an equal opportunity to realize her/his own dreams. An institute of higher education has a key role to play in making an individual, realize his core strengths, define his goal and strive systematically by observing the basic human values towards its fulfilment. Such an individual, we believe, whatever s/he does, is an asset to the betterment of our society.
Mission:
M J College is run by MAA JAGDAMBE EDUCATION SOCIETY with the mission “Integral development of human personality. The motto of the college is “Fear of God is the beginning of wisdom.” The College upholds the principle “knowledge without character is dangerous; head without heart is worthless.” M J College should be one of the best scholastic institution providing quality-based education and renounced research center.
The main objective of the college is:
The college looks forward to educate the citizens who serve humanity. Under the leadership of a dedicated and supportive management, the college functions through a decentralized and participative system of governance.
The leadership of the institution gives a proper sense of direction to the activities of the institution and endeavors to help the youth to grow up as competent, responsible and mature individuals, imbued with qualities of the head and the heart.
HANDBOOK ON HUMAN VALUES AND PROFESSIONAL ETHICS MJ COLLEGE
As an institution of higher education we have the responsibility towards different stakeholders like students, teachers, parents, employers and the neighborhood community. We on MJ campus have been practicing the certain values sourced out of our institutional vision and mission. These we consider as our core values:
PART-I HUMAN VALUES MORALS
Morals are the welfare principles enunciated by the wise people, based on their experience and wisdom. They were edited, changed or modified in accordance with the development of knowledge from time to time. Morality is concerned with principles and practices of morals such as: What ought or ought not to be done in a given situation? What is right or wrong about the handling of a situation? What is good or bad about the people, policies, and ideals involved?.
VALUES
Humans have the unique ability to define their identity, choose their values and establish their beliefs. All three of these directly influence a person‘s behavior. People have gone to great lengths to demonstrate the validity of their beliefs, including war and sacrificing their own life. Conversely, people are not motivated to support or validate the beliefs of another, when those beliefs are contrary to their own. People will act congruent with their personal values or what they deem to be important. A value is defined as a principle that promotes well-being or prevents harm. Values are our guidelines for our success—our paradigm about what is acceptable. Personal values are defined as emotional beliefs in principles regarded as particularly favorable or important for the individual. Our values associate emotions to our experiences and guide our choices, decisions and actions.
Integrity is defined as the unity of thought, word and deed (honesty) and open mindedness. It includes the capacity to communicate the factual information so that others can make well-informed decisions. It yields the person‘s peace of mind, and hence adds strength and consistency in character, decisions, and actions. This paves way to one‘s success. It is one of the self-direction virtues. It enthuses people not only to execute a job well but to achieve excellence in performance. It helps them to own the responsibility and earn self-respect and recognition by doing the job. Moral integrity is defined as a virtue, which reflects the consistency of one‘s attitudes, emotions, and conduct in relation to justified moral values. Integrity comes in many forms, but honesty and dependability are two traits that are expected in most workplace situations. Without responsible behaviour, distrust can make a work environment tense and uncomfortable. A strong work ethic shows co-workers and clients that you're reliable and take your responsibilities seriously. Polite communication, respectable behaviour and fiscal responsibility also help you stand out as a trustworthy employee.
CIVIC VIRTUES Civic virtues are the moral duties and rights, as a citizen of the country or an integral part of the society and environment. An individual may exhibit civic virtues by voting, volunteering, and organizing welfare groups and meetings. The duties are To pay taxes to the local government and state, in time
.· To keep the surroundings clean and green.
· Not to pollute the water, land, and air by following hygiene and proper
· garbage disposal. For example, not to burn wood, tyres, plastic materials, spit in the open, even not to smoke in the open, and not to cause nuisance to the public, are some of the civic (duties) virtues. To follow the road safety rules
.· On the other hand, the rights are To vote the local or state government.
· To contest in the elections to the local or state government.
· To seek a public welfare facility such as a school, hospital or a community
· hall or transport or communication facility, for the residents. To establish a green and safe environment, pollution free, corruption free,
· and to follow ethical principles. People are said to have the right to breathe in fresh air, by not allowing smoking in public. People have inalienable right to accept or reject a project in their area.
· One has the right to seek legal remedy, in this respect, through public interest petition Civic virtues as indispensable for a self-governing administration.
· RESPECT FOR OTHERS This is a basic requirement for nurturing friendship, team work, and for the synergy it promotes and sustains. The principles enunciated in this regard are: Recognize and accept the existence of other persons as human beings, live, just as you have. Respect others’ ideas (decisions), words, and labour (actions). One need
· not accept or approve or award them, but shall listen to them first. One can correct or warn, if they commit mistakes. Appreciate colleagues and subordinates on their positive actions. Criticize constructively and encourage them. They are bound to improve their performance, by learning properly and by putting more efforts. Show goodwill on others. Love others. Allow others to grow. Basically, the
· goodwill reflects on the originator and multiplies itself on everybody. This will facilitate . focus, coherence, and strength to achieve the goals.
LIVING PEACEFULLY To live peacefully, one should start to install peace within (self). Charity begins at home. Then one can spread peace to family, organization where one works, and then to the world, including the environment. Only who are at peace can spread peace. You can’t gift an article which you do not possess. The essence of oriental philosophy is that one should not fight for peace. It is oxymoron. War or peace can be won only by peace, and not by wars. One should adopt the following means to live peacefully, in the world. CARING is feeling for others. It is a process which exhibits the interest in, and support for, the welfare of others with fairness, impartiality and justice in all activities, among the employees, in the context of professional ethics. It includes showing respect to the feelings of others, and also respecting and preserving the interests of all others concerned. Caring is reflected in activities such as friendship, membership in social clubs and professional societies, and through various transactions in the family, fraternity, community, country and in international councils.
SHARING Primarily, caring influences sharing. Sharing is a process that describes the transfer of knowledge (teaching, learning, and information), experience (training), commodities (material possession) and facilities with others. The transfer should be genuine, legal, positive, voluntary, and without any expectation in return. However, the proprietary information should not be shared with outsiders. Through this process of sharing, experience, expertise, wisdom and other benefits reach more people faster. Sharing is voluntary and it can‘t be driven by force, but motivated successfully through ethical principles. In short, sharing is charity. For humanity, sharing is a culture. Happiness and wealth are multiplied, and crimes and sufferings are reduced, by sharing. It paves the way for peace and obviates militancy. Philosophically, the sharing maximizes the happiness for all the human beings. distrust between the haves and have-nots disappear. Sharing not only paves the way to prosperity, but also sustains it. Economically speaking, benefits are maximized as there is no wastage or loss, and everybody gets one’s needs fulfilled and satisfied. Commercially speaking, the profit is maximized. Technologically, the productivity and utilization are maximized by sharing.
HONESTY:
Honesty is a virtue, and it is exhibited in two aspects namely, truthfulness & trustworthiness. Truthfulness is to face the responsibilities upon telling truth. One should keep one’s word or promise. By admitting one’s mistake committed (one needs courage to do that), it is easy to fix them. Reliable judgement, maintenance of truth, defending the truth, and communicating the truth, only when it does good to others, are some of the reflections of truthfulness. But trustworthiness is maintaining integrity and taking responsibility for personal performance. People abide by law and live by mutual trust. They play the right way to win, according to the laws or rules (legally and morally). They build trust through reliability and authenticity. They admit their own mistakes and confront unethical actions in others and take tough and principled stand, even if unpopular. COURAGE: Courage is the tendency to accept and face risks and difficult tasks in rational ways. Self-confidence is the basic requirement to nurture courage. Courage is classified into three types, based on the types of risks. Physical courage - The thrust is on the adequacy of the physical strength, including muscle power and armaments. People with high adrenalin, may be prepared to face challenges for the mere thrill or driven by a decision to excel. Social courage – It involves the decisions and actions to change the order, based on the conviction for or against certain social behaviours. This requires leadership abilities, including empathy and sacrifice, to mobilize and motivate the followers, for a social cause. Intellectual courage – It is inculcated in people through acquired knowledge, experience, games, tactics, education, and training. In professional ethics, courage is applicable to the employers, employees, public, and the press. Look before you leap. One should perform Strengths, Weakness, Opportunities, and Threat (SWOT) analysis. Calculate (estimate) the risks, compare with one’s strengths, and anticipate the end results, while taking decisions and before getting into action. Learning from the past helps. Past experience (one’s own or borrowed) and wisdom gained from self-study or others will prepare one to plan and act with self-confidence, succeed in achieving the desired ethical goals through ethical means. planned. This anticipatory management will help anyone to face the future with courage. CO-OPERATION It is a team-spirit present with every individual engaged in business. Cooperation is an activity between two persons or sectors that aims at integration of operations (synergy), while not sacrificing the autonomy of either party. Further, working together ensures, coherence, i.e. blending of different skills required, towards common goals. Willingness to understand others, think and act together and putting this into practice, is cooperation. Cooperation promotes co linearity, coherence (blend), co-ordination (activities linked in sequence or priority) and the synergy (maximizing the output, by reinforcement). The whole is more than the sum of the individuals. It helps in minimizing the input resources (including time) and maximizes the outputs, which include quantity, quality, effectiveness, and efficiency.
COMMITMENT:
Commitment means alignment to goals and adherence to ethical principles during the activities. First of all, one must believe in one’s action performed and the expected end results (confidence). It means one should have the conviction without an iota of doubt that one will succeed. Holding sustained interest and firmness, in whatever ethical means one follows, with the fervent attitude and hope that one will achieve the goals, is commitment. It is the driving force to realize success. This is a basic requirement for any profession. Only when the teacher (Guru) is committed to his job, the students will succeed in life and contribute good to the society. The commitment of top management will naturally lead to committed employees, whatever may be their position or emoluments. This is bound to add wealth to oneself, one‘s employer, society, and the nation at large.
EMPATHY
Empathy is social radar. Sensing what others feel about, without their open talk, is the essence of empathy. Empathy begins with showing concern, and then obtaining and understanding the feelings of others, from others’ point of view. It is also defined as the ability to put oneself into the psychological frame or reference or point of view of another, to know what the other person feels. It includes the imaginative projection into other’s feelings and understanding of other’s background such as parentage, physical and mental state, economic situation, and association. This is an essential ingredient for good human relations and transactions.
Certainty in one’s own capabilities, values, and goals, is self-confidence. These people are usually positive thinking, flexible and willing to change. They respect others so much as they respect themselves. Self-confidence is a positive attitude, wherein the individual has some positive and realistic view of himself, with respect to the situations in which one gets involved. The people with self-confidence exhibit courage to get into action and unshakable faith in their 11 abilities, whatever may be their positions. They are not influenced by threats or challenges and are prepared to face them and the natural or unexpected consequences. The self-confidence in a person develops a sense of partnership, respect, and accountability, and this helps the organization to obtain maximum ideas, efforts, and guidelines from its employees.
CHARACTER: It is a characteristic property that defines the behaviour of an individual. It is the pattern of virtues (morally-desirable features). Character includes attributes that determine a person’s moral and ethical actions and responses. It is also the ground on which morals and values blossom. People are divided into several categories, according to common tendencies such as ruthlessness, aggressiveness, ambition, constricting selfishness, stinginess, cheerfulness, generosity and goodwill. Individuals vary not only in the type of their character but also in the degree. Those whose lives are determined and directed by the prevailing habits, fashions, beliefs, attitudes, opinions and values of the society in which they live, have at best a developed social as opposed to an individual character. The aim of education is not only the cultivation of the intellect but also the formation of moral character. Increased intelligence or physical skill may easily be employed to the detriment of the community, if not accompanied by improved will. It is the function of ethics to determine the ideals of human character.
SPIRITUALITY :
Spirituality is a way of living that emphasizes the constant awareness and recognition of the spiritual dimension (mind and its development) of nature and people, with a dynamic balance between the material development and the spiritual development. This is said to be the great virtue of Indian philosophy. Sometimes, spirituality includes the faith or belief in supernatural power/ God, regarding the worldly events. It functions as a fertilizer for the soil character to blossom into values and morals. Spirituality includes creativity, communication, recognition of the individual as human being (as opposed to a life-less machine), respect to others, acceptance (stop finding faults with colleagues and accept them the way they are), vision (looking beyond the obvious and not believing anyone blindly), and partnership (not being too authoritative, and always sharing responsibility with others, for better returns) encourages the colleagues to perform better. Lack of motivation leads to isolation. Spirituality is also the energy and flexibility to adapt to challenging and changing situations. One should not be too dominating. Make space for everyone and learn to recognize and accept people the way they are. Variety is the order of the day. But one can influence their mind to think and act together. Tolerance and empathy are the reflections of spirituality.
PART-II PROFESSIONAL ETHICS
Integrity: Integrity is defined as the unity of thought, word and deed (honesty) and open mindedness. It includes the capacity to communicate the factual information so that others can make well-informed decisions. It yields the person’s „peace of mind‟, and hence adds strength and consistency in character, decisions, and actions. This paves way to one’s success. It is one of the self-direction virtues. It enthuse people not only to execute a job well but to achieve excellence in performance. It helps them to own the responsibility and earn self-respect and recognition by doing the job. Integrity is the quality of being honest and having strong moral principles; moral uprightness. It is generally a personal choice to uphold oneself to consistently moral and ethical standards
2. Credibility& Responsibility: The obligation of an individual or organization to account for its activities, accept responsibility for the demand to disclose the results in a transparent manner. It also includes the responsibility for money or other entrusted property.
3. Loyalty: Loyalty is faithfulness or a devotion to a person, country, group, or cause. Philosophers disagree on what can be an object of loyalty as some argue that loyalty is strictly interpersonal and only other human beings can be the object of loyalty. 4. Commitment: Commitment means alignment to goals and adherence to ethical principles during the activities. One should have the conviction without an iota of doubt that one will succeed. Holding sustained interest and firmness, in whatever ethical means one follows, with the fervent attitude and hope that one will achieve the goals, is commitment. It is the driving force to realize success. This is a basic requirement for any profession. The commitment of top management will naturally lead to committed employees, whatever may be planned. This anticipatory management will help anyone to face the future with courage. CO-OPERATION It is a team-spirit present with every individual engaged in business. Cooperation is an activity between two persons or sectors that aims at integration of operations (synergy), while not sacrificing the autonomy of either party. Further, working together ensures, coherence, i.e. blending of different skills required, towards common goals. Willingness to understand others, think and act together and putting this into practice, is cooperation. Cooperation promotes co linearity, coherence (blend), co-ordination (activities linked in sequence or priority) and the synergy (maximizing the output, by reinforcement). The whole is more than the sum of the individuals. It helps in minimizing the input resources (including time) and maximizes the outputs, which include quantity, quality, effectiveness, and efficiency.
COMMITMENT: Commitment means alignment to goals and adherence to ethical principles during the activities. First of all, one must believe in one’s action performed and the expected end results (confidence). It means one should have the conviction without an iota of doubt that one will succeed. Holding sustained interest and firmness, in whatever ethical means one follows, with the fervent attitude and hope that one will achieve the goals, is commitment. It is the driving force to realize success. This is a basic requirement for any profession. Only when the teacher (Guru) is committed to his job, the students will succeed in life and contribute good to the society. The commitment of top management will naturally lead to committed employees, whatever may be their position or emoluments. This is bound to add wealth to oneself, one‘s employer, society, and the nation at large.
EMPATHY: Empathy is social radar. Sensing what others feel about, without their open talk, is the essence of empathy. Empathy begins with showing concern, and then obtaining and understanding the feelings of others, from others’ point of view. It is also defined as the ability to put oneself into the psychological frame or reference or point of view of another, to know what the other person feels. It includes the imaginative projection into other’s feelings and understanding of other’s background such as parentage, physical and mental state, economic situation, and association. This is an essential ingredient for good human relations and transactions. Certainty in one’s own capabilities, values, and goals, is self-confidence. These people are usually positive thinking, flexible and willing to change. They respect others so much as they respect themselves. Self-confidence is a positive attitude, wherein the individual has some positive and realistic view of himself, with respect to the situations in which one gets involved. The people with self-confidence exhibit courage to get into action and unshakable faith in their abilities, whatever may be their positions. They are not influenced by threats or challenges and are prepared to face them and the natural or unexpected consequences. The self-confidence in a person develops a sense of partnership, respect, and accountability, and this helps the organization to obtain maximum ideas, efforts, and guidelines from its employees.
CHARACTER: It is a characteristic property that defines the behaviour of an individual. It is the pattern of virtues (morally-desirable features). Character includes attributes that determine a person’s moral and ethical actions and responses. It is also the ground on which morals and values blossom. People are divided into several categories, according to common tendencies such as ruthlessness, aggressiveness, ambition, constricting selfishness, stinginess, cheerfulness, generosity and goodwill. Individuals vary not only in the type of their character but also in the degree. Those whose lives are determined and directed by the prevailing habits, fashions, beliefs, attitudes, opinions and values of the society in which they live, have at best a developed social as opposed to an individual character. The aim of education is not only the cultivation of the intellect but also the formation of moral character. Increased intelligence or physical skill may easily be employed to the detriment of the community, if not accompanied by improved will. It is the function of ethics to determine the ideals of human character.
SPIRITUALITY: Spirituality is a way of living that emphasizes the constant awareness and recognition of the spiritual dimension (mind and its development) of nature and people, with a dynamic balance between the material development and the spiritual development. This is said to be the great virtue of Indian philosophy. Sometimes, spirituality includes the faith or belief in supernatural power/ God, regarding the worldly events. It functions as a fertilizer for the soil character to blossom into values and morals. Spirituality includes creativity, communication, recognition of the individual as human being (as opposed to a life-less machine), respect to others, acceptance (stop finding faults with colleagues and accept them the way they are), vision (looking beyond the obvious and not believing anyone blindly), and partnership (not being too authoritative, and always sharing responsibility with others, for better returns) encourages the colleagues to perform better. Lack of motivation leads to isolation. Spirituality is also the energy and flexibility to adapt to challenging and changing situations. One should not be too dominating. Make space for everyone and learn to recognize and accept people the way they are. Variety is the order of the day. But one can influence their mind to think and act together. Tolerance and empathy are the reflections of spirituality.
Institute. b) Physical assault, threats of violence, or conduct that threatens the health or safety of any person including other students of the Institute; c) Possession or use of weapons, explosives, or destructive devices d) Manufacture, sale, or distribution of prohibited drugs, alcohol etc. e) Conduct which has a negative impact or constitutes a nuisance to members of the surrounding off-campus community. 3. Ethics and Conduct.
CODE OF CONDUCT FOR STUDENTS
3.1 This Code shall apply to all kinds of conduct of students that occurs on the Institute premises including in University sponsored activities, functions hosted by other recognized student organizations and any off-campus conduct that has or may have serious consequences or adverse impact on the Institute’s Interests or reputation.
3.2 By signing the form of admission, each student deem to have read accepted this Code and thereby deem to have an undertaking that a) he/she shall be regular and must complete his/her studies in the Institute.
3.3. Institute believes in promoting a safe and efficient climate by enforcing behavioural standards. All students must uphold academic integrity, respect all persons and their rights and property and safety of others; etc.
3.4 All students must deter from indulging in any and all forms of misconduct including partaking in any activity on or off-campus which can affect the Institute’s interests and reputation substantially. The various forms of misconduct include: a) Any act of discrimination (physical or verbal conduct) based on an individual’s gender, caste, race, religion or religious beliefs, colour, region, language, disability, or sexual orientation, marital or family status, physical or mental disability, gender identity, etc. b) Intentionally damaging or destroying Institute property or property of other students and/or faculty members c) Any disruptive activity in a class room or in an event organised by the Institute d) Unable to produce the identity card, issued by the Institute, or refusing to produce it on demand by campus security guards or teachers
Possessing, Consuming, distributing, selling of alcohol in the Institute and/or throwing empty bottles on the campus of the Institute d) Parking a vehicle in a no parking zone or in area earmarked for parking other type of vehicles e) Rash driving on the campus that may cause any inconvenience to others f) Theft or unauthorized access to others resources g) Misbehaviour at the time of student body elections or during any activity of the Institute. h) Engaging in disorderly, lewd, or indecent conduct, including, but not limited to, creating
Possessing, Consuming, distributing, selling of alcohol in the Institute and/or throwing empty bottles on the campus of the Institute d) Parking a vehicle in a no parking zone or in area earmarked for parking other type of vehicles e) Rash driving on the campus that may cause any inconvenience to others f) Theft or unauthorized access to others resources g) Misbehaviour at the time of student body elections or during any activity of the Institute. h) Engaging in disorderly, lewd, or indecent conduct, including, but not limited to, creating unreasonable noise; pushing and shoving; inciting or participating in a riot or group disruption at the Institute.
3.5 Students are expected not to interact, on behalf of the Institute, with media representatives or invite media persons on to the campus without the permission of the Institute authorities.
3.6 Students are not permitted to either audio or video record lectures in class rooms or actions of other students, faculty, or staff without prior permission.
3.7 Students are not permitted to provide audio and video clippings of any activity on the campus to media without prior permission.
3.8 Students are expected to use the social media carefully and responsibly. They cannot post derogatory comments about other individuals from the Institute on the social media or indulging in any such related activities having grave ramifications on the reputation of the Institute.
3.9 Theft or abuse of the Institute computers and other electronic resources such as computer and electronic communications facilities, systems, and services which includes unauthorized entry , use, tamper, etc. of Institute property or facilities, offices, classrooms, computers networks and interference with the work of others is punishable.
3.10 Damage to, or destruction of, any property of the Institute, or any property of others on the Institute premises.
3.11 Making a video/audio recording, taking photographs, or streaming audio/video of any person in a location where the person has a reasonable expectation of privacy, without that person’s knowledge and express consent.
3.12 Indulging in any form of Harassment which is defined as a conduct that is severe and objectively, a conduct that is motivated on the basis of a person’s race, colour, national or ethnic origin, citizenship, sex, religion, age, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, marital status, ancestry, physical or mental disability, medical condition.
4. If there is a case against a student for a possible breach of code of conduct, then a committee will be formed to recommend a suitable disciplinary action who shall inquire into the alleged violation and accordingly suggest the action to be taken against the said student. . The committee may meet with the student to ascertain the misconduct and suggest appropriate disciplinary actions based on the nature of misconduct.
CODE OF CONDUCT FOR TEACHERS
Preamble: As per UGC guidelines whoever adopts teaching as a profession assumes the obligation to conduct himself/herself in accordance with the ideals of the profession. A teacher is constantly under the scrutiny of his students and the society at large. Therefore, every teacher should see that there is no incompatibility between his precepts and practice. The basic ethical values underlying the code are care, trust, honesty, integrity and respect. It is expected that all the teachers should make themselves familiar with this Code of Ethics and Conduct (hereinafter referred to as the ‘Code’) and the duties, rights, responsibilities including the restrictions flowing from it. CODE OF CONDUCT
1. Every Teacher shall discharge his/her duties efficiently and diligently to match with the academic standards and performance norms laid down by the College Management from time to time.
2. Every Teacher shall update his/her knowledge and skills to equip himself/herself professionally for the proper discharge of duties assigned to him/her.
3. Every Teacher shall conduct himself/herself with absolute dignity and decorum in his/her dealing with the superiors, colleagues and students.
4. No teacher shall accept any honorary or other assignment given to him/her by any external agency without the prior permission of the College Management.
5. No teacher shall act in any manner that violates the norms of decency or morality in his/her conduct or behaviour inside and outside the College Campus.
6. No teacher shall incite, provoke or instigate any students or any other member of the staff into any form of action against the betterment of the College, or that seeks to disrupt the academic activities of the College.
7. No teacher shall by act or deed degrades, harass or insult any other person for any reason whatsoever or act in a manner unbecoming of the teaching profession.
8. Every teacher in the service of the College shall at all the time strive for academic excellence in the discharge of his/her duties and conduct himself/herself in the manner of a perfect role model for others to emulate.
9. Teacher should not allow considerations of cast, creed, religion, race or sex in his/her professional undertaking
10. Teacher is expected to discharge his duties as per the guidelines of the UGC and the University and rules and regulations of the state government issued from time to time.
Code of Ethics and Conduct for the Principal:
The Principal of a college has different roles to play. He has to shoulder many responsibilities having characteristics of a patron, custodian, supervisor, administrator, adjudicator, protector, inspirer etc. As the Academic and Administrative Head of the Institution the Principal is liable to follow certain codes of ethics in his conduct as proclaimed by the University Grants Commission (UGC) in tandem with the guidelines framed by the Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD) and the Government resolutions made in this context by the State of Chattisgarh. The Principal shall adopt and abide by the following code of conduct:
1. To uphold the ethos of inclusiveness in terms of imparting education in the institution.
2. To protect the collective interest of different sections of the institution so that each and all can perform freely and give their highest for the betterment of the institution.
3. To give equal treatment to all the stakeholders in the College so that there is no discrimination in any of the practices undertaken on the campus.
4. To uphold and maintain the essence of social justice for all the stakeholders irrespective of their caste, creed, race, sex, or religious identity as within the framework of Indian Constitution.
5. To create and maintain an unbiased gender-free atmosphere on the campus of the College so that all the stakeholders enjoy equal opportunities.
6. To maintain required alertness among all the stakeholders of the College against the sexual harassment of the employee.
7. To initiate and propagate the spirit of welfare within all the sections of human resources attached directly or indirectly with the College.
8. To create an environment conducive for research oriented academic gatherings so to promote research activities in the institution.
9. To promote and maintain harmonious relationships of the College with the adjoining society in order to ensure the all-round development of the students and the institution.
10. To act as a bridge between the staff and the Management of the institute for the betterment of all the stakeholders.
Code of conduct for the College Development Committee (CDC)
There shall be a separate College Development Committee (CDC) comprising of the following members, namely :-
· Chairperson of the management or his nominee Secretary of the management or his nominee
· One Head of department, to be nominated by the Principal
· Three teachers in the college, elected by the full-time amongst themselves out of whom at least one shall be a woman
· One non-teaching employee, elected by regular non-teaching staff from amongst themselves
· Four local members, nominated by the management in consultation with the Principal, from the fields of education, industry, research and social service of whom at least one shall be alumnus
· Coordinator, Internal Quality Assurance Committee of the college President and Secretary of the College Students' Council Principal of the college - Member - Secretary.
o The College Development Committee shall meet at least four times in a year.
o Elected and Nominated members shall have a term of five years from the date of election or nomination. If any vacancy occurs in the office of such member, the vacancy shall be filled within three months by the Principal and the member so appointed shall hold office for the residual term for which the earlier member shall have held the office if the vacancy had not occurred.
o The College Development Committee shall,-
· prepare an overall comprehensive development plan of the college regarding academic, administrative and infrastructural growth, which enable college to foster excellence in curricular, co-curricular and extra-curricular activities
· decide about the overall teaching programmes or academic calendar of the college
· recommend to the management about introducing new academic courses and the creation of additional teaching and administrative posts
· take review of the self-financing courses in the college, if any, and make recommendations for their improvement
· make specific recommendations to the management to encourage and strengthen research culture, consultancy and extension activities in the college
· make specific recommendations to the management to foster academic collaborations to strengthen teaching and research
· make specific recommendations to the management to encourage the use of information and communication technology in teaching and learning process make specific , recommendations regarding the improvement in teaching and suitable training programmes for the employees of the college. o Prepare the annual financial estimates (budget) and financial statements of the college or institution and recommend the same to the management for approval
o Formulate proposals of new expenditure not provided for in the annual financial estimates (budget)
o Make recommendations regarding the students' and employees' welfare activities in the college o Discuss the reports of the Internal Quality Assurance Committee and make suitable recommendations o Frame suitable admissions procedure for different programmes by following the statutory norms o Plan major annual events in the college, such as annual day, sports events, cultural events, etc.
o Recommend the administration about appropriate steps to be taken regarding the discipline, safety and security issues of the college o Consider and make appropriate recommendations on inspection reports, local inquiry reports, audit report, report of National Assessment and Accreditation Council, etc o Recommend the distribution of different prizes, medals and awards to the students. o Prepare the annual report on the work done by committee for the year ending on the 30th June and submit the same to the management of such college and the university o Perform such other duties and exercise such other powers as may be entrusted by the management and the university.
Code of conduct for the Management MAA JAGDAMBE EDUCATIONAL SOCIETY ,BHILAI
In its meeting considered the matter regarding framing of Policy on Conflict of Interest and Ethics and Code of Conduct, and adopted the following resolution.
The “Policy on Conflict of Interest and Ethics and Code of Conduct” for the Management Members is approved. It was noted that this Code of Conduct is not legally binding. It is agreed to adopt and abide by this Code of Conduct on their own volition. Code of conduct:
1. The code of conduct lays down values, principles and practices that establish standards for ethical conduct of members of the MAA JAGDAMBE EDUCATIONAL SOCIETY,BHILAI so as to uphold the society of all the stakeholders in a manner that does not compromise its mandate.
2. The members should respect and honour their office as a public trust and strive to promote and maintain the highest standards of ethical and professional conduct enunciated in the values and principles of Impartiality, Integrity, Propriety and Equality.
3. Members shall take all steps necessary to ensure that any conflict of interests involving one or more Members does not affect or reasonably appear to affect, any decision of the Trust. A conflict of interests may occur in situations where the personal relationship, professional affiliation or financial interests of a member may compromise, the independence of judgment which the Trust is expected to exercise.
4. A member shall disclose his or her interests which may conflict with his or her duties. In particular, if there is any item on the agenda of the Trust that involves a potential conflict of interests of a Member.
5. Any case or complaint of violation of these norms may be reported to the Chairman who shall bring it to the next meeting of the society for decision.
The committee members for adherence of code of conduct:
