The document summarizes the guidelines for an institutional code of ethics at Universidad del Rosario in Colombia. It outlines the university's guiding principles, which include academic integrity, equity, accountability, critical thinking, social responsibility, and transparency. It then provides examples of how the university upholds and promotes these principles through policies, programs, and initiatives related to research conduct, non-discrimination, transparency, academic freedom, and social outreach.

1. UNIVERSIDAD DEL ROSARIO
FUNDED IN 1659
THE GUIDELINES FOR AN INSTITUTIONAL CODE OF ETHICS FOR
HIGHER EDUCATION From rules to action
San Juan, Puerto Rico. IAU-Observatory Magna Charta
Universitatum Nov. 29-2012
JAENNETTE VELEZ , CHANCELLOR INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS

2. Guiding Principles and main
Institutional Functions
Academic integrity and ethical conduct of Teaching
research
Equity, justice and non-discrimination
Accountability, transparency and Research
independence
Critical analysis and respect for reasoned
opinions Outreach
Responsibility for the stewardship of assets,
resources and the environment
Free and open dissemination of knowledge Internationalization
and information
Solidarity with and fair treatment of Administrative and
international partners Financial Management

3. Academic integrity and ethical conduct of research, Equity, justice and non-discrimination, Accountability,
transparency and independence
Critical analysis and respect for reasoned opinions, Responsibility for the stewardship of assets, resources
and the environment, Free and open dissemination of knowledge and information, Solidarity with and fair
treatment of international partners
The Constitutions The Good Governance Code Employee Regulations Academic Regulations
•The Constitutions today •Is issued on the basis of the •Gives organisational • Defines the principles and
govern the College life, for constitutional and legal transparencyt to the legal basic rules and procedures of
what are considered the more provisions governing basis of the employees the relationship with their
stable legal instrument, since university education, the Old duties and rights : students, for purposes of
they have been partially Constitutions adopted by the preserving excellence,
modified in 1893, 1930, 1974, Founder, New Constitutions •Enrollment conditions integrity and coexistence that
1984 and 1995. and its effective amendments have distinguished academic
•Learning agreement
•The Constitutions regulate: and general guidelines, activities of the College
policies and procedures •Test period
•The forms of election of •Includes duties and rights that
adopted in order to fulfill the •Work accidents belong to ethics issues i.e. :
officers of the University.
will of the Founder. •Schedules
•The requirements for
election. •It ensures efficiency, ethics, •Salary •Respect the University
accountability and •Medical service authorities, teachers, students
•The functions to be
performed. transparency of the various •hierarchical order and other members of the
functions that correspond to •Forbidden tasks for women university community.
•The disposal of assets. each of the governing bodies
•The participation of students and underaged •Express their views within a
and management University
and graduates. The education framework of respect for
of activities against the State, others.
system, among other topics. the Educational ommunity, • Obligatiosn from the
suppliers and, in general, University •Use the adequate resources
people with whom the •Sanctions against the decision by which
University has relationships. he/she would be punished.
•Among others
•Among many others…

4. Recursos
P.I.D.
MISSION
“To impart a strong ethical, humanistic and scientific education that combined with research and demanding teaching allows
this educational community to educate distinguished people that act in the benefit of society with a maximum sense of
responsibility.”
PID 2004-2019
ESTRATEGICAL AXIS
ACADMEMIC STREGNTHENING CONSOLIDATION OF EL ROSARIO
IDENTITY AND COMMUNITY INTERNATIONALIZATION
1999: A teaching university that
researchs (teaching, outreach, research) “NOVA ET VETERA” OF THE UNVERSITY
STREGNTHENING OF FINANCIAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE MANAGEMENT SUPPORT PROCESSES
Policy
Estrategy

5. Transparency, comunication
All the information, documents, regulations and
reports are publish in our home page
www.urosario.edu.co

6. Promoting academic integrity
• Regulated by The Constitutions, Good
Governance Code, and other regulations.
• Since enrollment, regulations are given both for
students and staff in a print version and with
instructions to access online.
• Universidad del Rosario has an institutional
research policy that seeks the current added
value of interdisciplinary ensuring academic
freedom, individual and group responsibilities for
ethical conduct of research.

7. Promoting academic integrity
• Avoid plagiarism and copying, evolve!
The campaign "avoid plagiarism and copying, evolves" is the consolidation of
an undergraduate initiative to generate greater commitment and respect for
the ideas and self and others achievements.
Actions:
• Introduction and raise awareness on the plagiarism
since the institution enrollment for teachers and
students (undergraduate and graduated).
• Location of handcrafted cameras in the classrooms
and the libraries.
• Sanctions with pedagogical “punishments”.

8. Plagiarism and TIC´s
• The University has acquired the “Turn-it-in”
tool specialized in verification of texts, which
has been integrated into virtual classrooms
(Moodle).
• “Turn-it-in” compares the student and
researcher text with billions of web pages and
millions of papers, articles and books that
have global circulation

9. Reduction % of plagiarism cases taken
by the Disciplinary Affairs Committee
2009-2011
2009
79,5 %
2010
70%
2011
32,5%

10. Promoting academic integrity
• The Ethics Committee: Health Sciences School
This Committee adheres to the Standards of
good clinical practice having extensive
experience in complex deliberation protocols of
basic and clinical research.

11. Promoting academic integrity
• “Ethics, Labor and responsibility” –Research
line –
The group has the idea that the research
process should influence the teaching to
society in general. Therefore, it is
considered as essential to strengthen the
research seeds as well as training and
outreach activities.

12. Development of educational programs to uphold
ethical values and academic integrity
• Rosarist Education Core (REC)

13. Upholding equity, justice, equal opportunity, fairness
and non-discrimination
• The academic and employee regulations ensures,
through a secular way, non-discrimination, equity
and justice principles.
• Academic and administratives careers systems.
• Inclusion of afro-american and indigenous
students and staff
• All complaints and appeals are heard and dealt
with fairly and in a timely and transparent
manner. ( student academic regulation rights).
• Regulated hiring and selection processes.

14. Obligation of accountability and
transparency
• Management Annual Report able online for internal
and external community.
• The Management Annual Report is a tool regulated by
the Good Governance Code and makes public the main
achievements of the Universidad del Rosario during the
year, making it one of the tools of social balance and
presentation of corporate results that includes the
financial results in the academic, administrative and
financial areas.
• The procurement system , conflict of interest
• System of self-assessment

15. Pursuit of individual and/or
institutional reputation and publicity
• website: www.urosario.edu.co
• Our stated institutional mission and principles of
academic freedom refers to a solid ethical,
humanistic and scientific education that allows
our educational community develop citizens who
act in benefit of the society. (31 presidents of the
Republic).
• Universidad del Rosario is a traditional institution
that has gained its reputation both in the public
and private sector. (all the constitutional reforms)

16. Avoidance of all abuse of power
• Regulated by the Good Governance Code and
Employee Regulations.
• Any member of the academic community can
use in confidence to lodge complaints of such
abuses and know that investigations will
follow according to the rights mentioned in
the employee regulations.

17. Promoting critical analysis, freedom
of speech and reasoned debate
• Dissertations and opinions about the current national
higher education reform. A printed compilation of such
debates is available for internal and external
community.
• Argumentation Educational Program to increase our
students skills in reasoned debates. (International contests)
• Observatorories of: nets and collective actions; drugs
and illicit weapons’; opinion, public interest, electoral
process; public policies; labor, among others
•

18. Encouraging social responsibility at
the institutional and individual level
• Rosarist Institute for Social Action-SERES
• Volunteering experiences for staff and
students that raises public awareness
• Social Action Chair as an educational program
that sensitizes students to their individual and
collective responsibility with society.
• International Rosarist Summit "From
Corruption to Transparency"

19. Encouraging social responsibility at
the institutional and individual level
• Developed campaigns
1. Health Week
2. Non-smoking areas
3. Books are asking you a change
4. Avoid plagiarism and copying, evolve!
5. Respect

20. Exercising vigilance with regard to applications
for and receipt of external funds
• Permanent support and vigilance from our
legal office in order to achieve transparent
agreements and contracts with international
partners that fund our research, teaching and
outreach services

21. THANK YOU!
Jeannette Vélez Ramírez
Chancellor International Affairs
Universidad del Rosario
jeannette.velez@urosario.edu.co