Discussion List for campus-based and allied personnel working to end gender-based violence on campus.

Gretchen,
 
There is more to it than that.  Confidentiality is only part of  the picture, 
in the sense that reporting may not obligate a victim to  participate in any 
response by the university, though all employees not having  privilege will 
have some duty to report what they are told.  A  victim's decision not to 
pursue 
a formal complaint will not  absolve the university of an obligation to 
provide a prompt and equitable  remedy, but the victim does have an important 
say 
in what happens.
 
Regards,

Brett A. Sokolow, JD
Special Advisor to  the United States Air Force Academy
Special Counsel to the President, Hobart  and William Smith Colleges
Special Counsel for AOD Issues, Barton County  Community College
Special Counsel for Student Conduct Issues, Warren Wilson  College
Special Counsel to the Dean of Students, Hendrix  College

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