As members of California State University, Sacramento we acknowledge that the primary purpose of this community is education, including teaching and learning, academic achievement, social development, personal growth and a commitment to the valuing of diversity.

In Committing ourselves to developing a community at California State University, Sacramento, we agree to promote unity, equality, civility, caring, responsibility, accountability and respect for each other.

As members of a campus respectful of both differences and similarities, we will not encroach on the rights of others, either as individuals or as groups. We recognize that freedom of expression and opinion entails an obligation to listen to and understand the beliefs and opinions of others, and to treat others fairly.

In striving to be a responsible community, we are accountable individually for our personal behavior and development, and collectively for the welfare and the unity of the community itself.

As members of a diverse community, we encourage, celebrate and express pride in our commitment to academic, athletic, and social accomplishments. We recognize and appreciate that there can be no community without unity.

In affirming this compact, we commit ourselves to becoming dedicated, active, and full members of the California State University, Sacramento community in each and every role we assume.

Embraced by the Faculty Senate, October 19, 2000.