Consensual Relations;

Relevant Inclusions/Exclusions by University

University	Allowance/Prohibition Language	“Disclosure” Language	“Consensual” Defined	Reference to Impingement on 3^rd Parties	Pertains to Staff-Student &/or Staff-Staff
U. of California	Inappropriate		Romantic or sexual	None	Staff-Student
U. of Calif.-Irvine*	Be aware of/avoid	Effective steps to ensure unbiased evaluation or supervision	Sexual	None	Staff-Student
U. of Calif. – San Diego*	Especially troubling, breach of professional ethics		Romantic or sexual	May result in hostile environment to others	Both
U. of Colorado*	Prohibited	Faculty member/supervisor must disclose to unit head	Amorous	None	Both
Duke University	No faculty member should…if authority…	Situation of authority must be terminated…Faculty must disclose to supervisor	Sexual	None	Student-Faculty
U. of Florida*	Discourages	Removing self from authoritative role	Amorous or sexual	None	Both
Georgetown Univ.	Strongly urges…to refrain… …prohibits simultaneous participation in student-teacher/consensual sexual rels.	Student should withdraw from course	Sexual	None	“Sr.”-“jr.” members of University Community
Univ. of Georgia*	Prohibits pursuing…undergrads., strongly discourages others	Recuse self from decisions affecting acad. status of subord.	Sexual	None	Faculty&Staff-Student
Univ. of Illinois*	No individual should participate in or initiate		Sexual	None	Individuals assessing work of others
Indiana University*	Precludes employees from evaluating work of others…	Supervisor responsible to disclose to his/her sup.	Consensual romantic and/or sexual	None	Staff-Staff
Iowa State Univ.*	Must not participate in supervision	Supervising party…take appropriate actions to end supervisory/reporting rel..	Intimate, romantic, sexual	None	Faculty-Student
U. of Maryland*	…Generally deemed unwise		Sexual	None	Faculty, students, staff
Univ. of Michigan	…Prohibited from having supervisory responsibility	Must disclose to his/her academic adminstrator	Romantic and/or sexual	None	Faculty-Student
U. of Minnesota*	Generally deemed very unwise		Romantic and sexual	None	Both
U. of No. Carolina*	Prohibited conduct		Amorous	None	Employee-Student/ related by blood, law, marriage
Ohio State Univ.*	Strongly discouraged		Romantic and sexual	None	Both
Penn State Univ.*	Strongly discouraged	Must report to his/her sup.	Romantic and/or sexual	May be perceptions…of others	Faculty-Student, Staff-Student, Sup- Subord.
University	Allowance/Prohibition Language	“Disclosure” Language	“Consensual” Defined	Reference to Impingement on 3^rd Parties	Pertains to Staff-Student &/or Staff-Staff
Univ. of Pittsburgh	Prohibits	Faculty member to remove self from sup./eval. role	Personal, intimate	None	Faculty-Student
Princeton Univ.*	No supervisor may participate	Must discuss w/ own sup. or HR	Romantic or sexual	None	Employees
Purdue University	Serious concern…violate duty	None	Consensual	None	Fac-Student, Sup-Subord., Sr-Jr Colleagues
Rice University	Must studiously avoid		Amorous	…others may be adversely affected	Teacher-Student, Sup-Emp.
Rutgers University*	Strongly discourages		Sexual	None	Both
Univ. of Texas*	Prohibited	Resolve or report to appropriate authority	Romantic or sexual	Alluded to	Faculty-Student, Sup.-Subord.
Tufts Univ.	Impermissible when there is professional resp. for student		Amorous, dating, sexual	Favor or advance one student’s interest to detriment of others	Faculty/Adms-Student
Univ. of Utah*	Violation	Reassign and notify dept. head	Romantic or sexual	None	Faculty-Student
U. of Wisc.-Green Bay	Are of concern…preclude individuals from evaluating…	Appropriate arrangements	Romantic or sexual	None	Faculty/Instr./Acad. Staff-Student
Yale University	Avoid…no sexual rel., if direct sup resps.		Sexual	None	Teacher-Student

*Universities for which cites were provided. Other institutions added at the discretion of preparer.

03/17/05