Pursuant to Article 126(2)(c) of the Law on Higher Education –cleared text (Official Gazette of the Canton Sarajevo, No. 22/10) at the session held on 5 April 2011 the Board of the Faculty of Public Administration in Sarajevo endorsed

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<strong>CODE OF ETHICS</strong>

<strong>OF FACULTY OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION IN SARAJEVO</strong>

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<strong> I FUNDAMENTAL VALUES AND PRINCIPLES</strong>

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<strong>Article 1</strong>

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Teachers, associates, students and other employees of the Faculty of Public Administration in Sarajevo (the Faculty) base their work on the principles of free scientific creativity. Within the framework of their scientific, research and professional activity,  teachers have duty to study and objectively evaluate developments in their profession governed exclusively by the academic and professional criteria. In their teaching process they are obliged to truly convey to students the results achieved in their scientific and professional field of study.

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<strong>Article 2</strong>

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A teacher has a duty to give his/her contribution to protection and building up of the Faculty's reputation through their scientific, professional and teaching work and public activities.

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<strong>Article 3</strong>

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Teachers should preserve their academic autonomy as a fundamental precondition for scientific work, dismissing every attempt to impose values and norms incompatible with their academic vocation or professional rules.

They must strongly defend honor and reputation of their profession: refuse every attempted bribe and corruption and all their forms, avoid conflict of interest and respect the confidentiality of information.

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<strong>Article 4</strong>

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Every teacher is morally obliged to point to unethical conduct of another teacher, or to the violation of provisions of this Code of Ethics.

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<strong>II ATTITUDE TO WORK</strong>

<strong>Article 5</strong>

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Teachers have right and responsibility to continuously work on their further educational and professional improvement. To that effect they have a duty to follow the latest achievements in their scientific and professional field of study, teaching methods, scientific and technical terms.

A teacher is obliged to foster the culture of written and oral expression.

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<strong>Article 6</strong>

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In their scientific, professional and other work teachers are under obligation to give their personal contribution to avoiding all acts which might be considered as plagiarism or falsification.

It is impermissible to use texts and ideas of other authors and students, withholding a source, to incorrectly cite papers and  to overly use ideas and texts of authors who present themselves as sources in their publications.

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<strong>Article 7</strong>

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Teachers and students should responsibly and duly fulfill their academic obligations.

Teachers have a duty to conduct lectures, exercises and examinations in the planned terms, whereas students have a duty to attend lectures and exercises and to apply for an examination in the set time frame.

Teachers, in case of their absence,  must timely notify the Faculty thereof, in order to ensure the continuation of teaching process and appropriate replacement, or timely announce their absence.

Teachers, students and other employees are obliged to responsibly participate in the functioning of the Faculty, giving preference to that obligation over those outside the Faculty.

Teachers and other employees must avoid jobs incompatible with their profession.

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<strong>Article 8</strong>

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By their verbal and non-verbal behavior, proper dressing and conduct teachers, students and other employees must act in accordance with the role they have in the academic society.

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<strong>Article 9</strong>

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The Code of Ethics should be made available to all employees and students of the Faculty in an appropriate manner.

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<strong>III ATTITUDE TO COLLEAGUES AND ASSISTANTS</strong>

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<strong>Article 10</strong>

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Teachers are required to respect personal and professional dignity of their colleagues and assistants.

Teachers are required to contribute to creation of ambiance that fosters dialogue and tolerance.

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<strong>Article 11</strong>

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Through their papers, while attending scientific and professional and other gatherings and through international contacts teachers are required to nurture the culture of  respect and reasoned  dialogue, objectivity and responsibility to the profession.

While reviewing and classifying papers of others, teachers must rise above their personal interests.

Teachers are required to objectively evaluate papers of their colleagues before their publishing.

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<strong>Article 12</strong>

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Teachers should respect personal and professional dignity of younger colleagues and pay due attention to education and upbringing of young generations. To that effect they are expected to select as their assistants young people ready to take on obligations teachers and scholars hold, and to gradually include them into scientific and professional work and the teaching process as well as to support them in their pursuing a PhD degree.

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Teachers are obliged to give enough time to young colleagues, assistants, for improvement of their academic, teaching and professional skills. It is particularly impermissible, and in contradiction with the Standards and Norms of Higher Education in the Canton Sarajevo, to additionaly burden them with the teaching duties above the stipulated norm.

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<strong>Article 13</strong>

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A person closely related to another person whose promotion or teaching or academic title is being decided must not take part in decision-making.

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<strong>IV RELATIONS BETWEEN TEACHERS, STUDENTS OR OTHER EMPLOYEES</strong>

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<strong>Article 14</strong>

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Teachers have a duty to respect a student’s dignity. In the teaching process, teachers are required to have a dialogue with students and encourage their active participation and improvement of their professional skills as well as connecting the theory and practice.

In that regard it is not advisable to focus the work and activity only on teaching. It is necessary  to pay due attention also to other forms of teaching process, seminars and exercises in which the students will take active part under teachers' supervision.

Students are obliged to fulfill their obligations in the course of studies.

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<strong>Article 15</strong>

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Teachers must not condition fulfillment of study-related obligations and taking of examinations with possession or purchasing of  any specific literature or other teaching aids or any other forms of unacceptable, improper or indecent proposals.

Teachers are allowed to condition fulfillment of study-related obligations of students and taking of examinations strictly with requirements stipulated by curriculum of the course concerned.

Obligatory and supplemental readings must be available to students.

Examinations must be based on the stipulated examination reading materials.

If in the academic teaching process alternative literature is prescribed for preparation of some examinations, students shall be given an opportunity to prepare examinations using that literature regardless of a teacher who will conduct the examination.

In fulfilling their study-related obligations, students must not offer and teachers must not accept any gifts and /or favors.

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<strong>Article 16</strong>

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Teachers must objectively grade students. Proficiency, understanding, efforts and fulfillment of all prescribed student obligations shall be exclusive student grading criteria.

Examinations must be public because it is the best way to avoid complaints related to objectivity. Teachers are required to refuse any improper and impermissible recommendations, interventions or pressure related to examination of students.

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<strong>Article 17</strong>

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Teachers, students and other employees should mutually communicate in an open and fair manner respecting their personal dignity, regardless of their national, religious or any other preferences.

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<strong>Article 18</strong>

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Teachers, students and other employees are obliged to actively fight all forms of addiction and narcotic drugs abuse through education and counseling. If a teacher or a student participates in educational process under influence of any narcotic substance (alcohol, drugs, etc.), such act  shall be considered a violation of the Code of Ethics.

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<strong>V CONDUCT TOWARD PROPERTY</strong>

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<strong>Article 19</strong>

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Teachers, students and other employees are obliged to use the Faculty’s property with due diligence and care.

Teachers, students and other employees must not use the property or resources of the Faculty

related to their engagement at  the Faculty, for private purposes and /or for purposes of  other persons.

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<strong>Article 20</strong>

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Every teacher is obliged to ensure that the Faculty library has the most important national and international literature available in their scientific and professional field of study and to that effect they are required to timely advise the head of library to purchase the required literature.

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Teachers, students and other employees are required to use the Faculty’s books, journals and electronic publications with due care and diligence. They are particularly obliged to duly return books to the library after use. They should refrain from unreasonable borrowing and keeping a large number of books, journals and other materials from the library.

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<strong>VI PUBLIC RELATIONS</strong>

<strong>Article 21</strong>

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The basic principle of the academic society is public outreach.

Teachers, students and other employees are obliged to maintain a good reputation and standing of the Faculty in public.

Teachers, students and other employees have duty to seek solutions to the disputes within the Faculty, and the Faculty management should ensure that disputes are resolved in fair proceedings and within a reasonable time frame.

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<strong>Article 22</strong>

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A teacher should refrain from criticizing other teacher in public, taking into account that primarily scientific and professional publications are the appropriate venue and media for scientific and professional debates and well-founded scientific and professional criticism.

Teachers’ appearance in public should be on the appropriate academic and professional level, in accordance with provisions of this Code of Ethics.

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<strong>Article 23</strong>

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Teachers, students and other employees must strictly separate their political engagement from their scientific and academic work. The usage of the Faculty’s premises and assets for political activities or personal promotion shall not be allowed, as well as lectures and other contacts with students for promotion of positions of any party and other political affiliations.

In their political activities outside the Faculty teachers, students and other employees must maintain good reputation of the institution they belong to and avoid affiliations incompatible with provisions of this Code of Ethics.

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<strong>Article 24</strong>

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Teachers, students and other employees are welcome to take part in activities of professional associations and to use the Faculty’s premises for that purpose with a prior consent of the Dean.

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<strong>Article 25</strong>

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The public representation or presentation of the Faculty or of the students’ organization at the Faculty without a prior permission of the Faculty management shall be considered a violation of this Code of Ethics.

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<strong>VII ETHICS COMMITTEE</strong>

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<strong>Article 26</strong>

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The duty of the Ethics Committee (the Committee) is to promote ethical standards and values in the science and higher education in business and public relations.

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<strong>Article 27</strong>

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The Committee shall be composed of three to five members, unless decided otherwise by the Faculty Board. One of the members shall be the President of the Committee and one member shall be elected from the rank of students.

The President and members of the Committee shall be appointed by the Faculty Board upon the Dean’s proposal, and the student is nominated by the students’ organization at the Faculty.

The President and the members of the Committee shall be appointed for the term of two academic years.

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<strong>Article 28</strong>

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The Dean of the Faculty shall provide for conditions for the work of the Committee.

The Committee shall act pursuant to the Committees Rules of Procedure, adopted by the majority of members’ votes.

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<strong>Article 29</strong>

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Should this Code of Ethics be violated in any individual case, the Committee shall state its opinion thereof on its own initiative or on the initiative of teachers, other employees, students and other persons considering that that the violation was committed.

The opinion given in the proceedings established by this Code of Ethics shall have authoritative effect and should serve for the purpose of interpretation of this Code of Ethics and promotion of ethical conduct at the Faculty. The opinion shall not be binding to other bodies and shall not constitute an administrative document.

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<strong>Article 30</strong>

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A well-reasoned initiative for opening of proceedings shall be submitted in writing and signed by a petitioner.

In the course of proceedings, the Committee may check the circumstances relevant to

the evaluation of the case. Should it find that the Code of Ethics was violated, the Committee shall give an opinion in writing and inform the Dean thereof within the term no longer than 60 days.

Teachers, other employees and students of the Faculty are required to cooperate with the Committee.

If the violation of this Code has resulted in the violation of law, other regulation or a general document of the Faculty, the Dean shall inform an authorized body thereof within 15 days from the day of receipt of Committee’s opinion.

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<strong>VIII INTERIM AND FINAL PROVISIONS</strong>

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<strong>Article 31</strong>

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Upon signing a contract, the employees of the Faculty, and students upon enrolling in the studies shall accept this Code of Ethics by affixing their signature thereon and shall be bound to act and behave accordingly.

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<strong>Article 32</strong>

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This Code of Ethics shall be effective from the date of its adoption.

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<strong>Reference number: 665-1/11    </strong>                                              <strong>  Dean of Faculty</strong>

Prof. Dr. Nusret Mujagić

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<strong>Sarajevo, 5 April 2011</strong>

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