College Professors Demand Right to Be Mean

A new "behavioural capability framework" proposed by the administration at RMIT University in Australia would require professors to be "positive" and "optimistic," as a rule. It would mandate niceness, in academia.
Professors are all like, "fuck that shit." Good for them.
If you were a professor, would you be nice? Why or why not? Explain fully in the comments, using complete paragraphs.