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Range of disciplinary sanctions
Use of Georgia Southern computing resources in violation of the University's Computer Use Policy and the
Security Standards and Guidelines Policy may result in loss of computing privileges and other disciplinary
action. Some violations may constitute criminal offenses, as outlined in the Georgia Computer Systems Security
Act, the Copyright Act, and other local, state, and federal laws; the University will carry out its responsibility to
report such violations to the appropriate authorities. Nothing in this policy is intended to limit the authority of
supervisors to impose disciplinary sanctions on employees.
IV. Responsible Office
This Computer Use Policy shall be administered and enforced by the University’s Chief Information Officer
or his or her duly authorized designee.
V. Definitions
Computing Resource Computing resources comprise all computers and electronic data storage, transmission,
and manipulation devices owned and/or controlled by any part of Georgia Southern or connected to the
University’s communication facilities, including departmental computers and the University’s computing
network facilities accessed by anyone from anywhere.
Authorized Use Authorized use of Georgia Southern computing resources is use of computer resources that is
consistent with the education, research, and service mission of the University and consistent with this
Computer Use Policy.
Authorized User Authorized users are as follows:
1. current faculty, staff, and students of Georgia Southern;
2. any person connecting to a public information service housed on a computing resource; and
3. others whose access furthers the mission of the University and whose usage does not interfere with
other users' access to computing resources.
Each user of a computing resource must be specifically authorized to use that particular computing
resource by the university unit responsible for maintaining and operating the resource.
110 Faculty Governance
110.01 Shared Governance
1. The faculty and administration of Georgia Southern University affirm their belief in the process of
shared governance both as a principle and an animating spirit of our institution. Shared governance
involves faculty and administration participating mutually in the development of policies at the
departmental, college, and university levels. Faculty therefore have a role in developing policies
including, at the appropriate levels, strategic planning; academic and curricular policies; committee
establishment and appointments; selection and retention of academic unit leaders; review and
revision of the shared governance process; and faculty personnel actions, including hiring and
evaluation of faculty (annual evaluation, pre‐tenure, tenure, post‐tenure review, and promotion). As
used here, “policy” is understood to include guiding and governing principles and any applicable
procedures, instructions, or forms developed along with the principles.
2. In pursuit of clarity and to provide ready access for faculty and administrators, these policies shall
appear on the respective departmental, college, and university web sites and be available in print in
the respective departmental, college, and university offices. In consultation with the chair and fulltime
faculty in each department, each dean should verify the existence of, review, and when
necessary, initiate revision of departmental policies to confirm their consistency with college and
university policies.
3. In consultation with the dean of each college, the Provost should review and, when necessary, initiate
revision of college policies to confirm their consistency with university policies.
4. All faculty and administrators have the responsibility to be aware of the written policies of their
respective departments and colleges, and of the University, as well as those of the Board of Regents.
110.02 Faculty Senate
The Faculty Senate is established by the Statutes of the institution and the Board of Regents and is the
elected legislative agency of the faculty. As such, it is the official faculty advisory body to the President. Subject