Brothers’ Bill of Rights

As a Phi Gamma Delta Brother:

Built to Lead (Our Member Education) Programming You Participate in Should Allow You to:

• Achieve the highest scholarship which you are capable.
• Gain fundamental knowledge of the history and organization of the Fraternity, chapter and college/university.
• Develop an understanding of Phi Gamma Delta’s values and the correlation between the Fraternity’s and your personal values.
• Demonstrate friendship and provide a conduit to build strong, lasting friendships.
• Understand the benefits and responsibilities of membership in Phi Gamma Delta.
• Develop organizational and leadership skills through responsibility and accountability.

As a brother you have the right not to participate in activities you feel uncomfortable with or you believe may involve hazing. Hazing in any form is prohibited by the Fraternity’s Bylaws.
   

You Should NOT Be Required or Suggested to Participate in Any Activity Which:

• Is illegal, immoral, violates your campus’s Student Code of Conduct or reflects negatively upon you, your chapter or the Fraternity.
• Interferes with your academic pursuits or causes you to be ill prepared for academic courses.
• Treats you as a second class citizen, in a degrading manner or requires you to relinquish your rights as an individual.
• Forces or suggests you consume alcohol or provide alcohol to others.
• In any way places you in physical danger or has the potential to be unsafe.
• Does not allow you to get normal amounts of sleep or will require unreasonable amounts of time.
• Involves pranks such as stealing, scavenger hunts, ‘kidnapping’, vandalizing property or harassing others.
• Requires you to participate in calisthenics of any form, ‘line ups’ or other confrontational questioning activities.
• Involves performing personal services for brothers including, but not limited to, cleaning, running errands or acting as a chauffeur.