INITIATION OF DISCIPLINARY PROCEEDINGS. When serious concerns arise which are related to the performance of, or conduct of, a bargaining unit faculty member, and said concerns are brought to the attention of Western, Western shall under all circumstances, unless legal and/or compelling considerations exist which provide justifiable cause for not doing so, arrange a notification conference with the bargaining unit faculty member and Chapter within thirty (30) calendar days of the date the concerns are brought to the attention of Western. The notification conference is pre-disciplinary. It is not to be construed to constitute a disciplinary action on the part of WMU.
INITIATION OF DISCIPLINARY PROCEEDINGS. The Director or the Executive Board may initiate a disciplinary procedure against a staff member by informing the staff member in writing of such procedure and after hearing him and by setting the ad-hoc committee as defined above. The Director shall provide the ad hoc committee with all document or evidence providing factual elements in order to open an investigation and an assessment of the case. The ad-hoc committee may also use any other means to procure evidence or information on the case.
