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Policy Number: 
6.4

Prohibited Bias, Discrimination, Harassment, and Sexual and Related Misconduct

Cornell University is committed to providing a safe, inclusive, and respectful learning, living, and working environment for its students, faculty, and staff and does not discriminate on the basis of protected status, including sex, in the education programs and activities it operates. Admission and employment are included in the requirement not to discriminate in the education program or activity that Cornell University operates. To this end, through this policy, the university provides means to address bias, discrimination, harassment, and sexual and related misconduct.

Policy Number: 
6.4
Responsible Executive: 
Provost
Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer
Vice President for Student and Campus Life
Responsible Offices: 
Workforce Policy and Labor Relations
Institutional Equity and Title IX
Athletics and Physical Education
Date Issued: 
Monday, July 8, 1996
Date of Full Review: 
Wednesday, February 8, 2017
Date Last Updated: 
Friday, February 5, 2021
Contact: 

Your local college or unit administrative or human resources office.

View Official Policy: 
PDF icon University Policy 6.4, Prohibited Bias, Discrimination, Harassment, and Sexual and Related Misconduct

Recent Changes to this Policy

February 5, 2021: Fixed broken links and added email addresses.

September 10, 2020: Updated link for List of Designated Reporters.

August 21, 2020: Updated two office names and re-alphabetized accordingly.

August 14, 2020: Posted as an interim policy to maintain compliance with federal Title IX updates. Replaces duty to consult requirement for all non-confidential employees with a Designated Reporters/Reporting Obligations provision requiring only certain employee positions/offices to report. Adds Title IX regulations definition for “education program or activity” specifying that control over context and respondent triggers obligation to respond and includes any building owned or controlled by a student organization that is officially recognized by the university. Refers to Title IX sexual harassment vs. non-Title IX sexual harassment, a distinction relevant to determining the applicable process and further described in the procedures.

September 11, 2019: Corrected titles; corrected email and links in contacts sections; corrected links to procedures throughout. Changed and added some language for clarification in responsibilities sections.

June 21, 2019: New office created, and reflected throughout policy: "Office of Institutional Equity and Title IX." References to Workforce Policy and Labor Relations were removed. Updated procedures were inserted for charges of sexual and other protected-status harassment against emaployees.

October 5, 2018: Updated definition for "Bias Activity" and added section on "Supervisor Duty to Respond to Sexual and Related Misconduct in the Workplace" on page 22. Removed appendix and revised information in procedures regarding discrimination in intercollegiate athletics participation.

Keywords: 
Assault
Bias
Crime
Discrimination
Diversity
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harassment
Misconduct
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Relationships
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