FACULTY MANUAL APPENDIX B -- ETHICAL COMPUTER USE
 
                          Introduction
 
All members of the Bentley community -- students, faculty,
staff, and administration -- have opportunities to use computers
and be affected by computer usage in the pursuit of their
primary endeavors at Bentley College.
 
Therefore, it is critical that such computer use be performed in
an ethical context which ensures that the use of these resources
fosters the achievement of the individual user's goals,
consistent with Bentley College's educational and research
objectives,
 
Such an ethical context implies that computing resources will
not be abused, wasted, or employed in such a way as to interfere
with, or cause harm or damage to another person, institution, or
company within or outside the Bentley College community.  It is
up to the individual to act responsibly in the use of computer
hardware and software, data and computer outputs.
 
                        POLICY STATEMENT
 
The fundamental purpose of the Bentley computer resource
(individually-used computers or shared computers), is to support
an individual's primary endeavors as a student or employee of
Bentley College.
 
Individuals may only use accounts, files, software, and computer
resources authorized under their particular accounts.   Faculty
members who delegate use to their students or colleagues assume
responsibility for appropriate control and all risk to their
accounts.
 
Individuals must take all reasonable precautions (e.g., prevent
unauthorized access to accounts or data by others) both within
and outside the Bentley community.
 
Individuals must not make unauthorized copies of copyrighted
software or data.  An employee's questions of copyright
provisions or permissions should be directed to his or her
supervisor or the supervisor of the computing facility.  A
student's questions should be addressed to a member of the
faculty or the supervisor of the computing facility.
 
Employees are encouraged to report to their supervisors ar the
supervisor of the computing facility, and students are encouraged
to report to a faculty member or the supervisor of the computing
facility, violations, flaws or other deficiencies in the
security of any and all Bentley College computer resources.
 
Individuals must not abuse the College's computing resources so
as to reduce its efficiency to the detriment of other users.
 
Individuals must not attempt to modify system facilities,
utilities, and/or configurations, or change the restrictions
associated with their accounts, or attempt to breach the
College's computer resources security system, whether with or
without malicious intent.
 
Individuals must not use any network access provided by the
College to affect other computers or the network in any of the
above ways.
 
If uncertain about a specific situation, an employee should
consult a superior or supervisor; a student should consult a
member of the faculty before proceeding.
 
Violations of this policy will be handled in a manner consistent
with comparable situations requiring disciplinary action.