UPDATED: 31-March-1994
SEXUAL HARASSMENT P 106
Issued by: Office of the President
Replaces: P7, September, 1979
Approved: January, 1990
Revised: March, 1994
The University reaffirms the principle that students, faculty, and
staff have the right to be free from discrimination based upon gender,
commonly known as "sexual harassment."
1. Harassment on the basis of gender is a form of sexual
discrimination, and violates Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964
and Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972.
2. The University is responsible for and fully committed to the
prevention and elimination of gender harassment. Super visors and
department heads are responsible for promoting an atmosphere that
prohibits such unacceptable behavior.
3. Unwelcome sexual advances, requests for sexual favors and
verbal or physical conduct of an abusive, sexual nature constitute
harassment when such conduct interferes with an individual's work or
academic performance, or creates an intimidating, hostile, or offensive
work or academic environment. Harassment of employees by supervisors,
or of students by faculty or administrators, is unlawful. Conversely,
harassment of supervisors by employees, faculty by students, or
individuals by co-workers, is also unlawful.
4. The University does not tolerate gender harassment and
treats it as a form of misconduct. Sanctions are enforced against
individuals engaging in such behavior.
PROCEDURE: FILING A COMPLAINT
The Office for Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity has a
professional staff trained to provide assistance with gender harassment
problems. The office telephone number is listed below; all calls are
confidential.
ADVICE/INQUIRIES:
Office for Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity
Room 474, Administration Building
632-6280
RELATED DOCUMENTS:
Civil Rights Act of 1964, Title VII
Education Amendments of 1972, Title IX
Preventing
and Reporting Sexual Harassment, State University of New York at Stony
Brook, available from the Office for Affirmative Action and Equal
Opportunity