{"id":3236,"date":"2026-01-15T14:53:37","date_gmt":"2026-01-15T19:53:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/campus.collegeforcreativestudies.edu\/policy\/?p=3236"},"modified":"2026-01-15T14:56:44","modified_gmt":"2026-01-15T19:56:44","slug":"the-ccs-covenant-a-commitment-to-civility","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/campus.collegeforcreativestudies.edu\/policy\/the-ccs-covenant-a-commitment-to-civility\/","title":{"rendered":"The CCS Covenant: A Commitment to Civility"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The College for Creative Studies nurtures the creativity that is vital to the enhancement of modern culture. This is best accomplished in an atmosphere of mutual respect and civility, self-restraint, concern for others, and academic integrity. By choosing to join this community, I accept the obligation to live by these common values and commit myself to the following principles:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As a CCS Student, Staff, or Faculty Member:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>I will embrace the concept of a civil community which abhors violence, theft and exploitation of others;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>I will commit myself to the pursuit of knowledge, excellence in art &amp; design with personal integrity, and academic honesty;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>I will respect the sanctity of the learning environment and avoid disruptive and deceitful behavior toward other members of the campus community;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>I will support a culture of diversity by respecting the rights of those who differ from myself;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>I will contribute to the development of a caring community where compassion for others and freedom of thought and expression are valued;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>I will honor, challenge and contribute to the scholarly heritage left by those who preceded me and work to leave this a better place for those who follow.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>By endorsing these common principles, I accept a moral obligation to behave in ways that contribute to a civil campus environment and resolve to support this behavior in others. 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This is best accomplished in an atmosphere &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/campus.collegeforcreativestudies.edu\/policy\/the-ccs-covenant-a-commitment-to-civility\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;The CCS Covenant: A Commitment to Civility&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advgb_blocks_editor_width":"","advgb_blocks_columns_visual_guide":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[117],"tags":[],"audience":[113,114,115],"compliance":[],"division":[182],"document-type":[199],"department":[128],"class_list":["post-3236","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-academics","audience-faculty","audience-staff","audience-student","division-academic-affairs","document-type-standard","department-academic-affairs"],"author_meta":{"display_name":"Nadine Ashton","author_link":"https:\/\/campus.collegeforcreativestudies.edu\/policy\/author\/nashton\/"},"featured_img":null,"coauthors":[],"tax_additional":{"categories":{"linked":["<a href=\"https:\/\/campus.collegeforcreativestudies.edu\/policy\/category\/academics\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Academics<\/a>"],"unlinked":["<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Academics<\/span>"]}},"comment_count":"0","relative_dates":{"created":"Posted 3 months ago","modified":"Updated 3 months ago"},"absolute_dates":{"created":"Posted on January 15, 2026","modified":"Updated on January 15, 2026"},"absolute_dates_time":{"created":"Posted on January 15, 2026 2:53 pm","modified":"Updated on January 15, 2026 2:56 pm"},"featured_img_caption":"","series_order":"","publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-21 15:58:30","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/campus.collegeforcreativestudies.edu\/policy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3236","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/campus.collegeforcreativestudies.edu\/policy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/campus.collegeforcreativestudies.edu\/policy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/campus.collegeforcreativestudies.edu\/policy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/campus.collegeforcreativestudies.edu\/policy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3236"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/campus.collegeforcreativestudies.edu\/policy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3236\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3237,"href":"https:\/\/campus.collegeforcreativestudies.edu\/policy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3236\/revisions\/3237"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/campus.collegeforcreativestudies.edu\/policy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3236"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/campus.collegeforcreativestudies.edu\/policy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3236"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/campus.collegeforcreativestudies.edu\/policy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3236"},{"taxonomy":"audience","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/campus.collegeforcreativestudies.edu\/policy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/audience?post=3236"},{"taxonomy":"compliance","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/campus.collegeforcreativestudies.edu\/policy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/compliance?post=3236"},{"taxonomy":"division","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/campus.collegeforcreativestudies.edu\/policy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/division?post=3236"},{"taxonomy":"document-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/campus.collegeforcreativestudies.edu\/policy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document-type?post=3236"},{"taxonomy":"department","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/campus.collegeforcreativestudies.edu\/policy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/department?post=3236"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}