5.0 Appendices

Corrective or Disciplinary Measures:

Any member of the community who violates of any of the above principles is subject to corrective or disciplinary measures. Circumstances such as the experience level or demonstrated repeated behaviors may be taken into account. Disciplinary actions may take the following forms:

As a teaching organization, we understand that the vast majority of violations are simply mistakes, best addressed through retraining or mentoring as appropriate; the rare, intentional violations are addressed on the strictest terms. We believe the greatest resource in our lab is the lab community and strive to foster a culture that places high value on mutual respect and personal and scientific integrity.

1. Safety is of the utmost priority. Community members must behave in a safe, conscientious, and professional manner in all lab activities. Each individual is responsible for his/her own safety—AND the safety of his/her fellow labmembers. We recognize the need to test and develop new ideas and capabilities; your responsibility is to work with staff and other knowledgeable people to ensure that any new procedure/chemical/equipment is introduced in a safe manner. It is also your responsibility to address any safety concerns you may have with fellow lab and even staff members. The best response is to address the issue directly with the person concerned. If this is not practical, you should report the concern to the staff person responsible for the station in question or senior management, as appropriate. To report any potentially unsafe conditions or practices, or to offer suggestions for improving safety, you can contact any staff member or direct an email to snf-safety@lists.stanford.edu
    
2. Community: In a shared lab, everything each individual does can and will affect others, thus, it is everyone’s responsibility to minimize the impact of activities that can adversely affect others and contribute positively toward the good of the community. Remember, this is YOUR lab.
   • Contamination. Labmembers are responsible for ensuring their work does not result in the contamination of equipment or labware which can harm the work of others. All new materials and processes must be approved through the Prom (snf-promcommittee@lists.stanford.edu).
   • Communication. Effective communication is essential to success in the lab. Report equipment and process issues on Badger Use email lists to inform or negotiate with others. When differences arise, make every attempt to communicate your needs and respect those of others.
   • Sharing. Because equipment and workspaces are shared, everyone is responsible for being a good lab citizen. Clean up after yourself. Respect Badger reservations. Log run data in station logbooks. Consideration for equipment and all others who share it is everyone’s responsibility. 
      
3. Respect: All members of the SNF Lab community are expected to abide by the Statement of Respectful Workplace: “The Stanford Nanofabrication Facility is committed to providing an environment that is conducive to high-quality research, learning and productivity. Effective interpersonal communication is essential in this environment. As such, all members of the community (students, industrial visitors, staff and faculty) are expected to act in a manner based on courtesy, civility, mutual trust and respectful communication. All members of the community should treat one-another with an awareness of the potential impact of their interactions, and strive to conduct themselves at the most respectful and professional level.” 
    
4. Integrity:
   • Take responsibility. Everyone makes mistakes. But it is expected that each person take responsibility for his or her actions so that measures can be taken to minimize the problem or prevent it from recurring. For example, a labmember who accidentally contaminates an acid bath should inform other labmembers who may be affected as well as the staff member responsible for the station, and if trained, should also decontaminate it.
   • This is YOUR lab; take care of it. Clean up after yourself; leave no trace except for Badger. If the station is messy before you start, depending on the situation you can: ask the person before you to clean it up, clean it up yourself, or report it to Staff. Do not do nothing! 
   • This is YOUR lab; contribute! Enhance the process knowledge base of the lab by contributing your measurements, observations, and comments to the tool’s Wiki page. By taking the time to document your results, you will be helping your own run, as well as those of other labmembers. 
   • Enable equipment when you are using it; disable when you are done. Make sure to report any problems or observations and to shutdown when potential damage to the machine or other labmembers’ experiments is suspected. Observe good lab manners when making and using reservations. Remember, your accounts are subject to the Stanford University Computer Usage and Network Usage Policy. Make sure to read and abide by this policy (http://adminguide.stanford.edu/62.pdf).
   • Act according to the intent of a policy. Just because there is no rule against a practice does not make it acceptable. Making reservations you do not intend to use, for example, is not acceptable. Rules are imperfect; but acting with consideration for others is always respected.
   • Community service. A commitment of time or completion of a task that benefits the lab community.
   • Disqualification on one or more tools.
   • Notification of the PI.
   • Restriction or limits placed on lab use (for example, daytime use only).
   • Revoking of lab access and privileges.