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Sample Policy

This sample policy can be incorporated into the university’s existing manual to inform and guide preparation and response to researcher abuse.

The University is committed to protecting academic freedom and to promoting the well-being and personal safety of members of its community, including when individuals or groups from outside of the University seek to threaten, harass, or otherwise intimidate faculty, staff, or students in relation to their work as educators and researchers. We do not tolerate abuse, harassment, or other threatening behaviors—whether they take place online or offline—that aim to delay, deter, or discredit rigorous research and healthy academic debate. The University is dedicated to standing beside faculty, staff, and students in the face of such harassment. When the University becomes aware of a complaint that a member of the University community may have been subjected to or affected by abusive, harassing, or threatening behavior as a result of their work as an educator or researcher at the University, the University will take prompt action, including a review of the matter and, if needed, appropriate steps to support and protect the impacted individual(s). The course of action taken by the University will depend on the particular facts and circumstances involved.