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Article 25. University-Community Relations. The University exists to
render service to the public. Parents should be welcomed at the
University and treated with every consideration. Officials, faculty
members and employees should establish and maintain cordial relations
with the parents of the students. The conduct of the officials, faculty
members, and employees should be as such as to merit the confidence
and respect of the community.

In communicating with parents, especially concerning their children‘s
misdeeds and shortcomings, an official or a faculty member should
exercise utmost candor and tact. It is his duty to point out the students’

deficiencies hitherto unknown to their parents and to seek their
cooperation for their proper guidance and improvement of their children.

All officials, faculty members, and employees should maintain a good
reputation with respect to financial matters. They should pay their debts
promptly or make satisfactory arrangements for the payments of their
obligations with their creditors.

Article 26. Faculty / Employee Organization. The faculty and employees
of the University shall establish its own federated organization or
association that will promote and protect their welfare. The President of
the federated organization shall be a member of the BOR and shall
represent the interests of the faculty and employees in its deliberations.

Article 27. Rights and Privileges of the University Personnel. In
addition to the rights provided for by law, the following shall be enjoyed
by the University personnel (Education Act 1982):

a) The right of the faculty / employee to participate in decision
making at all levels of the University shall be recognized and
assured;

b) The right to free expression of opinion and suggestions and
effective channels of communication with appropriate academic and
administrative bodies of the University;

c) The right to be provided with free legal service by the appropriate
government office when charged in an administrative, civil and/or
criminal proceedings by parties other than the University or
regulatory authorities concerned for actions committed directly in
the lawful discharge of professional duties and /or defense of school
policies;

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