Mission
The Ohio State University College of Pharmacy drives transformative education, research, practice and community engagement, empowering innovators to advance health for all.
Our vision is to be a global leader in improving human health through innovation and advocacy.
Our Values
The Ohio State University College of Pharmacy Values:
- Excellence in innovation and knowledge translation
- Meaningful and sustainable partnerships in education, practice, and research
- Improving medication-related outcomes through patient-centered care
- Interprofessional pharmacy education and services
- Personal commitment to professionalism, integrity and accountability
- Diversity and inclusion
The Ohio State University’s Shared Values serve as the foundation of all activities in the College of Pharmacy. These guiding principles ground the contributions of all faculty, staff and trainees in service of our mission and vision. We live out these values by:
- Bringing a small college feel to a large university by prioritizing both individual people and collective community.
- Honoring the technical expertise and lived experiences of every faculty, staff, trainee and student who comprise our community.
- Demonstrating respect, collegiality, and kindness through both words and actions.
- Valuing a diversity of input and ideas from stakeholders to critically examine a variety of possibilities when making decisions.
- Recognizing that curiosity, collaboration, integrity, and authenticity are vital to pursuing advances in knowledge and creativity
- Seeking common ground and increased understanding of one another’s perspectives especially when we may have differing viewpoints.
In alignment with Ohio State’s Shared Values, the College of Pharmacy aims to cultivate a culture of excellence that values integrity, ethics, and equity in all aspects of the college’s endeavors. We are committed to creating a supportive intellectual community for all, regardless of social identity or personal characteristics. All members of the College of Pharmacy—students, faculty, staff, and trainees—are expected to uphold these values so everyone can feel welcome, respected, and supported as a part of the community.
Whenever people work together closely, there is the potential for harm through unintentional thoughtlessness or intentional malice. A healthy community is one where each of us can work through interpersonal differences, remain open to constructive feedback, correct inappropriate behavior, receive support when we have been harmed, find recourse for harm done, and take action to prevent future harm.
Pharmacy Buckeyes are expected to exhibit appropriate conduct in their role at all times regardless of location: on campus, while teleworking, at conferences, on rotation, etc. This includes compliance with all relevant university policies and standards. Inappropriate behavior includes conduct that is discriminatory, demeaning, derogatory, harassing, offensive, or abusive; unwelcome sexual attention; and unwelcome physical contact. Inappropriate behavior may incur proportional consequences intended to provide education, foster dialogue, and restore collegiality.
Beyond refraining from inappropriate behavior, we ask that all members of the community make a proactive effort to be mindful about how they engage with others in order to build a welcoming and supportive environment. As such, we commit to the following Code of Conduct:
Respect and Support All College Community Members
- Be courteous in your interactions. Strive to live the Platinum Rule: treat others how they want to be treated. This includes considering how individual needs may vary from your own, as well as creating space for people to communicate their needs.
- Respect the professional, physical, and personal boundaries of members.
- Give members a chance to voice their thoughts. Seek to listen with attention and speak with intention.
- Ensure all members have equal access to professional and academic opportunities.
- Offer feedback with intentionality. Celebrate accomplishments and growth. When necessary, ensure critique is constructive and aims to create an opportunity for learning.
- Avoid judging, discriminating, or making unwelcomed jokes or disparaging remarks based on stereotypes and/or biases.
- Be aware of power differentials between academic stages (undergraduate, graduate, postdoc, staff, faculty) and act to protect and empower all members with particular awareness of academically and professionally younger individuals.
- Conduct research and collaboration in an ethical manner.
- Support those who report violations of college or university policies and standards.
Commit to Openness and a Growth Mindset
- Commit to continually learning and growing. Honor that no one can know what they do not know until they are taught otherwise. Recognize that none of us know everything and everyone has something to offer.
- Operate with positive intentions and take accountability when positive intentions do not yield the intended outcome.
- Be receptive to discussions of ways to improve the culture, environment, and relationships of the college.
- Receive feedback with an open mind. View constructive critique as an opportunity to improve even further.
- Challenge your own assumptions about people and the sources of those assumptions.
Take Initiative
- Take it upon yourself to eliminate challenges or barriers to success that members may face as a whole and/or as members of social identity groups.
- Intervene when others exhibit conduct unbecoming of a community member.
- Speak up when others are disrespectful of a person or group of people, even when they are not present.
- Seek and support opportunities for education on inclusive excellence, health equity, cultural humility, reporting, and bystander intervention techniques. Encourage others to do the same.
- Acquaint yourself with Ohio State’s policies on sexual misconduct and codes of conduct. Fulfill all associated reporting obligations.
Note: Principles adapted from the OSU Department of Linguistics and OSU Department of Astronomy, both of which adapted their respective codes of conduct from the Princeton Department of Physics.
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Appendix: Resources
Shared Values
Ohio State College of Pharmacy
OSU Policies and Standards
Non-Discrimination, Harassment, and Sexual Misconduct Policy
Affirmative Action & Equal Employment Opportunity Policy
Access for Individuals with Disabilities Policy
Campus Free Speech Policy
Code of Student Conduct
Whistleblower Policy
Anti-Hazing Policy
OSU Reporting Mechanisms
Anonymous Reporting Line
Student Conduct
Campus Free Speech Policy Complaint Investigation, Hearing and Resolution Process
On-Campus Resources
Office of Institutional Equity
Office of University Compliance and Integrity
Office of Ombuds Services
Office of Inclusive Excellence Restorative Justice Initiative
Office of Student Life Student Mediation Program
Office of Student Life Student Advocacy Center
Office of Student Life Student Wellness Center
Office of Student Life Center for Belonging and Social Change
Office of Diversity and Inclusion
Off-Campus Resources
The American Association of University Professors (AAUP) Statement of Professional Ethics:
We highlight the following key points:
- The primary responsibility of professors is to seek and state the truth as they see it. They accept the obligation to exercise critical self-discipline and judgment in using, extending, and transmitting knowledge. They practice intellectual honesty.
- As teachers, professors encourage the free pursuit of learning in their students. They avoid any exploitation, harassment, or discriminatory treatment of students. They acknowledge significant academic or scholarly assistance from them. They protect their academic freedom.
- As colleagues, professors have obligations that derive from common membership in the community of scholars. Professors do not discriminate against or harass colleagues. They respect and defend the free inquiry of associates, even when it leads to findings and conclusions that differ from their own.
National Academies of Science report “Fostering Integrity in Research”