MCDM
Electronic Mail Standards of Conduct
Email communications among MCDM members should seek to
respect the rights and privileges of all members of the
academic community. This includes not interfering with
university functions or endangering the health, welfare, or
safety of other persons. With this in mind, in addition to
the University of Washington's Student Conduct Code, the
MCDM establishes the following standards of conduct in
respect to electronic communications among students and
faculty:
• Email communications should be limited to occasional
messages necessary to the specific educational experience
at hand.
• Email communications should be responded to, if at all
possible, within 48 hours. In particular regard to student
communications with faculty, if an email from a student to
a faculty member does not receive a response within 48
hours, then the student should investigate other ways of
contacting the instructor (telephone, office hours, etc.).
• Email communications should not include any CCing of
anyone not directly involved in the specific educational
experience at hand.
• Email communications should not include any blind-CCing
to third parties, regardless of the third party’s relevance
to the matter at hand.