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UC President Napolitano issued a response to the (former
California Supreme Court Justice Carlos) “Moreno Report” of Oct. 2013, formally
titled “Independent Investigative Report on Acts of Bias and Discrimination
Involving Faculty at the University of California, Los Angeles.” It includes directives to all campus
chancellors:
1) Every campus should
designate an official to serve as its lead discrimination officer. This
official is responsible for ensuring that an appropriate response is made to
all reports of perceived acts of discrimination, bias, and harassment involving
faculty, students, and staff from all parts of the campus.
* The discrimination
officer will designate the individuals responsible for carrying out such
activities as advising complainants, accepting complaints, carrying out
investigations, recommending informal resolutions, and referring cases to the
Academic Senate or administrators as appropriate.
* The Chancellor
should ensure that he/she regularly meets with and reviews the work of the lead
discrimination officer.
2) Every campus should
have an official who serves as an ombudsperson, responsible on his or her own
or through other staff for providing confidential advice about perceived acts
of discrimination, bias, and harassment involving faculty, students, and staff
from all parts of the campus. The ombudsperson will remain entirely independent
from the lead discrimination officer and will be located separately from the
lead discrimination officer. He or she may carry out some investigations and
seek informal resolutions of complaints, as well as contributing data to the
annual report.
3) Every campus should
have a “one-stop shop” website on policies, procedures, and personnel covering
discrimination, bias, harassment, as well as diversity. The site will be able
to accept complaints filed electronically, including anonymous complaints; provide
information for an annual report of complaints and their resolution; and offer
education and training, as well as the reporting responsibilities of various
administrators and staff.
4) The Chancellor of
every campus should continue to advocate for diversity, inclusion, and respect
for all persons and deplore any acts of discrimination, bias, and harassment.
Messages on these topics should be widely distributed throughout the campus,
including on the website described above.
5) Every campus should
compile an annual report that includes the number and types of formal and
informal complaints about perceived acts of discrimination, bias, and
harassment, including confidential complaints, how they were investigated, the
findings, and the consequences should a complaint have been found to have
merit.
Her full statement is at http://www.ucop.edu/moreno-report/index.html
The Moreno report is at http://www.ucop.edu/moreno-report/external-review-team-report-10-15-13.pdf
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