As touchstones for our work together, the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery recognizes the importance of encouraging desired behaviors and declaring unacceptable conduct and behaviors. Recognition of these is vitally crucial to our work as a team to continue to lead, grow, and improve for each other, our patients, our learners, and our research.
Desired Behaviors
– Make inclusion the norm
– Transparency
– Collaboration
– Consistent Messaging
– Accountability
– Sharing guiding principles and common goals
– Working within the chain of command
– Remaining responsive and engaged
– Recognizing accomplishments
– Providing feedback to faculty and trainees
– Fully investigating an issue before commenting
– Assume no bad intentions
– Create formal action plans for decisions made
Unacceptable Behaviors and Conduct
– Microaggressions
– Silence about intolerance (complicity)
– Siloing
– De-valuing team members
– Passivity
– Passive-Aggressiveness
– Dishonesty
– Self-service at the expense of common goals
– Undermining decisions with negative messaging