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    • 1.0 The Institute
    • 2.0 Faculty and Other Academic Appointments
    • 3.0 Faculty Appointment, Promotion, and Tenure Guidelines
    • 4.0 Faculty Rights and Responsibilities
    • 5.0 Research Appointments
    • 6.0 Administrative, Support, and Service Staff
    • 7.0 General Employment Policies
    • 8.0 Graduate Student Appointments
    • 9.0 Relations and Responsibilities Within the MIT Community
    • 10.0 Academic and Research Misconduct and Dishonesty
    • 11.0 Privacy and Disclosure of Personal Information
    • 12.0 Relations with the Public, Use of MIT Name, and Facilities Use
    • 13.0 Information Policies
    • 14.0 Research Policies and Public and Private Support
    • Update History
  • Employment Policy Manual
    • 1.0 Employment Policies
    • 2.0 Hiring Policies
    • 3.0 Employment Practices
    • 4.0 Leave Policies
    • 5.0 Pay Policies
    • 6.0 Termination of Employment
    • 7.0 Salary Administration
    • 8.0 Labor Relations
    • Update History
  • Policy Topics
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10.0 Academic and Research Misconduct and Dishonesty

  • 10.1   Procedures for Dealing with Misconduct in Research and Scholarship
    • 10.1.1   Unethical behavior in research and scholarship
    • 10.1.2   Definitions of Research Misconduct
    • 10.1.3   Responsibility To Report
    • 10.1.4   The Review Process
    • 10.1.5   Provisions Common to Misconduct Review Process
  • 10.2   Procedures for Dealing with Student Academic Dishonesty
    • 10.2.1   Communicating Faculty Expectations
    • 10.2.2   Departmental Handling of Violations
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Manuals sections

  • 1.0 The Institute
    • 1.1 Mission and Objectives
    • 1.2 Description
    • 1.3 The Corporation
    • 1.4 The Administration
    • 1.5 The Faculty
    • 1.6 Institute Councils and Committees
  • 2.0 Faculty and Other Academic Appointments
    • 2.1 Faculty Appointments
    • 2.2 Special Professorial Appointments
      • 2.2.1 Institute Professor
    • 2.3 Academic Instructional Staff Appointments
      • 2.3.1 Retired Professors
      • 2.3.2 Adjunct Professor, Professor of the Practice
      • 2.3.3 Adjunct Associate Professor, Associate Professor of the Practice
      • 2.3.4 Visiting Assistant Professor, Visiting Associate Professor, Visiting Professor
      • 2.3.5 Instructor
      • 2.3.6 Technical Instructor
      • 2.3.7 Senior Technical Instructor
      • 2.3.8 Instructor/Coach
      • 2.3.9 Lecturer
      • 2.3.10 Senior Lecturer
      • 2.3.11 Visiting Lecturer
      • 2.3.12 Honorary Lecturer
      • 2.3.13 Affiliated Faculty
  • 3.0 Faculty Appointment, Promotion, and Tenure Guidelines
    • 3.1 Search, Appointment, and Promotion Process for Faculty
    • 3.2 Tenure Process
      • 3.2.1 Extension of Tenure Clock for Faculty Leaves
      • 3.2.2 Part-Time Appointment with Tenure for Family Care
    • 3.3 Review of Decision Not to Promote or Award Tenure
    • 3.4 Termination of Tenure
      • 3.4.1 Administrative Reorganization
      • 3.4.2 Faculty Misconduct or Performance Below Standards
    • 3.5 Confidentiality and Indemnification
  • 4.0 Faculty Rights and Responsibilities
    • 4.1 Teaching and Research
    • 4.2 Annual Salary Plan
    • 4.3 Full-Time Service
    • 4.4 Conflict of Interest
    • 4.5 Outside Professional Activities
  • 5.0 Research Appointments
    • 5.1 Research Appointment Structure
    • 5.2 Sponsored Research Staff Appointments
      • 5.2.1 Principal Research Scientist, Principal Research Engineer, Principal Research Associate
      • 5.2.2 Research and Program Scientists, Engineers, and Associates
      • 5.2.3 Research Specialist, Technical Associate II, Technical Associate I
      • 5.2.4 Sponsored Research Technical Staff
      • 5.2.5 Sponsored Research Administrative Staff
      • 5.2.6 Lincoln Laboratory Staff
    • 5.3 Academic Research Staff Appointments
      • 5.3.1 Senior Research Scientist, Senior Research Engineer, Senior Research Associate
      • 5.3.2 Postdoctoral Associate, Senior Postdoctoral Associate
      • 5.3.3 Postdoctoral Fellow, Senior Postdoctoral Fellow, Research Fellow
      • 5.3.4 Visiting Engineer, Visiting Scientist, Visiting Scholar
      • 5.3.5 Research Affiliate
      • 5.3.6 Guests of the Institute
      • 5.3.7 Staff Affiliate
    • 5.4 Procedures for Campus Research Appointments
      • 5.4.1 Affirmative Action Serious Search
      • 5.4.2 Periodic Review
      • 5.4.3 Numerical Limitations
      • 5.4.4 Reporting Outside Activities and Interests
      • 5.4.5 Student Status
    • 5.5 Visiting Students
  • 6.0 Administrative, Support, and Service Staff
    • 6.1 Administrative Staff Positions
      • 6.1.1 Appointment Policies and Procedures
      • 6.1.2 Benefits for Administrative Staff
      • 6.1.3 Additional Services and Consulting Privileges
    • 6.2 Support Staff Positions
    • 6.3 Service Staff Positions
  • 7.0 General Employment Policies
    • 7.1 Equal Opportunity/ Affirmative Action and Serious Search
      • 7.1.1 Affirmative Action for Individuals with Disabilities and Protected Veterans
      • 7.1.2 Serious Search Policy
      • 7.1.3 Search Process for Faculty Searches
      • 7.1.4 Search Process for Non-Faculty Salaried Appointments
    • 7.2 Employment of Members of the Same Family
    • 7.3 Responsibilities of Supervisors
      • 7.3.1 Addressing Complaints by or Against Employees
    • 7.4 Benefits for Faculty and Staff Members
      • 7.4.1 Benefits Communications
      • 7.4.2 Health Services Provided by MIT Medical
      • 7.4.3 Affiliate Health Program
      • 7.4.4 Personal Assistance Benefit
    • 7.5 Leaves of Absence and Faculty Teaching Relief
      • 7.5.1 Sabbatical Leaves for the Faculty
      • 7.5.2 Sick and Family Leaves for the Faculty
      • 7.5.3 Faculty Teaching Relief
      • 7.5.4 Professional and Personal Leaves for the Faculty
      • 7.5.5 Unpaid Leaves of Absence for Staff Members
      • 7.5.6 Parental Leaves of Absence
      • 7.5.7 Leaves of Absence for Victims of Domestic Violence
      • 7.5.8 Military Leaves
    • 7.6 Layoff for Lack of Work or Funds
      • 7.6.1 Decision Criteria
      • 7.6.2 Review by Human Resources Officer and Approval by Academic Council Member
      • 7.6.3 Letter of Notification
      • 7.6.4 Layoff Notice Period
      • 7.6.5 Funding of Notice to Long-Service Personnel
      • 7.6.6 Extension of Medical Coverage in the Event of Layoff
    • 7.7 Retirement of Faculty and Staff Members
    • 7.8 Travel at Institute Expense
    • 7.9 Procurement Policy on Gifts and Gratuities
    • 7.10 MIT Employees Working Outside Massachusetts (Domestic or International)
    • 7.11 Employment or Appointment of Foreign Nationals
  • 8.0 Graduate Student Appointments
    • 8.1 Responsibilities
    • 8.2 Appointment Categories
      • 8.2.1 Instructor-G
      • 8.2.2 Teaching Assistant
      • 8.2.3 Research Assistant
      • 8.2.4 Fellowships
    • 8.3 Appointment Procedures
      • 8.3.1 Payment
      • 8.3.2 Vacation
      • 8.3.3 Interruption of Graduate Student Research Appointments
  • 9.0 Relations and Responsibilities Within the MIT Community
    • 9.1 Introduction to Relations and Responsibilities Within the MIT Community
    • 9.2 Personal Conduct and Responsibilities Towards Students and Employees
    • 9.3 Nondiscrimination
    • 9.4 Racist Conduct
    • 9.5 Harassment
      • 9.5.1 Sexual Harassment, Sexual Misconduct, Gender-Based Harassment, Title IX Sexual Harassment
      • 9.5.2 Stalking
    • 9.6 Violence against Community Members
    • 9.7 Non-Retaliation
    • 9.8 Complaint Resolution
      • 9.8.1 Application of Policy
      • 9.8.2 Definitions
      • 9.8.3 Informal Options for Resolving Complaints
      • 9.8.4 Investigation of Complaints
      • 9.8.5 Provisions Common to Section 9.8
    • 9.9 Consensual Sexual or Romantic Relationships in the Workplace or Academic Environment
      • 9.9.1 Introduction
      • 9.9.2 Definitions
      • 9.9.3 Relationships with Students
      • 9.9.4 Relationships between Principal Investigators and Graduate Students or Postdoctoral Scholars
      • 9.9.5 Relationships between Faculty or Other Supervisors and Subordinates
    • 9.10 Academic Authority over Family Members
    • 9.11 Access and Accommodations for Employees and Students with Disabilities
    • 9.12 Policies Specific to Students
      • 9.12.1 Expectations of Students
      • 9.12.2 Student Absence for Religious Observances
      • 9.12.3 Tutoring for a Fee by Academic Instructional Staff Members
    • 9.13 Substance Use
      • 9.13.1 Campus Smoking Policy
      • 9.13.2 Policy on the Use of Alcohol
      • 9.13.3 Policy Regarding a Drug-Free Workplace
    • 9.14 Environmental Health and Safety
      • 9.14.1 MIT Environmental, Health and Safety Policy
      • 9.14.2 General Guiding Principles That Support MIT's EHS Policy
      • 9.14.3 MIT EHS-MS Web Manual
    • 9.15 Protection of Minors
  • 10.0 Academic and Research Misconduct and Dishonesty
    • 10.1 Procedures for Dealing with Misconduct in Research and Scholarship
      • 10.1.1 Unethical behavior in research and scholarship
      • 10.1.2 Definitions of Research Misconduct
      • 10.1.3 Responsibility To Report
      • 10.1.4 The Review Process
      • 10.1.5 Provisions Common to Misconduct Review Process
    • 10.2 Procedures for Dealing with Student Academic Dishonesty
      • 10.2.1 Communicating Faculty Expectations
      • 10.2.2 Departmental Handling of Violations
  • 11.0 Privacy and Disclosure of Personal Information
    • 11.1 Protection of Personal Privacy
    • 11.2 Privacy of Personal Information
      • 11.2.1 Responsibility for Safeguarding Information
      • 11.2.2 Use of Personal Information
      • 11.2.3 Review of Personal Information
      • 11.2.4 Disclosure of Personal Information Outside of MIT
      • 11.2.5 Information on Foreign Nationals
      • 11.2.6 Archiving Records Containing Personal Information
      • 11.2.7 Court Orders and Other Legal Processes
    • 11.3 Privacy of Student Records
  • 12.0 Relations with the Public, Use of MIT Name, and Facilities Use
    • 12.1 Relations with Government and Community
    • 12.2 Office of the Vice President for Institute Affairs
    • 12.3 Use of Institute Name
    • 12.4 Use of Institute Letterhead
    • 12.5 Use of Facilities
      • 12.5.1 Use of Facilities by Non-MIT Groups
      • 12.5.2 Scheduling Facilities
      • 12.5.3 Conference Room Policy
      • 12.5.4 MIT Use of Outside Facilities
      • 12.5.5 Bulletin Boards, Postering, and Display Spaces
    • 12.6 Fundraising on Campus
    • 12.7 Political Action
  • 13.0 Information Policies
    • 13.1 Intellectual Property
      • 13.1.1 Definitions
      • 13.1.2 Intellectual Property Owned by MIT
      • 13.1.3 Intellectual Property Not Owned by MIT
      • 13.1.4 IPIA and Assignment
      • 13.1.5 Technology Disclosure Obligations
      • 13.1.6 Licensing of Intellectual Property and Revenue Sharing
      • 13.1.7 Return of MIT-owned Intellectual Property to an Inventor or Author
      • 13.1.8 Intellectual Property and Conflict of Interest Policies
      • 13.1.9 Policy Interpretation and Administration
    • 13.2 Policy on the Use of Information Technology Resources
      • 13.2.1 Privacy and Confidentiality of Institute Records
      • 13.2.2 Information Preservation and Security
      • 13.2.3 Responsible Use of IT Resources
      • 13.2.4 Privacy of Electronic Communications, Electronic Files, and Other Files
      • 13.2.5 Third-Party Products and Services
    • 13.3 Archival Policy
    • 13.4 Records Management Program
    • 13.5 Reproduction of Copyrighted Material
  • 14.0 Research Policies and Public and Private Support
    • 14.1 Research Policy and Research Support
      • 14.1.1 General Research Considerations
      • 14.1.2 Criteria for Evaluating Research Proposals
      • 14.1.3 Disposition or Transfer of Equipment
      • 14.1.4 Financial and Business Administration
    • 14.2 Open Research and Free Interchange of Information
    • 14.3 Research on Human Subjects
    • 14.4 Research Administration Services
      • 14.4.1 Procedures for Establishing Contracts or Government Grants
      • 14.4.2 Research Facilities and Administrative Costs
    • 14.5 Relations with Intelligence Agencies
    • 14.6 Private Support
      • 14.6.1 Plaques and Naming Spaces
      • 14.6.2 Plaques That Do Not Name Spaces
    • 14.7 Policy on Acquisition of Art and Artifacts
    • 14.8 Industrial Liaison Program
  • Update History
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