Sanctions/Intent University responses to violations of this Policy will vary as appropriate to the facts and circumstances of each case and persons in violation of this Policy shall be subject to sanctions ranging from verbal warnings to dismissal or termination. The University reserves the right to take disciplinary action against members of the University community who make false allegations of unreported consensual relationships. This Policy is not intended to intrude on the privacy of members of the University community but is intended primarily to be instructive and corrective. A paraprofessional staff member who engages in a prohibited relationship and/or fails to report will be subject to discipline up to and including termination from job duties and referral for possible violation of the Student Code of Conduct or Title IX. Other, lesser sanctions may be imposed depending upon the circumstances.
Winston, R.B., & Fitch, R. (1993). Paraprofessional staffing. In R.B. Winston, S. Anchors, and Associates (Eds.), Student housing and residential life (pp. 315-344). San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.
Approved by UNA Board of Trustees on March 14, 2008. Revisions approved by UNA Board of Trustees on March 14, 2017. Editorial revisions approved by Shared Governance and the President, December 2022.
CREATION OF COPYRIGHTED MATERIALS POLICY The University of North Alabama (UNA) encourages the creation and dissemination of scholarly work by members of the UNA community, including Copyrightable Works (Works). It is traditional at UNA that most such works are deemed the property of the creator, and the creator has the right to exercise the exclusive rights of the copyright holder and to receive any revenue generated from the exercise of such rights. Notwithstanding this tradition, there are times when UNA provides substantial contributions to the creation of certain works, and in those cases, UNA will be entitled to assert ownership rights in such works. This Policy Governing the Creation of Copyrighted Materials (Policy) is intended to clarify UNA's and the creator's ownership of and rights in all such Works. BACKGROUND Federal Copyright Law provides that most original works of authorship are protected by copyright automatically when they are fixed in tangible form. In the course of teaching, researching and conducting other intellectual and administrative activities at, for or on behalf of UNA, faculty, staff, doctoral fellows, students and others engaged by or on behalf of UNA may create works that are protected by copyright. Copyrightable works of authorship include, among other categories: books, articles, instructional materials, and other written works; musical and dramatic works; pictures, films, videos, sculptures and other works of art; computer software; and electronic chip designs. Copyright Law grants ownership of a Work created by a person in the course of their employment to the employer rather than to the individual creator. However, to encourage members of UNA to create academically relevant and significant Works, in most cases, UNA will allow the faculty, staff, doctoral fellow, student or other individual engaged by or on behalf of UNA to assert ownership of Works they create, except as set forth in this Policy.
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