Communities establish standards in order to
ensure that they are able to fulfill their mission and keep their
members from harm. The University Code of Student Conduct (referred to
as "the code" in the remainder of this summary) defines those kinds of
behavior that violate the standards of the Rutgers University community
and also provides the mechanism for addressing alleged violations. In
doing so, the code protects the rights of those accused of offenses
(referred to as "respondents" in the remainder of this summary) by
providing due process while also protecting victims of those offenses
and the university community as a whole.
