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As a Christian institution of higher education, EMU affirms that relationship violence and sexual misconduct is harmful to the individuals involved as well as to the campus community. Furthermore, instances of relationship violence and sexual misconduct are often experienced as trauma and can thus have lasting impacts even many years after the originating event/incident. EMU recognizes that healing from sexual violence is a process that often takes time, resources, and empathic support. Many individuals in the university community are survivors of multiple forms of trauma, including: historical including historical trauma, repeated victimization, marginalization, discrimination, and other forms of violence. EMU seeks to ground this policy and procedures within this awareness and understanding.
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The purpose of the Relationship Violence and Sexual Misconduct Policy is to define relationship violence and sexual misconduct, describe the process for reporting violations of the policy, outline the procedure used to investigate and resolve alleged violations of the policy, and identify resources available to members of the EMU community who are involved in an incident of relationship violence and/or sexual misconduct.
Conduct Prohibited Under This Policy
The university prohibits the following conduct under this policy regardless of the sex, sexual orientation and/or gender identity/expression of the complainant or respondent:
Relationship Violence
- Domestic Violence
- Dating Violence
- Intimate Partner Violence
- Stalking
- Retaliation
Sexual Misconduct and Sexual Violence
- Sexual Harassment
- Gender-
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- Based Harassment
- Sexual Assault
- Sexual Exploitation
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The complete version of this policy and its procedures is available at emu.edu/titleix/relationship-violence-policy.