Sentence examples for definition of misconduct from inspiring English sources
It is a judge-made offence, never sanctioned by parliament, and has no clear definition of "misconduct".
The Mancunion reports on a meeting of the Student Conduct and Discipline Committee, which changed the university's definition of misconduct to include "conduct that damages the University's relationship or reputation with its local communities".
But "the definition of misconduct varies from university to university, and from country to country," Steneck says.
Oxford University's 2-year-old integrity code, for example, offers a relatively broad definition of misconduct and a set of procedures to pursue allegations.
While generally winning high marks, the draft rules from the Wellcome Trust are likely to spark controversy by broadening the definition of misconduct beyond the U.S. government's standard and by offering relatively little protection to whistleblowers.
The bill also broadens the definition of "misconduct" to include behavior outside the workplace or work hours, which NELP says goes beyond the standard in most states.
The Wellcome document gives a fuller--and perhaps more contentious--definition of misconduct than parallel regulations governing U.S. federal funding developed by the Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) (see table on the left).
Bradley Moore to Alice Dreger, p.e.c., August 1, 2006; italics in original) Even though the allegations of scientific misconduct made against Professor J. Michael Bailey do not fall under the federal definition of scientific misconduct, Northwestern utilized the procedures outlined in our Policy on Integrity in Research and Procedures for Reviewing Alleged Misconduct to review the allegations.
The lack of any significant association may be due to our use of a broader definition of scientific misconduct, which yielded a very high percentage (96.2%) of perceived misconduct in the workplace.
The watchdog called for the NSW government to amend the Icac Act "as a matter of priority" in relation to the definition of "official misconduct".
His lawyers have argued that his supposed crime — spending time in the woman's apartment while he was supposed to be on patrol — did not jibe with the legal definition of official misconduct.
