Code of Conduct - שנקר - הנדסה. עיצוב. אמנות

Purpose of the Code of Conduct
Violations
Disciplinary Measures
Composition of Disciplinary Committee
Disciplinary Hearing
Resolving Complaints

Purpose of the Code of Conduct

The policy of the college is to provide maximum support to students and to foster a positive and informal relationship between the administration and academic faculty, and the student body and its elected representatives. As an addendum to this policy, the administration insists on an adherence to standards of basic conduct and discipline, without which regular and effective studies would be rendered impossible. The administration expects the understanding and cooperation of the student body and its representatives in this matter.

Violations
The following shall be considered violations targeting the college, its institutions and property:

Providing false information, fraudulent activity to obtain rights and accommodations from the college.
Any act of fraud or attempted fraud in exams, projects, any assignment for submission, official documents, or violations of the exam code.
Any act of plagiarism.
Failure to adhere to instructions from the Shenkar authorities (academic or administrative faculty) within the scope of their authority, and/or harm to their reputation, and/or failure to comply with instructions that appear on signage or any other official Shenkar documentation.
Conduct that includes verbal or physical violence.
Conduct unbefitting of the standing of Shenkar or the status of a student of the college (this clause is not intended to impede students’ legitimate freedom of expression).
Failure to make payments owed to Shenkar in a timely manner.
Damaging Shenkar property, whether through malice or negligence, including littering, unauthorized use of facilities, drilling into walls, using ceilings and/or windows and doors for purposes other than those intended.
Damage to IT systems, whether through malice or negligence, including equipment, cables, software and databases.
Duplicating program licenses and/or databases that are considered Shenkar property.
Failure to uphold safety and security protocols in classroom work, workshops, labs and computer rooms: Shenkar has safety regulations that are aligned with Ministry of Labor and Israel Institute for Occupational Safety and Hygiene instructions. The regulations can be found on the website and in the departments, labs and workshops. It is the responsibility of the students to act in accordance with them, and to adhere to the specific safety regulations of each facility and workshop.
Smoking is not permitted in any Shenkar building, except in places with signage specifically permitting it.
Cigarette stubs may not be tossed on the ground.

Code of conduct for computer rooms and classrooms:

It is not permitted to bring in food and drink.
Smoking is prohibited.
Students are not permitted to fix, take apart, or otherwise touch equipment for which they do not have authorization.
It is prohibited to install fonts or software of any kind.
Any fault or malfunction must be reported to the support team immediately.
The instructions of any representative of Shenkar (administrative and/or academic) must be adhered to.
It is prohibited to use mobile phones, tablets or personal computers should a lecturer forbid it.
It is prohibited to grant entry or access to equipment to anyone who is not a student at Shenkar.
It is prohibited to bring pets or other animals into the campus.
Students may not bring food and drink into places where this is prohibited.
It is prohibited to sit in seats reserved for students with disabilities or to remove the sticker that marks it as a reserved seat without explicit authorization from HILA — Student Advancement Center.

Violations of library policy:

Vandalism of books, projects, journals, or any other materials belonging to the library.
Removal of books, projects, journals, or any other materials without authorization from the librarian.
Use of mobile telephones in the library.
Bringing food and drink into the library building.

Among the violations considered to harm the reputation of the college:

Harming the reputation and prestige of Shenkar.
Violating the code of conduct and ethics while carrying out projects within and outside Shenkar as part of the academic program.
Violations of the code of professional ethics while employed in industry as part of the academic program.

Disciplinary Measures

The following disciplinary measures may be applied to a student who is found to be guilty of the aforementioned violations:

A reprimand in the student’s personal record.
A warning in the student’s personal record.
Community service, the extent of which shall be determined by the disciplinary committee and the Community Outreach Unit.
Payment of compensation to Shenkar or a third party for damage incurred as a result of the violation by the disciplined party, the sum of which shall not exceed the total cost of the damage.
Disqualifying a test or tests and/or revoking permission to take a test or tests.
Disqualifying projects.
Disqualifying home assignments, research papers, graduate projects or other projects assigned to the student.
Disqualifying a course grade.
Suspend the awarding of a certificate or authorization for studies.
Revoking the right to a certificate of excellence or a merit-based scholarship.
A time-limited or permanent pre-expulsion warning.
A time-limited suspension or permanent expulsion from pursuing academic studies at the college. A recommendation for permanent expulsion requires the approval of the senior disciplinary committee.
All other disciplinary measures are at the discretion of the committee.

The disciplinary committee shall be authorized to determine the following:

Whether to include details of the hearing and the final verdict (acquittal or conviction) in the student’s personal record.
Whether to publish its findings in Shenkar’s Meydanet system and/or the students’ noticeboard, and whether to name the student or grant them anonymity.

Composition of Disciplinary Committee

Dean of students (head of the committee)
Head of the academic secretariat (or a representative on their behalf)
Head of the student’s department (or a representative on their behalf)
Head of the student union (or a representative on their behalf)
In urgent cases, should the dean not be available: a member of the senior faculty (full-time professor) will take their place as the head of the committee and inform the members of the disciplinary committee of the change.

The committee is authorized to impose disciplinary measures at all levels of severity as outlined in the disciplinary measures section above.

Disciplinary Hearing
All disciplinary committee hearings will take place in the presence of the members of the committee and the following participants:

The accused party, who will be entitled to present their full case, both in writing and orally, and to summon witnesses.
The member of the academic and/or administrative staff who submitted the complaint or reported the suspected violation. The complainant will be entitled to summon witnesses.
The student will be entitled to legal representation by a lawyer acting on their behalf in a disciplinary committee in the following circumstances: (a) the student is able to prove that there is a significant obstacle in their ability to represent themselves; (b) the potential consequences of the disciplinary committee are severe (as determined by Shenkar with the input of the students union); (c) Shenkar has legal representation in the same disciplinary process.

A failure by the student to attend the disciplinary committee:
A student summoned to appear before a disciplinary committee and who does not attend with cause (reserve duty or illness) will be issued with a new date for the committee, no later than two weeks from the initial date. Should they fail to appear on a second occasion, the hearing will take place and a decision will be reached without their presence.

Resolving Complaints

A written complaint will be submitted by the complainant to the Dean of Students (as head of the disciplinary committee).
Pursuing or dismissing the complaint: The head of the disciplinary committee, in deliberation with the members of the committee, is authorized to dismiss the complaint should they feel there is no disciplinary case to answer or that it is not the appropriate forum.
The decision to pursue or dismiss a complaint shall be submitted in writing to the complainant and the subject of the complaint.

Preparing for the disciplinary committee:

The dean’s office shall deliver copies of the complaint and any other relevant documents to the complainant, the accused and the head of the student union.
The appeal will be set for a date no later than a month after the submission of the complaint, on condition that the document is delivered to the accused no later than a week before the date of the hearing.
The dean’s office will set the date and location of the hearing and convey this information to the complainant, the accused and the head of the student union.

During the hearing:

The hearing will take place behind closed doors in the hearing room.
The dean and other members of the committee, the complainant and the accused, and any other individual whose role exposes them to information regarding any complaint or hearing, are bound to uphold the confidentiality of all such information.
The complainant and the accused are entitled to be represented in the disciplinary process by representatives of the student union.
Should the accused fail to appear before the disciplinary hearing without good cause, the disciplinary committee is entitled to hear the case without their presence (pursuant to clause 5).
Should the accused refuse to appear before the disciplinary committee and/or adhere to the disciplinary measures imposed on them, this shall be considered severe harm to “the reputation of Shenkar”.
The head of the disciplinary committee shall be entitled to summon witnesses to any inquiry or hearing, and to consider any additional evidence that they see fit and as requested by the complainant and/or the accused.
The disciplinary committee is entitled to accept document evidence or any other form.
First, the complainant will present their version of events before the disciplinary committee, and they will then leave the room (the accused will not be present in the room at this stage).
After this, the accused will present their version of events before the disciplinary committee, and they will then leave the room (the complainant will not be present in the room at this stage).
After the complainant and the accused have left the room, the disciplinary committee will deliberate and reach a verdict. The head of the committee is entitled to defer the verdict, but no further than one week after the hearing.
The committee’s deliberations will be written in the minutes. The minutes will not be published.

Verdicts of the disciplinary committee:

The disciplinary committee shall issue its verdict to uphold or reject the complaint either unanimously or by a majority decision.
A copy of the committee’s verdict will be submitted in writing to the complainant, the accused, and the head of the student union within 10 days of the verdict being reached.
Should the accused be found guilty, the verdict will be published.
Should the accused be found not guilty, they shall have the right to determine whether the verdict is published or not.
Should a criminal complaint be filed against the accused for the matter that is the subject of the disciplinary case, the disciplinary hearing shall be suspended until a final verdict is reached in the criminal case.

Appealing the verdict of the disciplinary committee:

The student has the right to file an appeal against the verdict of the disciplinary committee within two weeks of its decision being published.
The appeal shall be submitted in writing to the head of the disciplinary committee, the dean of students.
The appeal will be heard by the senior disciplinary committee, which acts as the appeals committee for the disciplinary committee.
The verdict of the senior disciplinary committee is final and not subject to appeal.
Members of the senior disciplinary committee: dean of students (as head of both disciplinary committee and senior disciplinary committee), head of the academic secretariat, head of the student union, head of the relevant department, dean of the relevant faculty and an additional representative from the student union.
The committee will invite the complainant and the accused to present their cases.
The accused student and the complainant body will be entitled to summon witnesses on their behalf.
The committee’s deliberations will be written in the minutes. The minutes will not be published.
The verdict of the senior disciplinary committee will be sent to the appellant within two weeks of the date of the hearing. The verdict will be delivered in writing and will be considered binding for the sides involved in the matter.