It would be difficult to improve upon the articulation of principle just quoted, especially since the statement goes on in the following subsection to state, “Faculty members have the responsibility to . . . exert themselves to the limit of their intellectual capacities in scholarship, research, writing, and speaking” and that “while they fulfill this responsibility, their efforts should not be subjected to direct or indirect pressures or interference from within the university, and the university will resist to the utmost such pressures or interference when exerted from without.” In sum, “Faculty members can meet their responsibilities only when they have confidence that their work will be judged on its merits alone. For this reason the appointment, reappointment, promotion, and tenure of faculty members . . . should not be influenced by such extrinsic considerations as political, social, or religious views, or views concerning departmental or university operation or administration. A disciplinary action against a faculty member, including dismissal for cause of faculty, should not be influenced by such extrinsic consideration.”1
