Student Handbook 2024-25 > Community Expectations and Honor Board > Community Expectations > Prohibited Behaviors

Prohibited Behaviors

Students are expected to behave in ways consistent with the Olin community values. Below are behaviors and actions which would violate these values and which students will be held accountable for by the Student Accountability Process:

• Bullying, Harassment, and/or Intimidation: repeated, pervasive, and/or aggressive behavior utilized to harm or intimidate, control or diminish another person physically or mentally.
• Damage to Property: engaging in acts that cause damage to college and/or community property.
• Disorderly Conduct: engaging in acts which disturb the peace of community members and/or the function of Olin (including, any department).
• Disregard for Campus Policy: knowingly or unknowingly violating department/campus policies, including but not limited to Drug and Alcohol, Residence Life, and Technology Policies. (Note: Violations of the Sexual and Interpersonal Misconduct and Title IX policy will are handled by the Office of Non-Discrimination Initiatives and Title IX Coordinators).
• Failure to Comply: unwillingness to comply with the directives of college officials.
• Honor Code Violations: acts that, knowingly or unknowingly violate the Honor Code Values.
• Interference with the Conduct/Accountability Process: disrupting the conduct/accountability process through misrepresentation of information to Olin administrators, influencing or impacting an involved party(ies) participation in the conduct/accountability process.
• Misuse of College Resources: excessive use, intentionally or unintentionally, of college resources which negatively affects the access or ease of use by other community members (resources can be physical materials, people, departments, etc.).
• Misuse of Space/College Property: the use of college space or property outside of the guidelines provided for its use.
• Physical Harm/Altercation: engaging in acts of violence which include physical aggression and harm to others.
• Possession/Use of False Identification: having access to identification which does not depict accurate identifying information.
• Endangering Others / Safety Risk: engaging in acts that intentionally or unintentionally places oneself and/or others at risk.
• Supporting Violation(s) of College Policies: supporting, assisting, facilitating or encouraging another party in the willful violation of college policies.
• Theft: taking, without permission, an item(s) from a community member or removing community items for personal use.
• Unauthorized Access/Entry: entering a space without expressed permission to enter and/or accessing a space during a timeframe it is not available/permitted to be accessed.
• Violation of the Articulation: knowingly or unknowingly disregarding the policies of articulation at the participating articulation institutions (Babson, Brandeis, Wellesley).
• Violation of the Law: lack of adherence to federal, state and local laws.
• Weapons and other Dangerous Devices: the possession of items deemed dangerous to oneself and/or community members. This includes but is not limited to, guns, knives (not utilized for cooking or as a tool in fabrication), chemicals, 3D printed items, etc.