Common use of Dismissal Standards Clause in Contracts

Dismissal Standards. A Faculty Member may be dismissed only for adequate cause. Adequate cause is a reason related directly and substantially to the professional fitness of the Faculty Member under one or more of the following areas: (a) serious professional misconduct including, but not limited to, serious violations of this collective bargaining agreement; (b) misrepresentation of qualifications or credentials pertaining to employment at the University of Cincinnati; (c) plagiarism or other serious dishonesty related to teaching, scholarship, or professional service; (d) incompetence in performance that is directly related to the Faculty Member’s responsibilities to the Academic Unit; (e) consistent inability or refusal to fulfill responsibilities to the Academic Unit; (f) personal conduct: (i) that represents a serious and ongoing threat to the health or safety of any person in the University community, or (ii) that manifests severe or continuing harassment or discrimination, or (iii) that otherwise substantially impairs the Faculty Member’s fulfillment of responsibilities to the Academic Unit or the University; (g) persistent or malicious conduct that directly obstructs the performance of instructional or scholarly programs of the University.

Dismissal Standards. A Faculty Member may be dismissed only for adequate cause. Adequate cause is a reason related directly and substantially to the professional fitness of the Faculty Member under one or more of the following areas: (a) serious professional misconduct including, but not limited to, serious violations of this collective bargaining agreement; (b) misrepresentation of qualifications or credentials pertaining to employment at the University of Cincinnati; (c) plagiarism or other serious dishonesty related to teaching, scholarship, or professional service; (d) incompetence in performance that is directly related to the Faculty Member’s responsibilities to the Academic Unit; (e) consistent inability or refusal to fulfill responsibilities to the Academic Unit; (f) personal conduct: (i) that represents a serious and ongoing threat to the health or safety of any person in the University community, or (ii) that manifests severe or continuing harassment or discrimination, or (iii) that otherwise substantially impairs the Faculty Member’s fulfillment of responsibilities to the Academic Unit or the University; (g) persistent or malicious conduct that directly obstructs the performance of instructional or scholarly programs of the University.or