In a pledge to provide new leadership to reestablish education for personal and social responsibility as a central goal within American colleges and universities, Winthrop University pledges to give particular attention to the following dimensions of personal and social responsibility (AAC&U "Call to Action"):

1. STRIVING FOR EXCELLENCE:  developing a strong work ethic and consciously doing one's very best in all aspects of college.
    
2. CULTIVATING PERSONAL AND ACADEMIC INTEGRITY:  recognizing and acting on a sense of honor, both by being honest in relationships and by upholding academic honor codes.
    
3. CONTRIBUTING TO A LARGER COMMUNITY:  recognizing and acting on one's responsibility to the educational community, the local community, and the wider national and global society.
    
4. TAKING SERIOUSLY THE PERSPECTIVES OF OTHERS:  recognizing and acting on the obligation to inform one's own judgment; relinquishing a sense of entitlement; and engaging diverse and competing perspectives as a resource for learning, citizenship, and work.
    
5. REFINING ETHICAL AND MORAL REASONING:  developing moral reasoning in ways that incorporate the other four responsibilities and using such reasoning in learning and in life.

Further Reading:

Traits Associated with the Five Dimensions (Lee Knefelkamp)