Preventing and Responding to Sexual Misconduct:Sexual Harassment and Sexual Violence

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“Indiana University does not tolerate sexual harassment of its faculty, staff, or students.”

Unwelcome sexual advances, requests for sexual favors, and other verbal or physical conduct of a sexual nature constitute sexual harassment when:

• submission to such conduct is made either explicitly or implicitly a term or condition of an individual's employment or academic advancement;

• submission to or rejection of such conduct by an individual is used as the basis for employment or academic decisions affecting such individual; or

• such conduct has the purpose or effect of unreasonably interfering with an individual's work or academic performance or creating an intimidating, hostile, or offensive working or learning environment.

Sexual Harassment

http://policies.iu.edu/policies/categories/administration-operations/equal-opportunity/sexual-harassment.shtml

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Sexual Violence

• Sexual Violence: a form of sexual harassment that includes rape, sexual assault, sexual coercion, domestic violence, dating violence, stalking, or any sexual actions that violate another's personal boundaries

• Sexual assault is both a civil offense and a criminal offense

IU Prohibits Sexual Violence

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Regulatory Framework

Title IX of the Educational Amendments of 1972• Prohibits discrimination on the basis of sex in education programs and

services• Sexual violence is a type of sex discrimination

Clery Act requires institutions to:• Collect and publish campus crime statistics, and publish numerous policy

statements in an Annual Security Report• Adopt emergency notification, response and testing procedures, and provide

timely warnings to the community as appropriate

Violence Against Women Reauthorizaton Act (VAWA) requires colleges and universities to:

• Report domestic violence, dating violence, and stalking, in addition to those crime categories already mandated by the Clery Act.

• Adopt certain student discipline procedures, such as first notifying purported victims of their rights.

• Adopt certain institutional policies to address and prevent campus sexual violence, such as to train in particular respects pertinent institutional personnel.

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• Provide helpful information• Direct them to appropriate resources• Explain the University’s process for

addressing sexual misconduct (a student accused of sexual misconduct is subject to student conduct proceedings)

• Check out the website for more information on all these topics: stopsexualviolence.iu.edu

Your Role as a Responsible Employee

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• Do not promise confidentiality– Direct anyone seeking anonymity to a

“Confidential Employee” identified on campus

• Counseling and Psychological Services (including Sexual Assault Crisis Services)

• Student Advocates Office• IU Employee Assistance Program (AI’s and

full-time employees)

Your Role as a Responsible Employee

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• Encourage the individual to consider filing a report with IUPD and to seek medical attention through the Student Health Center or local hospital.

Your Role as a Responsible Employee

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Promptly report to one of our IUB Title IX Coordinators:

– Carol McCord IUB Deputy Title IX Coordinator, Office of the Dean of Students

– Jason Casares IUB Deputy Title IX Coordinator, Office of Student Ethics

– Julie Knost University Title IX Coordinator

In an emergency, call 911.

Your Role as a Responsible Employee

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• Protect the privacy of all involved – do not share personal information beyond those who have a need to know.

• Know that there are individuals on campus that are equipped to help and respond.

Your Role as a Responsible Employee