2.1 The University and the Union agree that academic freedom is essential to the mission of the university and that providing an environment of free and honest inquiry is essential to its functioning.
2.2 Faculty members are entitled to full freedom in research and in the publication of the results.
2.3 Faculty members are entitled to freedom in the classroom in discussing their subject, but they should be careful not to persistently intrude material into their teaching which has no relation to their subject. Faculty members are responsible for maintaining high professional standards of scholarship and instruction in their fields. Therefore, faculty members shall adhere to legal and ethical standards and procedures. The commitment to academic freedom does not imply that a faculty member’s teaching and scholarship are not subject to critical review and judgment as to their quality and significance.
2.4 Faculty members are citizens, members of a learned profession, and officers of an educational institution. When they speak and write as citizens, they should be free from institutional censorship or discipline. As scholars and educational officers in the community, they should remember that the public may judge their profession and their institution by their utterances. Hence they should be accurate, should exercise appropriate restraint, should show respect for the opinions of others, and should make every effort to indicate that they are not speaking for the institution.