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.
