(1) Academic freedom and responsibility are essential to the full development of a true university and apply to teaching, research, and creative activity. In the development of knowledge, research endeavors, and creative activities, a university faculty must be free to cultivate a spirit of inquiry and scholarly criticism and to examine ideas in an atmosphere of freedom and confidence. A similar atmosphere is required for university teaching. Consistent with the exercise of academic responsibility, an instructor must have freedom in the classroom to discuss academic subjects. The university student must likewise have the opportunity to study a full spectrum of ideas, opinions, and beliefs, so that the student may acquire maturity for analysis and judgment. Objective and skillful exposition of such subject matter is the duty of every instructor.
(2) The faculty member must fulfill his/her responsibility to society and to his/her profession by manifesting academic competence and scholarly discretion. The faculty member is a member of a learned profession and an academic officer of a university. The General Faculty member should be constantly mindful that these roles may be inseparable in the public view, and should therefore at all times exercise appropriate restraint and good judgment.