Student Behavior Policy for the Perdue School of Business

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Executive Summary of Process
1. A reporting person may be internal (i.e., faculty, staff, administration) or external (e.g., internship providers or other organizations with which a student has had contact).
2. The reporting person, in consultation with the Associate Dean of the Perdue School of Business (PSB) if desired, should first determine the appropriate channel for reporting (i.e., Student Academic Misconduct Policy, Code of Community Standards, Office of Institutional Equity, or PSB Behavior Policy).
  1. If reporting outside of the PSB Behavior Policy, then the reporting person should copy the Associate Dean of the PSB on any filing. Behavior that may necessitate intervention at the School-level (e.g., removal from a course or program/School) may be referred by the Associate Dean to the Perdue Exceptions Committee.
  2. If reporting under the guidance of the PSB Student Behavior Policy, then the reporting person should proceed to step 3 to file a Professional Concerns Report (PCR) to the Associate Dean.
3. The reporting person may determine the level of severity from the three options below, as well as the proposed sanction for the student.
  1. Teaching Opportunity: Behavior that can be resolved with a single conversation.
  2. Troubling Behavior & (Multiple) Professionalism Concerns: Repeated behaviors or behavior that may require escalated intervention (e.g., corrective action plan with future check-ins) to remediate.
  3. Egregious Behavior: Behavior that necessitates urgent action, such as removing a student from a class or program.
4. Based on the level of severity, review will proceed as follows:
  1. Teaching Opportunity: Student must meet with reporting person and/or Associate Dean to discuss sanction(s) and remediation. If not first occurrence, Associate Dean escalates to level of Troubling Behavior & (Multiple) Professionalism Concerns.
  2. Troubling Behavior & (Multiple) Professionalism Concerns: Associate Dean reviews submitted materials and interviews student and any witness(es) and sends a summary to the Perdue Exceptions Committee for determination of sanction(s).
  3. Egregious Behavior: Associate Dean reviews submitted materials and interviews student and any witness(es) and makes an interim determination while awaiting the final decision of the Perdue Exceptions Committee.
Complaint Categories
1. Teaching Opportunity – Behavior that is of concern but that may be remediated through a single discussion.
2. Troubling Behavior & (Multiple) Professional Concerns Report – Behavior that requires a formal process for remediation. For example, situations in which a student has exhibited either repeated or significant and/or serious behavior problems that do not warrant suspension or dismissal but need to be corrected.
3. Egregious Behavior – Behavior that requires immediate action by the Associate Dean through interim suspension or program dismissal.
Please see the full policy document for more details
Faculty/Staff Professional Concern Report
- Professional Concerns Report (PCR) Feb 2022
Appeal Process

Students may file a written appeal to the decision of the Perdue Exceptions Committee within twenty (20) university business days to the Associate Vice President of Academic Affairs. The student’s written appeal will be forwarded to the University’s Academic Policies Committee within five (5) university business days. Any finding by the University Academic Policies Committee is final.