Bias Reporting & Grievance Procedures

Bias Reporting

D’Youville considers reports of bias to be very serious in nature. Systems and processes are in place to handle these incidents and D’Youville fully executes those processes. If you – as a student, employee, or community member – report an incident of suspected or known bias to someone at D’Youville, we will enact certain steps immediately.

The best thing that you can do is to document and report incidents using the link below so that D’Youville may investigate and make appropriate decisions keeping in mind the safety and security of our entire campus population and the sanctity of our learning environment and the wonderfully diverse population we serve.

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Bias Grievance Procedures

D'Youville University utilizes a review board style review process for the adjudication of bias-related incidents. A bias-related incident is a verbal, written, or physical act of intolerance or prejudice that does not involve a criminal act or violence and lacks a reasonable relationship to an educational, political, and/or artistic end. Examples of bias incidents include but are not limited to hate speech, microaggressions, stereotyping, homophobic or sexist jokes, racist epithets, religious slurs, demeaning remarks on social media, or discrimination.

Bias-related incidents may or may not be intended to cause harm.

Responses to bias-related incidents may include educational opportunities for the individuals and groups involved, as well as for members of the campus community as a whole when reporting patterns suggest broader issues that move beyond the immediate incident. This policy therefore seeks to enhance understanding, provide a forum for expression of multiple viewpoints, mediate conflict, and pursue restoration. If you observe or are confronted with what you feel might be a “bias-related incident,” you are encouraged to file a report through the official University reporting system, Maxient, located on the main University website and within SharePoint under HELP!

The opportunities for intellectual, social, cultural, and spiritual growth encourage all members of the D’Youville community to develop a respectful attitude toward learning, a reverence toward persons and things, and a desire to fashion their lives and their communities for the better. Toward this end, discussions, courses, workshops, and programs throughout the academic year address the topic of multiculturalism. Through these events and presentations, the University works to eliminate bias-related incidents; however, should an incident occur, assistance and cooperation of witnesses is needed to ensure proper action is taken.