Key changes include:

- An expanded section on “Behaving Professionally”,

which makes explicit behavioural expectations that are

merely implied in the existing document;

- Excision of specific examples in several areas, and

replacement with a principle instead;

- Collapsing of the content covered under several

smaller sub-areas into the broad category “Respecting

Others”;

- Much greater reference to, and reliance upon, other

VU policies as well as external laws and regulations;

- Substantial updating, expansion and clarification of

the Conflict of Interest section;

- Insertion of a new Section, “Recognising

Intellectual Freedom”;

- Insertion of specific “Breaches” section; and

- Complete excision of Part B of the existing Code:

the Toolkit – Are You Working the VU Way? This section

may be replaced with a new guideline or toolkit, but

the existing toolkit is outdated and would be

inconsistent with the rewritten Code.





Clauses Amended

Policy: All