Common use of Rights and Obligations of the Members Clause in Contracts

Rights and Obligations of the Members. 5.1 Academic Freedom (a) Members enjoy freedom in teaching, scholarship, including research and creative professional work, and publication. This is required by their responsibility to the integrity of their scholarship and discipline and its advancement, on the one hand, and, by their special position in relation to the service of the Word of God and as exercising a public ministry to and for the community of the faithful in the Church, on the other hand. (b) The Parties to this Agreement agree to uphold the pursuit of truth, the advancement of learning, and the dissemination of knowledge. To this end, the Parties agree to abide by the principle of academic freedom as expressed in the following statement: academic freedom is the freedom to examine, question, teach, and learn, and it involves the right to investigate, speculate, and comment without reference to prescribed doctrine, as well as the right to criticize the University and society at large. As a Catholic University, the exercise of academic freedom is subject to the provisions of Ex Corde and Ordinances set out in the Preamble to this Agreement. Specifically, and without limiting the above, academic freedom entitles members to engage in the following: (i) Examine, question, teach, learn and serve; (ii) Disseminate opinions on any questions related to the member’s teaching, professional practice or development, or scholarship, including research and creative professional work, both inside and outside the classroom; (iii) Choose and pursue scholarship, including research and creative professional work, and professional development, without interference or reprisal, and freely publish and make public the results thereof; (iv) Choose and pursue teaching methods and content; (v) Create, exhibit, perform or adjudicate works of art; (vi) Select, acquire, disseminate, or critique documents or other materials; (vii) Criticize the Employer or any other organizations, whether corporate, political, public, private, institutional as well as society at large; (viii) Engage in service to the institution and the community; (ix) Participate in professional and representative academic bodies; and (x) Recommend library material relevant to the pursuit of learning. (c) Academic freedom does not require neutrality on the part of the member. Academic freedom makes intellectual discourse, critique and commitment possible. (d) Academic freedom does not confer legal immunity and carries with it the duty to use that freedom in a manner consistent with the scholarly obligation to base scholarship, including research and creative professional work, and teaching on an honest search for knowledge. (e) In any exercise of freedom of expression, members shall not purport to convey an official position of the Employer unless so authorized.

Rights and Obligations of the Members. 5.1 Academic Freedom (a) Members enjoy freedom in teaching, scholarship, including research and creative professional work, and publication. This is required by their responsibility to the integrity of their scholarship and discipline and its advancement, on the one hand, and, by their special position in relation to the service of the Word of God and as exercising a public ministry to and for the community of the faithful in the Church, on the other hand. (b) The Parties to this Agreement agree to uphold the pursuit of truth, the advancement of learning, and the dissemination of knowledge. To this end, the Parties agree to abide by the principle of academic freedom as expressed in the following statement: academic freedom is the freedom to examine, question, teach, and learn, and it involves the right to investigate, speculate, and comment without reference to prescribed doctrine, as well as the right to criticize the University and society at large. As a Catholic University, the exercise of academic freedom is subject to the provisions of Ex Corde and Ordinances set out in the Preamble to this Agreement. Specifically, and without limiting the above, academic freedom entitles members membersMembers to engage in the following: (i) Examine, question, teach, learn and serve; (ii) Disseminate opinions on any questions related to the membermember’sMember’s teaching, professional practice or development, or scholarship, including research and creative professional work, both inside and outside the classroom; (iii) Choose and pursue scholarship, including research and creative professional work, and professional development, without interference or reprisal, and freely publish and make public the results thereof; (iv) Choose and pursue teaching methods and content; (v) Create, exhibit, perform or adjudicate works of art; (vi) Select, acquire, disseminate, or critique documents or other materials; (vii) Criticize the Employer or any other organizations, whether corporate, political, public, private, institutional as well as society at large; (viii) Engage in service to the institution and the community; (ix) Participate in professional and representative academic bodies; and (x) Recommend library material relevant to the pursuit of learning. (c) Academic freedom does not require neutrality on the part of the membermemberMember. Academic freedom makes intellectual discourse, critique and commitment possible. (d) Academic freedom does not confer legal immunity and carries with it the duty to use that freedom in a manner consistent with the scholarly obligation to base scholarship, including research and creative professional work, and teaching on an honest search for knowledge. (e) In any exercise of freedom of expression, members membersMembers shall not purport to convey an official position of the Employer unless so authorized.

Rights and Obligations of the Members. 5.1 Academic Freedom (a) Members enjoy freedom in teaching, scholarship, including research and creative professional work, and publication. This is required by their responsibility to the integrity of their scholarship and discipline and its advancement, on the one hand, and, by their special position in relation to the service of the Word of God and as exercising a public ministry to and for the community of the faithful in the Church, on the other hand. (b) The Parties to this Agreement agree to uphold the pursuit of truth, the advancement of learning, and the dissemination of knowledge. To this end, the Parties agree to abide by the principle of academic freedom as expressed in the following statement: academic freedom is the freedom to examine, question, teach, and learn, and it involves the right to investigate, speculate, and comment without reference to prescribed doctrine, as well as the right to criticize the University and society at large. As a Catholic University, the exercise of academic freedom is subject to the provisions of Ex Corde and Ordinances set out in the Preamble to this Agreement. Specifically, and without limiting the above, academic freedom entitles members Members to engage in the following: (i) Examine, question, teach, learn and serve; (ii) Disseminate opinions on any questions related to the memberMember’s teaching, professional practice or development, or scholarship, including research and creative professional work, both inside and outside the classroom; (iii) Choose and pursue scholarship, including research and creative professional work, and professional development, without interference or reprisal, and freely publish and make public the results thereof; (iv) Choose and pursue teaching methods and content; (v) Create, exhibit, perform or adjudicate works of art; (vi) Select, acquire, disseminate, or critique documents or other materials; (vii) Criticize the Employer or any other organizations, whether corporate, political, public, private, institutional as well as society at large; (viii) Engage in service to the institution and the community; (ix) Participate in professional and representative academic bodies; and (x) Recommend library material relevant to the pursuit of learning. (c) Academic freedom does not require neutrality on the part of the memberMember. Academic freedom makes intellectual discourse, critique and commitment possible. (d) Academic freedom does not confer legal immunity and carries with it the duty to use that freedom in a manner consistent with the scholarly obligation to base scholarship, including research and creative professional work, and teaching on an honest search for knowledge. (e) In any exercise of freedom of expression, members Members shall not purport to convey an official position of the Employer unless so authorized.