Vanderbilt University is an Equal Opportunity, Affirmative Action employer. Women, minorities, Vietnam-era veterans and individuals with disabilities are encouraged to apply. Vanderbilt University has a strong commitment to the principles and practices of diversity throughout the college community. Women, minorities and individuals with disabilities are invited and encouraged to consider this opportunity and to apply. Sexual harassment is a form of sex discrimination that is a violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972.
Sexual conduct becomes unlawful only when it is unwelcome.
The challenged conduct must be unwelcome in the sense that the employee did not solicit or incite it, and in the sense that the employee regarded the conduct as undesirable or offensive. The victim may be a woman or a man. The victim does not have to be of the opposite sex. The victim does not have to be the person harassed but anyone affected by the offensive conduct. The harasser may be a woman or a man.