{"id":749,"date":"2021-09-24T18:05:28","date_gmt":"2021-09-24T22:05:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/diversity-equity-inclusion\/title-ix-office\/information-for-employees\/"},"modified":"2026-08-28T15:18:40","modified_gmt":"2026-08-28T19:18:40","slug":"information-for-employees","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/diversity-equity-inclusion\/institutional-equity\/information-for-employees\/","title":{"rendered":"Information for Employees"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"content-block content-block--has-menu wp-block-butler-content-block\">\n\t<div class=\"content-block-container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"content-block-layout\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"content-block-menu-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<nav class=\"content-block-menu-nav\" aria-label=\"Site menu\" id=\"page-nav\"><div class=\"content-block-menu-wrapper\"><header class=\"content-block-menu-header\"><span class=\"content-block-menu-header-label\">Institutional Equity Office Menu<\/span><button type=\"button\" class=\"content-block-menu-mobile-toggle\" title=\"Toggle menu\" aria-label=\"Toggle menu\" aria-expanded=\"false\"><\/button><\/header><ul class=\"content-block-menu-list\"><li class=\"content-block-menu-list-item content-block-menu-item-initial\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/diversity-equity-inclusion\/title-ix-office\/title-ix-resources\/\" class=\"content-block-menu-list-link\">Resources<\/a><\/li><li class=\"content-block-menu-list-item content-block-menu-item-initial\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/diversity-equity-inclusion\/title-ix-office\/report-an-incident-of-sexual-misconduct\/\" class=\"content-block-menu-list-link\">Report an Incident<\/a><\/li><li class=\"content-block-menu-list-item content-block-menu-item-initial\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/diversity-equity-inclusion\/title-ix-office\/title-ix-office-staff\/\" class=\"content-block-menu-list-link\">Title IX Office Staff<\/a><\/li><li class=\"content-block-menu-list-item content-block-menu-item-initial\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/diversity-equity-inclusion\/title-ix-office\/information-for-employees\/\" class=\"content-block-menu-list-link\">Information for Employees<\/a><\/li><li class=\"content-block-menu-list-item content-block-menu-item-initial\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/diversity-equity-inclusion\/title-ix-office\/prevention-education\/\" class=\"content-block-menu-list-link\">Prevention &amp; Education<\/a><\/li><li class=\"content-block-menu-list-item content-block-menu-item-initial\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/student-life\/student-advocacy\/sexual-misconduct-support-services\/\" class=\"content-block-menu-list-link\">Sexual Misconduct Support Services<\/a><\/li><li class=\"content-block-menu-list-item content-block-menu-item-initial\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/diversity-equity-inclusion\/title-ix-office\/university-response-to-reports-of-sexual-misconduct\/\" class=\"content-block-menu-list-link\">University Response to Reports of Sexual Misconduct<\/a><\/li><li class=\"content-block-menu-list-item content-block-menu-item-initial\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/diversity-equity-inclusion\/title-ix-office\/university-policy\/\" class=\"content-block-menu-list-link\">University Policy<\/a><\/li><li class=\"content-block-menu-list-item content-block-menu-item-hidden-overflow\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/student-life\/student-advocacy\/\" class=\"content-block-menu-list-link\">Office of Student Advocacy<\/a><\/li><li class=\"content-block-menu-list-item content-block-menu-item-hidden-overflow\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/diversity-equity-inclusion\/title-ix-office\/federal-laws\/\" class=\"content-block-menu-list-link\">Federal Laws<\/a><\/li><li class=\"content-block-menu-list-item content-block-menu-item-hidden-overflow\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/diversity-equity-inclusion\/title-ix-office\/training-for-title-ix-personnel\/\" class=\"content-block-menu-list-link\">Training for Title IX Personnel<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div><button type=\"button\" class=\"content-block-menu-desktop-toggle\" aria-expanded=\"false\" data-content-block-toggle-more-label=\"More links\" data-content-block-toggle-less-label=\"Hide links\">More links<\/button><\/nav>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"content-block-content-container is-layout-constrained\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-arrow-right\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/\">Safely Exit<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-arrow-right\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/butler-gme-advocate.symplicity.com\/titleix_report\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Incident Report Form<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h1 id=\"h-information-for-employees\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Information for Employees<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"h-employee-reporting-expectations\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Employee Reporting Expectations<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The University is committed to protecting the safety of those reported to have experienced sexual misconduct (Complainants) and the campus community, and to making Complainants aware of their rights, options, and resources. Therefore, it is the University\u2019s expectation that all employees, except those designated as confidential, report to the Title IX Coordinator when they become aware of sexual misconduct. Information about confidential resources can be found on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/diversity-equity-inclusion\/title-ix-office\/title-ix-resources\/\">Resources<\/a> page of this website.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"h-tips-for-responding-to-a-disclosure-of-sexual-misconduct\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Tips for Responding to a Disclosure of Sexual Misconduct<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Response to a disclosure can have a significant impact on an individual who has experienced sexual misconduct. Tips for appropriate response include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Ensure that the individual is safe. If anyone is in immediate danger, call BUPD as soon as possible.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Listen without judgment.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Allow the individual to share as much or as little as they wish.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Encourage the individual to seek resources and to consider making a report. Avoid directives such as \u201cYou must go to the hospital\u201d or \u201cYou really need to report this to the police.\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Explain that you are expected to report to the University. Be clear that while you cannot offer absolute confidentiality, the information they have shared will be kept as private as possible, and only provided to those individuals at the University who have a legitimate need to know.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Submit a report as soon as possible after your conversation with the individual.&nbsp;You can&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/butler-gme-advocate.symplicity.com\/titleix_report\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">submit a report online<\/a>.&nbsp;If you have questions, please contact the Title IX Coordinator at 317-940-6509 or&nbsp;<a href=\"mailto:titleix@butler.edu\">titleix@butler.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cdn.butler.edu\/www\/sites\/31\/2024\/04\/08105208\/employee_reporting_expectations_handout.pdf\">Download a handout<\/a> summarizing employee reporting expectations and tips for responding to a report of sexual misconduct.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":737,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-749","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"revision_note":"","yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.5 (Yoast SEO v28.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Information for Employees - Diversity, Equity &amp; 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