Carroll College Compact

Carroll College is a community for learning. As individuals, we come to the campus from different homes and cultures. We bring with us our distinctive perspectives, traditions and experiences. Here we become participants in a community dedicated to the pursuit of academic excellence, personal fulfillment and spiritual meaning. Choosing to join such a community obligates each member to consider thoughtfully the values espoused by the larger group. We therefore invite you to contemplate these ideals and strive toward their realization. We ask that you enter into a voluntary compact with the other members of the community that is Carroll College to live and work according to these values.

I will value the human diversity and dignity of all people and will respect their ideas, opinions and traditions.
This ideal requires openness of mind, a willingness to affirm the differences, which exist among us, and a desire to develop shared understanding. Dedication to this ideal is inconsistent with behaviors that compromise or demean individuals and groups.

I will practice personal academic integrity.
This ideal requires a commitment to honesty, a regard for the rights and feelings of others, and the courage to speak one’s convictions. It obligates each member of the community to support creation of a positive learning and living environment and is inconsistent with cheating in classes, games or sports; lying, excuse making or plagiarizing; and infidelity, coercion or disloyalty in personal relationships.

I will care for the physical environment of the campus and its neighborhood setting.
This ideal requires stewardship of the resources allocated to us and a commitment to upholding the natural ecology of the campus and the larger community of Waukesha. Devotion to this ideal is inconsistent with all forms of theft, vandalism and misappropriation; wastefulness or destruction; and violation of the rights of others to live, learn and work in a clean and healthy environment.

I will support and enhance the development of others.
This ideal requires a commitment to creation of an empowering learning and working environment, where collaboration, trust and cooperation are favored over suspicion and excessive competition. Dedication to this ideal is inconsistent with blaming or inhibiting the growth of others.

I will encourage creativity, artistic expression and excellence in all areas of our lives.
This ideal requires the understanding that beauty and boldness are inherent to the human spirit. A commitment to this ideal is inconsistent with devaluing the work, performance or expressions of another person.

I will seek to understand my purpose in the world.
This ideal requires the development of a global vision, an understanding that one is a citizen of the international community. Dedication to this ideal is inconsistent with parochialism, bigotry and selfish use or allocation of shared resources.