Appropriate Online Cyberconduct
The NSTU affirms that ethical, legal, and positive online behaviour is essential to maintaining safe learning and working environments. Appropriate cyberconduct is a shared responsibility among educators, stakeholders, government agencies, and the broader community, supported through education and timely action when inappropriate conduct occurs.
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NSTU Guidebook/Operational Procedures Excerpt
Operational Procedures Section VI – General
1. Appropriate Online Cyberconduct
Electronic communication and online activity are prevalent in our education system and the community-at-large. As such, the NSTU holds the following beliefs in regards to cyberconduct:
- Appropriate cyberconduct is the ethical, legal, and positive manner in which we conduct ourselves online and is part of ensuring a safe learning and working environment for our educational sites.
- Inappropriate cyberconduct should be discouraged and acted upon swiftly and decisively.
- Education is an essential part of promoting appropriate cyberconduct.
- Ensuring appropriate cyberconduct is a shared responsibility between educational stakeholders, government departments and agencies, and the community-at-large.
Reference: Resolution 2008-NB1, Reaffirmed 2009-104, Amended 2015-66, 2018-73, Reaffirmed January 2021