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To: FaultLine who wrote (58274)	11/22/2002 12:05:01 PM
From: KLP	Respond to of 281500

Speaking of "civility"....Indiana University and Purdue University bulletin.iupui.edu Civility Chancellor Gerald Bepko best defined “civility” when he stated in a letter to the campus the following message: “We often speak of IUPUI as being a family. Like members of a family, we have dedicated ourselves to creating an environment where individuals can succeed because each person is important. When any one of our members is prevented from doing her or his best, the entire community is diminished. We are also an institution of higher learning. Our institutional ethic compels us to foster the best possible environment for doing our work as educators, learners, and supporters of the educational process. Periodically, we must reaffirm these fundamental ethics and values that form the framework of our university family. “Among those values is fostering a climate of civility and mutual respect regardless of race, gender, age, or status in this institution. IUPUI has achieved much of its promise as an urban university because we work together towards common ends. Because the university is so complex and diverse, however, we will not always agree with one another. When we disagree it must be done with civility. We encourage everyone to speak and act judiciously and with respect for one another. “Also among our values is academic freedom and an open exchange of ideas and opinions. However, when there are messages displayed that promote divisiveness in our academic community, we have an obligation to condemn those messages as being antithetical to our university’s ideals and sense of shared responsibility for each other’s welfare. If we are to be true to our commitment to diversity and be welcoming to all, everyone must do his or her part. We know the terrible legacy of unopposed statements, they become insidiously acceptable and poison the climate of trust and respect we strive to maintain. When apathy leads us to permit discrimination or harassment because we ourselves are not objects of such behavior, we have failed our community. “No set of rules or policies can wholly govern human conduct. Civility is a fragile construct that each of us must cherish and preserve. We do have policies designed to eliminate discrimination and to prevent harassment. Our Office of Affirmative Action enforces these policies and assists in educating the campus community about acceptable and unacceptable behaviors.”