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Our Dignity Principles

What we stand for

Our dignity1 principles below set out our expectations of how we behave as a community, both as individuals and as an institution, and inform our approach to taking appropriate action when these expectations are not met.

These principles facilitate an environment with the ability to voice ideas at its core, a place in which staff and students operate with mutual respect, with the confidence that equality of opportunity is accessible to all.

We commit to sharing these principles with all new students and staff members when they arrive at Warwick and underpin our desire to give students and staff the best experience possible whilst studying and working here. Dignity and respect are explicitly included in the terms and conditions of employment for every member of staff. At enrolment, each student agrees to abide by the University’s regulations.

 



Learn more about your rights and responsibilities at Warwick

These Moodle courses for staff and students communicate your rights and responsibilities as members of the Warwick community that enable us to create a working, living, and learning environment where everyone feels welcomed and safe to be themselves, everyone is treated with dignity and respect, and there is equal opportunity for all to reach their potential.

Take the course now:


Familiarise yourself with our policy and codes of conduct

Staff and students can read the Dignity Principles Policy in full, and related Codes of Conduct using the links below:


If you have experienced or witnessed any incident of bullying, harassment, discrimination, sexual misconduct, relationship abuse and/or hate crime, you can report it anonymously or speak to an advisor and request support through Report + Support.


1 Dignity can be defined in many ways, for example, being valued and respected, an acknowledgement of our equal worth as human beings. Not being treated with dignity and respect can lead to feelings such as humiliation and worthlessness. Our Dignity Principles outline behaviours which the University will not tolerate, as they undermine a person’s dignity.