1. Graduate Student ORIENTATION August 2015
Office OF Equity& CIVIL RIGHTS COMPLIANCE
Inya Baiye, Director of Equity and Civil Rights Compliance, and Title IX Coordinator

2. The Office of Equity and Civil Rights Compliance
ECRC monitors OU’s compliance with policies that promote a non-discriminatory and harassment-free environment. ECRC investigates complaints of discrimination/harassment, makes policy recommendations, offers mandated training within the OU community, and oversees OU’s Title IX Compliance program.
The Office of Equity and Civil Rights Compliance
Lindley Hall 006

3. POLICIES WITHIN ECRC’S PURVIEW
40.001: Equal Employment and Educational Opportunity
03.004: Sexual Misconduct, Relationship Violence, and Stalking
03.003: Americans with Disabilities Act Compliance*
03.006: Whistleblowing and Retaliation
* Accommodations granted by SAS

4. discrimination
Policy deals with harassment and discrimination, which is:
Conduct directed toward an individual/group based on race, religion, age, color, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, ancestry, gender, gender identity or expression, mental or physical disability, or veteran status…AND
Severe enough to limit their ability to participate in university activities OR
Severe enough to create an intimidating, offensive, or hostile environment

5. SEXUAL MISCONDUCT, RELATIONSHIP VIOLENCE & STALKING
OU prohibits sexual misconduct in any of its employment situations or educational programs and activities.
Prohibition is found in Policy
This includes sexual harassment, non-consensual intercourse, non-consensual sexual contact, sexual exploitation, domestic violence, dating violence, and stalking.

6. comes from Title IX
“No person in the United States shall, on the basis of sex, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any education program or activity receiving Federal financial assistance”.
Enacted June 23, 1972

7. CONSENSUAL Relationship Policy
Consensual romantic or sexual relationships in which one party retains a direct supervisory or evaluative role over the other party are unethical, create a risk for real or perceived coercion, and are a violation of policy (Sexual Misconduct, Relationship Violence, and Stalking)

8. OU Retaliation Policy
No member of the University community may retaliate against a Whistle-blower with the intent or effect of adversely affecting the terms or conditions of employment or enrollment. Anyone who violates this anti-retaliation policy is subject to disciplinary action.
The University will make every reasonable effort to stop retaliation immediately, to conduct a complete and through investigation of alleged acts of retaliation in a timely manner, to provide remedies to victims of retaliation, and to sanction the perpetrators of retaliation as appropriate.

9. CAMPUS Resources
Ombuds Office – 501 Baker Center Community Standards – 349 Baker Center OU Police Dept – 135 Scott Quad

10. Confidential campus Resources
Survivor Advocacy Program SAFE Campus Care Hudson Health Center Counseling & Psych Services Hudson Health

12. ECRC TRAINING FOR GRADUATE STUDENT-EMPLOYEES
Graduate student orientation, august 2015

13. ADA COMPLIANCE UNDER POLICY 03.003
Prohibits discrimination in employment and educational activities due to disability
Requires “reasonable accommodation” so that people who have skills, education or experience necessary for a job or academic program are not excluded because of barriers caused by a disability
Prohibits harassment of a person because of disability
Prohibits retaliation for requesting reasonable accommodation

14. You teach an Interpersonal Communications course
Your syllabus states that students cannot use electronic devices during the class period. There is a lot of group conversation in the course and you need the students to be fully engaged
In the 4th week of class, a student is taking notes on a laptop. When you approach them about it, they give you a letter from Student Accessibility Services which says they may use a laptop.

15. Title ix and your responsibilities
SEXUAL MISCONDUCT, RELATIONSHIP VIOLENCE, AND STALKING

16. OU Policy: Duty to Report
Immediately upon learning of potential campus sexual misconduct, any employee with a duty to report who receives a complaint of sexual misconduct or who observes/learns of conduct reasonably believed to be in violation of this policy, is required to report the alleged conduct to the Office of Equity and Civil Rights Compliance : Sexual Misconduct, Relationship Violence, and Stalking. Therefore, reporters cannot promise confidentiality!!
OU Policy: Duty to Report

17. Who has the “duty to report?”
Employees:
Faculty, administrators, coaches, and staff.
Student-employees
Must report violations which they become aware of in the course of their duties [when these duties include responsibility for the safety and wellbeing of other members of the campus community]
Must report if duties include supervisory, evaluative, grading, or advisory responsibility.
Who has the “duty to report?”

18. FULFILLING YOUR DUTY TO REPORT
Tell the involved party that you have a duty, you will be contacting ECRC and ECRC will contact them. Offer support services.
Call ECRC at and say “I need to report sexual misconduct”.
Have the names of the involved parties and any details you know available when you call.
Do NOT conduct an investigation.
Notify your supervisor.

19. scenario How do you handle this?
You are a T.A. for a first year class . A student - John comes up to you one day and says that Adam is acting “really weird” to Tracy (the girl who sits next to him).
You pull Tracy aside after class and talk to her. She says Adam stares at her breasts and licks his lips. And that one time she saw him adjusting his “groin area”.
When you ask what he means, he says “he keeps looking at her, like staring, and she asked me to switch seats so I could be in the middle”.
Tracy says she is “worried” because she thinks Adam waits for her outside after class.
scenario
How do you handle this?

20. REVIEW: what do you report?
Violations of Student Code of Conduct
Workplace Violence/ Conflict
(if not obviously a civil rights issues)
Civil Rights Issues including Sexual Misconduct
Criminal Acts
Your supervisor / Chair / Dean
Office of Equity and Civil Rights Compliance
Ohio University Police Department
Office of Community Standards