Let's apply the ethical principles together – a short online training now available to the university community

The University of Oulu has established ethical principles that guide us towards responsible, respectful, and sustainable activities. We now invite all our students to familiarise themselves with these principles through a short online training course, which can be completed at a time that suits you best.

The training consists of videos and reflection tasks, and its duration is estimated to be between half an hour and one hour, depending on how much time you spend on the reflection tasks.

The training introduces six ethical principles, defined with input from the entire university community in 2023–2024:

  1. We build a brave and encouraging atmosphere
  2. We promote openness and transparency
  3. We choose sustainability every day
  4. We behave respectfully
  5. We promote equality and non-discrimination
  6. We strengthen well-being in studies and work

Each principle contains a description and a few ground rules ("our approach") that must be followed in the university community. It is important to bring ethical principles in the everyday life of the university community as responsible, respectful, and sustainable activities.

You can complete the ethical principles training in Moodle.

Ethical principles

Last updated: 7.4.2025