Louisiana State University is an interactive community in which students, faculty, and staff together strive to pursue truth, advance learning, and uphold the highest standards of performance in an academic and social environment. It is a community that fosters individual development and the creation of bonds that transcend the time spent within its gates.  To demonstrate my pride in LSU, as a member of its community, I will:

· accept responsibility for my actions;

· hold myself and others to the highest standards of academic, personal, and social integrity;

· practice justice, equality, and compassion in human relations;

· respect the dignity of all persons and accept individual differences;

· respect the environment and the rights and property of others and the University;

· contribute positively to the life of the campus and surrounding community;

· and use my LSU experience to be an active citizen in an international and interdependent world.

The continued success of LSU depends on the faithful commitment by each community member to these, our basic principles.