The Varied Australian National University Enterprise Agreement 2005-2008

Part One – Operation of agreement

3 Objectives of Agreement

This Agreement is designed to enable the University   to   achieve its goals and meet the Higher Education Workplace Relations Requirements (HEWRRs).

3.2 University goals

3.2.1  Through the relentless pursuit of excellence, The Australian National University will be one of the world’s top universities and to achieve this goal the University will work cooperatively with its staff. Development or modification of University policies will involve consultation with the University community according to the Policy on Policies.

3.2.2 The University recognises that its greatest assets are its staff and students, and that its capacity to support, develop and provide critique of Australian society will be greatest when intellectual freedom is exercised in a manner consistent with a responsible search for knowledge and its dissemination. The University will maintain a policy on Intellectual Property which, among other things, recognises the moral and economic rights of staff and students.

3.2.3 The University will work towards: an environment that is supportive, nurturing, challenging, and motivating for staff and students; exemplary in its encouragement of excellence, equity and tolerance and the creation of a constructively analytical culture; free from bullying and as safe and secure as is reasonably practicable; and which encourages a genuinely collegial University, within which problems are shared and worked on collectively, and also within which staff members are encouraged to comment on the University’s operations.

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