Documents relevant for Prospective Faculty

The purpose of the Code is to protect the values common to all members of the University community, including academic integrity, obedience to the law and ethical standards; and to provide a clear procedural system for dealing with matters of general and academic misconduct that jeopardize the health, safety, development and mission of the University and of its individual members.

The aim of the policy is to provide certainty in research pursuits and technology-based relationships with third parties; to create an optimal environment for research, development, and commercialization opportunities with private industry; and to ensure the timely and efficient protection and management of intellectual property; and to
establish clear rules for obtaining and transferring IP rights, for remuneration of the creators of intellectual property as well as for affirming the moral rights of the creators.

This policy applies only to those academic units where women as faculty are underrepresented. When an academic unit has reached a ratio of 50% women in each academic rank (assistant, associate, and full professorships), and there is no longer an underrepresentation of female faculty, the unit will be exempt from the obligation to follow this Policy for subsequent hires so long as gender balance is maintained.

This policy finds its legal basis in the Austrian Federal Constitution (B-VG), in particular its Section 7, the Austrian Equal Treatment Act (B-GlBG) and the Private Universities Act (PrivHG).

The policy's Implementation Protocol and Reporting Form for Faculty Hires are attached as separate documents.

POLICY STATEMENT
Central European University (“CEU”) recognizes that trafficking in persons is inherently harmful, dehumanizing, and contrary to CEU’s mission and values. CEU has a zero-tolerance policy for trafficking in persons and is committed to high standards of ethics and integrity and compliance with all laws applicable to CEU and CEU Affiliates (as defined in 3.1).

BACKGROUND
CEU has developed this Anti-Trafficking in Persons Policy (“Policy”) and Compliance Plan for Combating Trafficking in Persons (“Plan”) in accordance with the “Trafficking in Persons (April 2016)” clause of the US Agency for International Development (“USAID”) Standard Provisions for US Nongovernmental Recipients. The Plan is an inseparable Annex to the Policy.