Professional Ethics

All employees of Blue Ridge Community College are expected to maintain a level of personal and professional behavior consistent with their position in the College and community.
Employees are expected to maintain a professional and courteous attitude toward their colleagues and to support programs and efforts of Blue Ridge Community College. Confidential professional information shall be treated with the greatest of care, especially information concerning other employees and students.
As a member of the community, an employee has the rights and obligations of any citizen. The urgency of these obligations is measured in the light of responsibilities to subjects, students, profession, and to institution. When speaking or acting as a private citizen, the employee shall avoid creating the impression that the employee speaks or acts for the College. As a citizen engaged in a profession that depends upon freedom for its health and integrity, an employee has a particular obligation to promote conditions of free inquiry and to promote further public understanding of academic freedom.

The College shall employ faculty with credentials, which meet the standards required by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC) and those required by other accrediting agencies. A formal teaching certificate will not be required. (See BRCC Policy 6.3.).

The American Association for Community and Junior Colleges promotes a recommended code of ethics for colleges, which BRCC has accepted. This code includes, in part, the following values:

Trust and respect for all persons within and without the College
Honesty in actions and utterances
Fairness and justice in the treatment of all
A pervasive sense of integrity and promise keeping
A commitment to:
- intellectual and moral development
- quality
- individual empowerment
- the community college philosophy
- college above self
Openness in communication
Belief in diversity within an environment of collegiality and professionalism