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Title: Policy Prohibiting Discrimination in the Workplace and Educational Environment
(formerly: Policy Prohibiting Discrimination in the Workplace)
Subject: Equity
Policy No: OED: 2015:03
Applies: University-wide
Issuing Authority: President
Responsible Officer: Assistant Vice President of Employee Equity & Labor Relations; Associate Vice President of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
Adopted: 12/16/1999
Last Revision:  5 7/2519/20212023
Last Reviewed: 47/2119/20212023

I. Purpose

Rowan University is committed to providing every Rowan University employee, prospective Rowan employee, and student with a work and educational environment free from prohibited discrimination or harassment. This policy has been developed to reaffirm these principles and to provide recourse for those individuals whose rights have been violated.

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1. Discrimination/Harassment in the Workplace or Educational Environment means any employment or educational practice or procedure that treats an individual less favorably based upon any of the protected categories referred to below or as provided under applicable law. It is also a violation of this policy to use derogatory or demeaning references regarding the protected categories listed below or as provided under applicable law.
2. Sexual Harassment (when not covered by the Title IX Sexual Harassment/Sexual Assault Policy) means unwelcome sexual advances, requests for sexual favors, and other verbal or physical conduct of a sexual nature when, for example:
1. Submission to such conduct is made either explicitly or implicitly a term or condition of an individual’s employment; or
2. Submission to or rejection of such conduct by an individual is used as the basis for employment or educational decisions affecting such individual; or
3. Such conduct has the purpose or effect of unreasonably interfering with an individual’s work performance or educational experience, or creating an intimidating, hostile or offensive working environment.
3. Sexual Misconduct means the forms of sexual misconduct set forth in the Student Sexual Misconduct and Harassment policy. All of the definitions and procedures set forth in that policy apply to such complaints. Prohibited conduct includes Sexual Assault (Rape, Fondling, Incest, Statutory Rape), Sexual Exploitation, Dating Violence, Domestic Violence, Stalking, and Sexual/Gender-Based Harassment.
4. Third Party Harassment means unwelcome behavior involving any of the protected categories referred to in the policy below that is not directed at an individual but exists in the workplace and interferes with an individual’s ability to do his or her job.
5. Retaliation means adverse employment or educational consequences based upon that employee or student bringing forth a complaint, providing information for an investigation, testifying in any proceeding under this policy, or engaging in any other protected activity under this policy or under applicable law.  

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1. N.J.A.C. 4A:7 Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action
2. New Jersey Policy Prohibiting Discrimination in the Workplace
3. New Jersey Model Procedures for Internal Complaints Alleging Discrimination in the Workplace
4. Non-Civil Service Employee Discrimination Complaint Processing Form
5. Civil Service Employee Discrimination Complaint Processing Form
6. Student Discrimination Complaint Processing Form
7. Student Sexual Misconduct and Harassment Policy
8. Title IX Sexual Harassment/Sexual Assault Policy

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