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5.3.4 complying with generally accepted ethical standards to enhance people’s
well being and to avoid harmful conduct;
5.3.5 continuously striving for quality improvement of self;
5.3.6 continuously striving for quality improvement of students and
subordinates;
5.4 Accordance of due credit
VIT staff and faculty shall be just and fair in giving others due credit for their
contributions, performance and achievements, for example, in:
5.4.1 evaluating students’ work;
5.4.2 peer reviewing colleagues’ work;
5.4.3 awarding promotion, funding and prizes;
5.4.4 deciding authorship;
5.4.5 appraising character or performance.
5.5 Power of Knowledge
VIT staff and faculty are aware of the power involved in research, teaching,
mentoring and managerial relationships and activities, and undertake to use
power generated,
inter alia
by expertise, experience, excellence, academic
rank, and managerial level, in accordance with the rights of other people
involved.
5.6 Well-being
VIT staff and faculty accept responsibility, in conjunction with relevant others,
for our personal well-being so that quality service can be provided in their
various roles through optimum self-efficacy.
6. SUPPORTING CODES
All academic and research personnel at VIT shall take into account other
codes of ethics that might be relevant to their work,
i.e.
, international codes of
ethics negotiated by regional or global organisations and codes of ethics
accepted by national and international academic organisations.
7. APPROVAL OF RESEARCH PROPOSALS
7.1 The design and methodology of research undertaken by a member of staff
or student, that makes use of research and subjects like people, human
remains, other living beings and the environment, must be submitted to URDC
through SRDC for evaluation and approval, especially if legislation,
professional councils or institutions affected by the research require it.
7.2 In the submissions of master’s and doctoral students to faculty boards and
the submission of research topics to supervisors/guides, students must affirm
in writing to the SRDC that the foreseeable ethical implications of the
proposed research will be considered and thoroughly taken into account,
wherever applicable.
7.3 When students hand in research essays, mini-dissertations, dissertations
and theses, they must declare that their research has complied with the VIT
Code of Academic and Research Ethics.
8. THE PRACTICE OF SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING