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Get Involved with OSCCS

The Office of Student Conduct and Community Standards exists to support the campus community based on the principles set forth in the Duke Community Standard - honesty, trustworthiness, fairness, and respect for others. There are a number of ways you can become involved. 

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The Conduct Board is a group of students, faculty and staff appointed to hear infractions of university policy. The board is charged with determining whether a student’s/group’s actions constitute a violation of university policy and, if so, an appropriate response. In determining an appropriate response, consideration is given to the student’s/group’s interests as well as the university’s interest in maintaining high standards. 

All Conduct Board hearings are conducted in private. Any student whose presence is required by the conduct officer at a hearing will be excused from any other university responsibility.

Respondents, complainants, advisors, and/or witnesses may not bring devices that capture or facilitate communication (e.g., computer, cell phone, audio/video recorder, etc.) into a hearing room, unless authorized by the hearing panel.