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.
