University of California Berkeley Career Guide - Flipbook - Page 5
Principles of Professional Conduct
Berkeley Career Engagement is committed to complying with the ethical standards of the National Association of
Colleges and Employers (NACE) and expects students and employers to be honest and professional in the job and
internship search process.
STUDENT RESPONSIBILITY
EMPLOYER RESPONSIBILITY
• Provide accurate and honest information to Berkeley
Career Engagement and to employers about
your academic record, work experience, honors,
activities, skills, and work authorization status.
Misrepresentations may be subject to Student
Conduct proceedings.
• Employers should treat candidates with respect during
interviews. All interview questions must fall within legal
and ethical guidelines pertaining to antidiscrimination,
ADA, and EEO laws and policies.
• Employers should inform Berkeley Career Engagement
when any offers must be withdrawn or significantly
changed, or if a student reneges on a job or internship
offer.
• Conduct yourself professionally during all encounters with employers. This includes written or email
correspondence, phone contact, and personal
interactions during Career Fairs, networking events,
and interviews.
• Employers should refrain from any practice that
improperly influences or affects acceptances. Such
practices may include undue time pressure for acceptance of offers or encouragement of revocation of
another offer. Employers should strive to communicate
decisions to candidates within the agreed-upon time
frame.
• Berkeley Career Engagement requires that all
students participating in the On-Campus Recruiting
Program cancel interviews in advance if they cannot
keep an interview appointment as scheduled. When
you fail to cancel your interviews in a timely fashion
or do not appear for your appointments, your
actions reflect poorly on you as an individual and on
the University as a whole. Not only do you inconvenience the employer, but you may also deprive
another student of a valuable interview opportunity.
These situations, if unchecked, may also have more
serious implications on the University's relationships
with employers overall.
• For all offers extended for summer internships or fulltime employment, including return offers, employers
should allow a minimum of three weeks, and preferably
more, from the date of the written offer for students to
accept or decline.
• Employers are encouraged to remain flexible in
granting offer extensions on a case-by-case basis as
circumstances warrant. The written offer should clearly
state all appropriate terms and conditions, including,
but not limited to, position title/description, location,
benefits, start date, salary, bonuses, etc. All bonuses or
other incentives are to remain in full effect for the entire
duration of the offer period.
• Honor your acceptance of a job or internship offer.
Once you accept an offer, withdraw from consideration for other opportunities and do not continue
to interview. It is unethical to accept a position and
then renege (i.e. turn down the offer).
Source: National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE), http://www.naceweb.org
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