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Originally Posted by photon
Ah ha but if they lied about their ethics just to get into university, it's more likely they'll lie about things to get a job too, or lie to their employer for their own benefit!
Not really, I just find the idea that pretending to agree with an agreement they didn't agree with to get in is somehow better than agreeing with the agreement amusing.
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They are not being asked to lie about their ethics. All they ask is that while they are attending the university, that they follow a certain set of ethics inspired by the core religious values of the community.
As someone else mentioned, life is full of covenant-like situations (some written, and others implied), where people need to agree to conform to certain ethical standards while they are active as part of the community (being a citizen of a country for example). Employers are probably the most common day-to-day facilitators of this concept and if I was an employer, it would probably make me more at ease knowing that a recent graduate had the discipline to follow a covenant while being educated. Most people with jobs need to exercise certain ethical standards when representing their company that they may not 100% personally agree with and do not adhere to outside of work.
The whole community covenant is here:
http://www.twu.ca/Academics/school-o...-covenant.html
Here is the agreement section (highlights are mine for emphasis):
By my agreement below I affirm that:
I have accepted the invitation to be a member of the TWU community with all the mutual benefits and responsibilities that are involved;
I understand that by becoming a member of the TWU community I have also become an ambassador of this community and the ideals it represents;
I have carefully read and considered TWU’s
Community Covenant and will join in fulfilling its responsibilities while I am a member of the TWU community.