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Appendix D. Inclusive Committees Guide

Committees serve the Institute by advising on hiring, research, and policy decisions, which often have important consequences for our workplace climate. As representatives of the Institute, committee members have a duty to participate to the best of their ability and should strive for the best outcome for the Institute as a whole, rather than their individual employment unit or specialty. To promote institutional trust and understanding, committees should represent all members of the UTIG community for which the committee’s advice has consequences. All committees should intentionally reflect a diversity of ideas, experiences, and identities. Specifically, when forming a committee, the Institute should keep in mind diversity in terms of:

  1. Employment unit, seniority, and student status. Committees for Institute-wide issues should include scientists from all seniority, administrative staff, technical staff, postdoctoral researchers, and graduate students.
  2. Scientific, technical, and administrative area of expertise.
  3. Experience with past committees. In order to represent the entire UTIG community as a whole and respect the time commitments of participants, committees should balance the past committee experiences of participants.

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Code of Conduct

  • Home
  • Section 1: Preface
  • Section 2: Conduct Expectations
  • Section 3: Active engagement
    • 3.1 Bystander intervention
    • 3.2 Complicating factors
    • 3.3 Thresholds: When to say (or do) something?
    • 3.4 Trainings available at UT Austin
  • Section 4: Reporting Mechanisms
  • Section 5: Informal Reactions
    • 5.1 Why internal reports and informal reactions?
    • 5.2 Multiple approaches to mediation and conflict resolution are needed
    • 5.3 Restorative justice model for conflict resolution
    • 5.4 Confidentiality
    • 5.5 Stalled mediation
  • Section 6: Formal Reactions
    • 6.1 Discrimination, Harassment, and Mandatory Reporting
    • 6.2 Fraud and Scientific Misconduct
  • Appendices
    • Appendix A. UTIG DEAI Committee
    • Appendix B. Power Imbalances
    • Appendix C. Ability and Accessibility in the Geosciences
    • Appendix D. Inclusive Committees Guide
    • Appendix E. Conference Guide
    • Appendix F. Seminar Guide
    • Appendix G. A guide to scientific authorship
    • Appendix H. Fieldwork Guide
  • Download Code of Conduct (PDF)

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