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.
