Student Code of Conduct
The purpose of the Student Code of Conduct at Mercy College of Ohio is to provide an environment conducive to student learning guided by the Values of the College on the Toledo campus and at the Youngstown location as well as the online environment. The Values are as follows:
- Compassion
- Excellence
- Human Dignity
- Justice
- Sacredness of Life
- Service
Student learning takes place in the following formats:
- Classroom (face-to-face)
- Online (Distance Education)
- Hybrid (Combination of face-to-face and online)
- Laboratories (Assessment labs, skills labs, science labs, etc.)
- Clinical Settings
- Student Activities (both on and off-campus)
Students who are admitted to and participate in the learning environment at Mercy College of Ohio must conduct themselves with the highest level of professional and ethical behavior regardless of the setting.
Professional and Ethical Conduct means that students will demonstrate the following:
- Honesty
- Integrity
- Responsibility
- Accountability
- Confidentiality
- Respect for others
- Compliance with college policies and procedures
- Safe care for all clients and/or patients
- Willingness to seek assistance as needed for learning and/or care of clients/patients.
In cases where students engage in questionable or inappropriate conduct, the student(s) is/are subject to disciplinary action. Examples of inappropriate conduct include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Criminal violation of local, state, and/or federal laws, including copyright laws.
- Violation of college policies and procedures as outlined in the college catalog and program handbooks.
- Knowingly furnishing false academic or personal information to college faculty, staff, or administration; forgery; or tampering with college documents, records, and identification cards with the intent to deceive or commit fraud.
- Misuse of fire safety equipment, including sending a false fire alarm and/or tampering with fire extinguishers or other safety equipment; tampering with plumbing and lighting fixtures outside of normal use; and inappropriate usage of library materials and/or any other private property on the campus.
- Actual or attempted violation of the computer use policy, computer security, and/or tampering with computer software equipment.
- Possession or use of unauthorized weapons (such as firearms, knives, bows and arrows, and martial arts weaponry), explosives (including fireworks), and dangerous chemicals.
- Use, possession, or distribution of illegal and controlled substances (such as marijuana and cocaine), and violation of state laws and college policies governing the use, possession, and distribution of alcoholic beverages.
- Involvement in acts of disorderly conduct, which includes, but is not limited to: (i) any conduct which materially and substantially disrupts the education process, College operations, and/or related activities; and (ii) any conduct which aids, abets, or procures another person to materially and substantially disrupt the education process, College operations, and/or related activities.
- Unprofessional behavior in the classroom, online environment, clinical settings or on- or off-campus activities.
- Violation of the Hazing Policy, or other serious forms of physical or mental harassment, abuse, threats, or intimidation, racial harassment, or action, which intentionally subjects another person to public ridicule.
- Unauthorized entry to college facilities and/or possession of keys or duplicate keys.
- Gambling on any supervised properties of the college.
- Disruption of the learning environment.
- Conduct that threatens or endangers the health and/or safety of the college community.
- Bullying or cyber bullying.
- Violation of the Tobacco/Smoking Policy.
- Breach of client/patient confidentiality.
- Unsafe clinical practices.
- Failure to comply with directions of College officials acting in the performance of their duties.
- Failure to cooperate in the Student Discipline Procedure outlined below.
The College reserves the right to address other inappropriate behavior by students if it does not clearly fall within the identified standards of conduct above.