Confidentiality, Privacy and Reporting
All College employees (faculty, staff, and administrators) are expected to report actual or suspected discrimination or harassment to appropriate officials, though there are some limited exceptions. In order to make informed choices, it is important to be aware of confidentiality and mandatory reporting requirements when consulting campus resources. On campus, some resources may maintain confidentiality – meaning they are not required to report actual or suspected discrimination or harassment to appropriate College officials-thereby offering options and advice without any obligation to inform an outside agency or individual unless you have requested information to be shared. Other resources exist for you to report crimes and policy violations and these resources will take action when you report victimization to them. The following describes the two reporting options at Marietta College:
To Report Confidentially
If a reporting party would like the details of an incident to be kept confidential, the reporting party may speak with:
- Counselors and medical staff at the Dr. J. Michael Harding Center for Health and Wellness, (740) 376-4477
- The Marietta College Sexual Assault Victims’ Advocate, (740) 434-3457
- EVE, a local agency that provides free services to survivors sexual assault, relationship violence, and stalking, 1-800-974-3111
- Off-campus members of the clergy and chaplains
Non-confidential reporting to “Responsible Persons”
You are encouraged to speak to officials of the institution to make formal reports of incidents (deans, vice presidents, or other administrators with supervisory responsibilities, College police, and human resources). The College considers these people to be “responsible employees.” Notice to them is official notice to the institution. You have the right and can expect to have incidents of sexual misconduct to be taken seriously by the institution when formally reported, and to have those incidents investigated and properly resolved through administrative procedures. Formal reporting means that only people who need to know will be told, and information will be shared only as necessary with investigators, witnesses, and the accused individual.
Reporting to Other College Employees
Please note that the College expects any employee with good reason to believe that a person has been sexually assaulted, has been subjected to severe or pervasive gender-based harassment, or has otherwise been discriminated against because of gender to report that belief to the employee’s supervisor or, in the case of a potential sexual assault, to Marietta College Police. Therefore, depending on what information is provided, reports to these College employees may not be confidential.