Indiana University will investigate every complaint, respond, and take corrective action, including discipline up to and including termination of employment if appropriate. Provisions Employees and students have the right to raise the issue of harassment, and they are protected by faculty and staff personnel policies and student codes. Sexual harassment can be a grievous action having serious and far-reaching effects on the careers and lives of individuals. False accusations can have similar impact. Thus the charge of sexual harassment is not to be taken lightly by a charging party, a respondent, or any other member of the university community.
Prevention is the best tool for the elimination of sexual harassment.
It is the obligation of each faculty, staff, and student member of the university to adhere to this policy. Such conduct has the effect of unreasonably interfering with an individual's work or academic performance or creating an intimidating, hostile, or offensive working or learning environment. Because of the sensitive and discriminatory nature of charges of sexual harassment, complaint procedures will observe the following principles. Efforts will be made to restrict access to the investigative and complaint procedures to the complainant, the accused party, and those immediate persons involved in processing the matter. The Office of Affirmative Action shall serve as a resource with regard to interpretation of sexual harassment guidelines.