Article IiI: CONDUCT CODE VIOLATIONS

1. Cheating, plagiarism, or other forms of academic dishonesty are covered under Parkland College policy, including Policy 8.06;
2. Falsifying or inventing information to any Parkland College official, faculty member, or office;
3. Forgery, alteration, or misuse of any Parkland College document, record, or instrument of identification;

Failure to abide by Parkland College policies that prohibit all animals in buildings unless otherwise excepted.

See Policy 3.42  - Animals on Campus - for additional information on exceptions.

Violating special safety regulations that are necessary to govern various facilities and activities of the college.

1. Tampering with any fire safety equipment and/or emergency call equipment, not abiding by fire alarms, the actual dismantling of any equipment alerting others that danger is in the way.
2. Failure to evacuate a Parkland College facility in the event of fire or another emergency. This may also include failure to take shelter in the event of weather-related emergency.
3. Tampering with security cameras on college property.
4. Issuing a bomb threat or other warning of impending disaster without cause.
5. Bicycles, Motorized vehicles (such as E-bikes) and other wheeled devises may not be ridden within any Parkland College buildings or on the sidewalks surrounding the buildings. Motorized vehicles, hover boards (and other vehicles containing lithium batteries) and fuel are prohibited in all areas of the buildings.
6. Unmanned aircraft, drones, or other flying equipment (outside of items used for classroom instruction) is prohibited at Parkland College.

The act of obstructing teaching, research, administration, disciplinary proceedings, other Parkland College activities, including its public service functions on or off campus, or other authorized non-Parkland College activities, when the act occurs on Parkland premises.

(Hearings associated with faculty-initiated Administrative Removal from the Classroom Due to Student Behavior will follow a separate hearing procedure as outlined under the Classroom Contract section).

1. Participation in campus demonstration which disrupts the normal operations of Parkland College and infringes on the rights of other members of the Parkland College community; leading or inciting others to disrupt scheduled and/or normal activities within any campus building or area; intentional obstruction which unreasonably interferes with freedom of movement, either pedestrian or vehicular, on campus. See Policy 8.31 for additional information on approved campus demonstration protocols. 
2. Obstruction of the free flow of pedestrian traffic inside or outside the facilities or vehicular traffic on Parkland College premises or at Parkland College sponsored or supervised functions.
3. Unauthorized use of electronic or other devices to make an audio, video, or photographic record of any person while on Parkland College premises without his/her prior knowledge, or without his/her effective consent when such a record is likely to cause injury or distress.
4. Abuse of the student conduct system, including but not limited to:

a. Failure to obey the notification from a Student Conduct Committee or Parkland College official;

b. Falsification, distortion, or misrepresentation, if information before a Student Conduct Committee;

c. Disruption or interference with the orderly conduct of a student conduct proceeding;

d. Interruption of a student conduct proceeding knowingly without cause;

e. Attempting to discourage an individual’s proper participation in, or use of, the student conduct system;

f. Attempting to influence the impartiality of a member of the Student Conduct Committee prior to, and/or during the course of the student conduct proceeding;

g. Harassment (verbal or physical) and/or intimidation of a member of the student conduct system and/or a Student Conduct Committee prior to, during, and/or after a student conduct proceeding;

h. Failure to comply with the sanction(s) imposed under the Student Conduct Code;

i. Influencing or attempting to influence another person to commit an abuse of the student conduct system.

5. Tampering with the election of any Parkland College recognized student organization.

Use, possession, manufacture, or distribution of illegal drugs or controlled substances except as expressly permitted by law. 

In compliance with the Smoke-Free Campus Act (110 ILCS64/), all tobacco use will be prohibited on the Parkland College campus effective July 1, 2015. For the purpose of this policy, “campus” means all property owned or leased by, or leased to the college, including buildings, grounds, roads, parking lots, and vehicles. 

Violating the policy on harassment/discrimination of students. Harassment or discrimination is any conduct which is so severe or pervasive that it actually:

1. Interferes with an individual’s work or education because of expressions based on race, color, gender, gender expression, national origin, religion, age, veteran status (including Vietnam veteran); marital status, ancestry, disability, or retaliation for complaining about harassment or discrimination.
2. Creates an intimidating, hostile, or offensive environment through written, graphic, or verbal communications including comments, jokes, slurs, or negative stereotyping; or interferes with an individual’s performance.

For more information, please refer to Policy 8.26 Harassment/Discrimination – Students. 

In accordance with the Stop Campus Hazing Act, “Hazing” is defined as any intentional, knowing, or reckless act committed by a person—either individually or in concert with others—against another person or persons, regardless of the willingness of such persons to participate.

To be considered hazing, the act must be committed in the course of an initiation into, an affiliation with, or the maintenance of membership in a student organization, and it must cause or create a risk—beyond what is reasonably expected in the context of participation in the institution of higher education or the organization (such as physical preparation for athletic teams)—of physical or psychological injury. Such acts include, but are not limited to:

1. Whipping, beating, striking, electronic shocking, or placing a harmful substance on someone's body;
2. Causing or coercing sleep deprivation, exposure to the elements, confinement in a small space, extreme calisthenics, or similar activities;
3. Inducing another person to consume food, liquids, alcohol, drugs, or other substances; coercing or inducing another person to perform sexual acts;
4. Engaging in any activity that places another person in reasonable fear of bodily harm through threats or conduct; any act that includes a criminal violation of local, State, Tribal, or Federal law; and
5.  Any act that induces or requires another person to perform a duty or task that involves a criminal violation of law.

For the purposes of this regulation, hazing includes observation of hazing activities by individuals in a position to intervene but who fail to intervene, including organization officers/leaders who are aware of planned hazing activities and who condone and/or fail to prevent that hazing from occurring, regardless of their participation.

The abuse of computer facilities and technology resources, including but not limited to:

1. Unauthorized entry into a file, to use, read, or change contents, or for any other purpose;
2. Unauthorized transfer of a file or software;
3. Unauthorized use of another individual’s identification and password;
4. Use of computing facilities to interfere with the work of another student, faculty member, or Parkland College official;
5. Use of computing facilities to send obscene or abusive messages;
6. Use of computing facilities to interfere with normal operation of any Parkland College computing system;
7. Use of computing facilities and resources in violation of copyright laws;
8. Violation of the Parkland computer/e-mail use policies

Violating the Sexual Discrimination, Harassment, and Misconduct policy of the college (Separate investigation and adjudication procedures exist for this policy).

For more information, please refer to Policy 3.01 Sexual Discrimination/Harassment/Misconduct.