The policy of the University of Nevada, Reno prohibits sexual harassment as defined below.
Sexual harassment is a violation of professional ethics and federal and state laws.
Sexual harassment at the University is not simply inappropriate behavior. Sexual harassment is a form of sex discrimination under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Title IX of the Educational Amendments of 1972, and the Civil Rights Restoration Act of 1988. Persons within the university community who have the authority to act on their knowledge of the sexually harassing behavior of another member of the community have an ethical and legal obligation to take appropriate action. Failure to do so may expose these individuals and the university to legal liability for the sexual harassment behavior of others. Sexual harassment is often a specific form of discrimination in which the power inherent in a faculty member's or supervisor's relationship to his or her students or subordinates is exploited.