Disciplinary Code for Students of the Faculty of Management Prague University of Economics and Business

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Basic Provisions

Subject Matter and Principles

This Code is an internal regulation of the Faculty of Management (“Faculty”) of the Prague University of Economics and Business (“PUEB”) pursuant to Section 27, Paragraph 1, Letter b) and Section 33, Paragraph 2, Letter e) of Act No. 111/1998 Coll., on higher education institutions (“the Act”). It regulates disciplinary offences of students, imposition of sanctions and procedure in disciplinary proceedings.

Unless this Code or the internal regulations of PUEB provide otherwise, the Administrative Procedure Code[1] shall apply.

The Disciplinary Code is based on the principles of: legality, proportionality, equal treatment, presumption of innocence, protection of confidentiality and personal data, speed and efficiency of proceedings.

Article 1 Disciplinary Offence

A disciplinary offence is a culpable violation of obligations stipulated by legal regulations or by the internal regulations of PUEB and the Faculty.[2]
A disciplinary offence is in particular:
1. cheating in the performance of study obligations or attempted cheating, in particular:
  1. copying or unauthorized collaboration,
  2. giving instructions to another test taker during the test,
  3. unauthorized manipulation of exam questions, tests or other written assignments,
  4. unauthorized publication or dissemination of exam questions, tests or other written work assignments,
  5. use of unauthorized materials, information or tools, including mobile communication technologies and devices,
2. plagiarism, i.e. the use of the content, idea or structure of another work without proper source identification and citation or without proper reason given by the type of use and the usual degree of originality of the resulting work,
3. assisting in cheating or plagiarism, e.g. by providing work or other performance to another student with the knowledge that it will be used for cheating or plagiarism,
4. provision or use of a service consisting in the preparation of work by a person other than the student submitting this work for the purpose of fulfilling their study obligation (so-called “ghostwriting”),
5. submitting the same or partially modified work to fulfill various study obligations without the prior consent of the instructor of the course in which the work is submitted,
6. violation of intellectual property rights held by PUEB, e.g. unauthorized manipulation of study materials,
7. aggressive or disruptive behaviour, in particular:
  1. sexual harassment,
  2. bullying, physical or psychological violence or behaviour degrading human dignity,
  3. manifestations of racism or other manifestations of gross intolerance, particularly on the basis of religion, social status, gender, national or ethnic origin,
8. abuse of alcohol or narcotics and psychotropic substances on the premises of PUEB or entering the premises of PUEB or participating in classes under the influence of alcohol or narcotics and psychotropic substances,
9. unauthorized or unjustified entry into the premises of PUEB with a weapon or other objects capable of endangering life or health or public order,
10. unauthorized use or damage to the property of PUEB or the information technology of PUEB,
11. damage to the good reputation of PUEB.
Negligence is sufficient for liability; the provisions of the Act on Liability for Offences and Procedure shall apply as appropriate to the assessment of fault.”.[3]

Article 2 Sanctions and Rules for Imposing Them

A disciplinary offence may be punished by [4]:
1. admonition,
2. conditional expulsion from studies with a deadline and conditions for certification,
3. expulsion from studies.
The sanction of expulsion from studies may only be imposed for a serious disciplinary offence committed intentionally. The sanction of conditional expulsion may be imposed if the conditions for imposing expulsion are met and the manner of commission is not particularly reprehensible, the student has shown sincere remorse and it can be reasonably expected that he/she will not commit another serious offence.
The imposition of a sanction may be waived if the discussion of the disciplinary offence itself has led to correction, especially if it is a less serious offence or an offence committed through negligence.[5]
When imposing sanctions, the nature of the conduct by which the disciplinary offence was committed, the circumstances under which it occurred, the consequences caused, the degree of culpability, as well as the previous behaviour of the student who committed the disciplinary offence and the effort shown to correct its consequences shall be taken into account. Expulsion from studies is possible only in the case of intentional commission of a disciplinary offence.
In the case of conditional expulsion, the Dean will decide after the deadline for certification whether the student has proven his/her performance; if he/she does not decide within 2 months of the deadline, the student is deemed to have proven his/her performance.

Article 3 Special Exclusion Provisions

A student who was admitted to study as a result of fraudulent conduct will be expelled from study.[6]

Article 4 Status, Composition and Term of Office of the Disciplinary Committee

The Faculty Disciplinary Committee (“Committee”) is a self-governing academic body.
The Committee has 4 members; half are students. Members and alternates are appointed and dismissed by the Dean with the consent of the Academic Senate of the Faculty; the Committee elects a chairman from among its members. The term of office is 2 years and the Dean ensures the continuity of the committee’s activities.
Membership terminates upon expiration of the term of office, dismissal, written resignation delivered to the Dean, or termination of membership in the academic community of the Faculty or termination of studies.

Article 5 Negotiations, Quorum and Bias

The meeting is convened and chaired by the Chairperson; in case of impediment, by a member authorized by the Chairperson. The Committee has a quorum when an absolute majority of those present attend; it decides by the majority of those present; parity of student/academic representation shall be observed..
The Committee’s meetings are closed to the public; minutes are taken of the meetings and a voting record is taken of the voting.
A member of the Disciplinary Committee whose impartiality may be questioned is excluded from the proceedings; an objection to impartiality may be raised without undue delay; the objection shall be decided by the committee (the member concerned shall not vote); if the committee does not have a quorum, the decision shall be made by the Dean.

Article 6 Initiation of Disciplinary Proceedings and Deadlines

The proposal to initiate proceedings shall be submitted in writing, or in electronic form, by the Dean to the Chairperson of the Disciplinary Committee. The proposal must include a clear identification of the student, a description of the act (including time, place and violated obligations), identification of evidence and justification for why the act is considered a disciplinary offense.[7]
The proceedings are initiated on the day of delivery of the proposal to initiate disciplinary proceedings to the student; the proposal may be accompanied by a summons to an oral hearing.
A disciplinary offence cannot be considered after 1 year from the date of its commission or from the date of a final and binding conviction; the period is interrupted by the notification of the initiation of proceedings and runs anew thereafter; the period during which the person is not a student and the period of proceedings before the administrative court are not included.[8]
Delivery is governed by Section 69a of the Act on Higher Education and the internal regulations of PUEB.

Article 7 Summons and Rights of the Participant

The Chairperson of the Committee shall convene the oral hearing without delay; usually within 15 days of the commencement of the disciplinary proceedings.
The student must be duly summoned at least 5 days before the hearing; if he/she has a representative, the summons shall also be served to them. The summons shall include the time, place, subject of the hearing and instructions on his/her rights.
The student has the right to be present, to express his/her opinion on all facts that are alleged against him/her, to propose and present evidence, to inspect the file and the minutes (with the exception of the voting minutes), to take extracts from them; he/she has the right to be represented by an attorney based on the granting of a power of attorney.
The student is obliged to attend the meeting, maintain order, and if he/she is unable to attend, he/she must apologise for his/her absence from the meeting in writing . He/she is obliged to send the written apology to the Chairperson of the Committee.
The meeting is not public. A meeting may be held in the absence of a student only if he/she fails to appear without a proper and timely excuse, even though he/she was duly summoned.

Article 8 Course of the Committee’s Deliberations

The Disciplinary Committee meeting is opened by the Chairperson or a member of the Disciplinary Committee authorized by the Chairperson. Those present shall be informed of the content of the proposal to initiate disciplinary proceedings and any results of previous meetings.
The student has, with the exception of the meeting and voting of the Disciplinary Committee, the right to be present at the meeting of the Disciplinary Committee, and may propose and present evidence, express his/her opinion on all documents for the meeting, view written documents[9], view the minutes of the meeting(with the exception of the voting minutes), and take extracts from them.
The student may choose his/her representative in accordance with the applicable legal regulations[10]. The chosen representative, who proves authorization to the Disciplinary Committee by means of a written power of attorney or to whom the student grants authorisation before the Disciplinary Committee, shall have he rights specified in paragraph 2.
The facts of the case are determined by evidence taken by the Disciplinary Committee on its own initiative, at the proposal of the Dean or at the proposal of the student. The Disciplinary Committee is obliged to take the necessary evidence and to conduct the proceedings in such a way that it can be established beyond reasonable doubt whether the student has committed a disciplinary offence.
Every member of the academic community of the University or an employee of the University who is not a member of its academic community is obliged to appear at the summons of the Disciplinary Committee for an oral hearing and to testify about facts important for the disciplinary proceedings, provided that his/her testimony is proposed as evidence. However, a person may refuse to testify if it would put him/her or a person close to him/her at risk of prosecution for a criminal offence or administrative offence. Members of the academic community or employees of the university who have been summoned to appear at a hearing of the Disciplinary Committee to give a statement may not participate in the oral hearing until they have been heard by the Disciplinary Committee.

Article 9 End of Disciplinary Proceedings

If the Disciplinary Committee considers the results of the evidence gathered sufficient to assess the case under consideration, it shall adopt a draft decision on a disciplinary offence.
The Disciplinary Committee shall terminate the disciplinary proceedings by resolution if it becomes apparent during the proceedings that:
the act stated in the motion to initiate disciplinary proceedings did not occur or is not a disciplinary offence,
the disciplinary offence was not committed by the student concerned,
the person who committed the disciplinary offence has ceased to be a student[11], or the disciplinary offence cannot be discussed for the reason specified in Article 6, paragraph 4 of the Disciplinary Code.

Article 10 Decision of the Dean

The decision in disciplinary proceedings is issued by the Dean based on the proposal of the Disciplinary Committee without undue delay from the date of receipt of the proposal.
The Dean may, under the conditions of Article 2, by decision impose the sanction proposed by the Disciplinary Committee, or a more lenient sanction, or refrain from imposing a sanction.
The decision on a disciplinary offence shall be in writing and shall contain:
1. designation of the Faculty and its Dean,
2. student’s first and last name, date of birth, university identification number,, study programme, and place of permanent residence,
3. the operative part of the decision, which:
  1. establishes that the student has committed a disciplinary offence (with a description of the act and a statement of the violated legal regulations),
  2. and imposes sanctions or refrains from imposing them [12];
4. justification,
5. information about the student’s right to file an appeal and the method of exercising this right, including where and within what period the appeal must be filed, from which date this period is calculated, and which administrative authority decides on the appeal,
6. file number or reference number, date and place of preparation,
7. name, position and signature of the issuing person.
The Dean’s decision on a disciplinary offence becomes legally effective on the date of:
1. the expiry of the time limit for filing an appeal without an appeal being lodged,
2. delivery of the Rector’s decision amending or confirming the decision on a disciplinary offence issued by the Dean,
3. waiver of the right to appeal.

Article 11 Appeal

A student whose disciplinary offence has been decided by the Dean of the Faculty has the right to appeal against this decision.
The right to appeal does not belong to a student who has waived this right after being notified of the decision.
If a student withdraws an appeal, the appeal may not be resubmitted.
An appeal may be made against the operative part of the decision, an individual operative part or its subsidiary provisions. An appeal only against the reasoning of the decision is inadmissible.
In the appeal, the student shall state his/her name, surname, date of birth and place of permanent residence. The appeal must indicate which decision is being contested, what is proposed, and in what respect he decision or the proceedings preceding it are alleged to be contrary to the legal regulations or the internal regulations of PUEB or the Faculty. If the student objects that he/she was not allowed to perform a certain act in the proceedings in the first instance, this act must be performed together with the appeal.
The appeal period is 15 days and begins on the day the decision is delivered. An appeal can only be filed after the decision has been issued. If the appeal was filed before the decision was announced, it is considered that it was filed on the first day of the appeal period. In the case of missing, incomplete or incorrect instructions, the appeal can be filed within 15 days from the date of notification of the corrective resolution, or, if issued, no later than 90 days from the date of notification of the decision. A student who has demonstrably become familiar with the decision may not invoke the failure of service of the decision.
A student may request a waiver of the missed deadline for filing an appeal within 15 days of the date on which the obstacle that prevented him/her from filing an appeal has ceased to exist, but only if he/she includes an appeal with the request; this submission may be granted a suspensive effect if the student is at risk of serious harm. A missed appeal shall be waived if the student proves that the obstacle was due to serious reasons that occurred through no fault of his/her. The Dean shall decide on the waiver of a missed appeal by resolution; a missed appeal may not be waived if one year has passed since the date on which it should have been filed.
A timely and admissible appeal has a suspensive effect; the decision does not become legally binding, enforceable or have any other legal effects as a result of the suspensive effect of the appeal. The suspensive effect of the appeal cannot be ruled out.
An appeal shall be filed with the authority that decided on the offence.
The Dean/Rector may supplement the file with other relevant facts on the basis of the appeal. Before issuing a decision on the appeal, the Dean/Rector shall invite the student to familiarise himself with the supporting documents for issuing the decision and shall give him/her the opportunity to comment on them.
The Dean may, on the basis of an appeal, revoke or amend the decision, if this fully satisfies the appeal; such a decision may itself be appealed.
If the Dean does not find grounds to proceedunder paragraph 11, he/she shall forward the file with his/her opinion to the appeal administrative body, which is the Rector, within 15 days of receipt of f the appeal. In the case of an inadmissible or late appeal, the Dean shall forward the file to the Rector within 10 days. The opinion shall be limited to stating the reasons decisive for assessing the lateness or inadmissibility of the appeal. If, before forwarding the file to the Rector, the Dean discovers that a fact has occurred that justifies the suspension of the proceedings, he/she shall annul the contested decision without further ado and suspend the proceedings.
The Rector shall review the compliance of the contested decision and the proceedings that preceded the issuance of the decision with legal regulations and internal regulations. Defects in the proceedings that cannot reasonably be considered to have had an impact on the compliance of the contested decision with legal regulations or internal regulations shall not be taken into account.
If the Rector concludes that the contested decision is contrary to legal regulations or internal regulations of PUEB or the Faculty, the Rector shall:
1. annul the contested decision or part thereof and discontinue the proceedings,
2. if the contested decision was issued by the Dean, the contested decision or part thereof shall be annulled and the matter returned for a new hearing; in such a case, the Rector shall express a legal opinion by which the Dean shall be bound when the matter is re-heard, or
3. the contested decision or part of it is changed in favor of the student; the Rector may change the contested decision to the detriment of the student only because it is in conflict with legal regulations.
If the Rector finds that a fact has occurred that justifies the suspension of the proceedings, he/she will cancel the contested decision without further ado and suspend the proceedings.
The Rector shall reject a late or inadmissible appeal. If the decision has already become final, the Rector shall subsequently examine whether the conditions for reviewing the decision in a review procedure, for reopening the procedure or for issuing a new decision are met. If so, appeal shall be considered as an initiative for review procedure or a request for reopening the procedure or a request for issuing a new decision. If the Rector concludes that the appeal was filed in time and that it is admissible, he/she shall return the matter to the Dean.
If the Rector does not find a reason to proceed according to paragraphs 14 to 16, the Rector shall reject the appeal and confirm the contested decision. If the Rector changes or annuls the contested decision only in part, he remainder shall be confirmed.
The decision in the appeal proceedings shall be issued by the Rector within 15 days; the period shall begin to run on the day the file is handed over to the Rector. The provisions of Article 9, paragraph 4 shall apply mutatis mutandis.
The decision of the Rector in the appeal proceedings shall be final and cannot be further appealed. An appeal may be filed against the new decision of the Dean pursuant to paragraph 14 (b).
If the student withdraws the appeal, the appeal proceedings are terminated on the date of withdrawal of the appeal; the contested decision becomes legally binding on the day following the termination of the proceedings; a resolution is issued stating that the proceedings have been terminated, which is merely noted in the file and the student is notified of it; the appeal may be withdrawn no later than the issuance of the Rector’s decision.
Following the decision pursuant to paragraph 13, the Rector/Dean shall take appropriate measures to restore the student’s rights and eliminate or at least mitigate the consequences caused by the defective decision.

Article 12 Transitional and Final Provisions

This Code constitutes an internal regulation of the Faculty within the meaning of Section 33, paragraph 2, letter (e) of the Act on Higher Education.
The Disciplinary Code of the Faculty of Management of the Prague University of Economics and Business, approved by the Academic Senate of the Faculty of Management of the Prague University of Economics and Business on 12 July 2017 and by the Academic Senate of the Prague University of Economics and Business on 25 September 2017, as amended by all subsequent amendments and supplements, ishereby repealed.
Disciplinary proceedings that have not been concluded as of the effective date of this Codeshall be completed in accordance with this Code. Members of the Committee appointed under the current Disciplinary Code shall be deemed to be members of the Committee appointed under this Code, for the term of office determined upon their appointment under the current Disciplinary Code. The Chairperson appointed under the current Disciplinary Code shall be deemed to be the Chairperson appointed under this Code, for the term of office determined upon his appointment under the current Disciplinary Code.
This Code shall enter into force and effect on the date of approval by the Academic Senate of the Prague University of Economics and Business.

This Code was approved by the Academic Senate of the Prague University of Economics and Business on 26 January2026.

[1] Act No. 500/2004 Coll., Administrative Procedure Code

[2] Section 64 of Higher Education Act No. 111/1998 Coll.

[3] Section 15 of Act on Liability for Offences and Procedure thereon No. 250/2016 Coll.: „A natural person is liable for an offence only if there is fault. Negligence is sufficient unless the law expressly provides that intentional fault is required.“.

[4] Section 65, paragraph 1 of Higher Education Act No. 111/1998 Coll.

[5] Section 65, paragraph 2 of Higher Education Act No. 111/1998 Coll.

[6] Section 67 of Higher Education Act No. 111/1998 Coll.

[7] Section 69, paragraph 1 of Higher Education Act No. 111/1998 Coll.

[8] Section 66 of Higher Education Act No. 111/1998 Coll.

[9] Section 38, Act No. 500/2004 Coll., Administrative Procedure Code

[10] Section 33, Act No. 500/2004 Coll., Administrative Procedure Code

[11] Section 55 or Section 56 of Higher Education Act No. 111/1998 Coll.

[12] according to Section 65, paragraph 2 of Higher Education Act No. 111/1998 Coll.