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concerning a person’s race, color, ethnicity, religion, sex, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual
orientation, national origin, age, marital status, pregnancy, parental status, family relationship status,
physical or mental disability, military status, genetic information or other protected status.
In addition to the examples of prohibited harassment above, sexual harassment warrants further
explanation. Sexual harassment also includes, but is not limited to, any unwelcome sexual advances or
unwelcome conduct of a sexual nature (direct or indirect), and requests for sexual favors and other
verbal or physical conduct of a sexual nature when submission to such conduct is made or is
threatened to be made, either explicitly or implicitly, a term or condition of instruction, employment
or participation in other University activity; or
• submission to such conduct is made or is threatened to be made,
either explicitly or implicitly, a term or condition of instruction, employment or participation
in other University activity; or
• submission to or rejection of such conduct by an individual is used or is threatened to be
used as a basis for evaluation in making academic or employment decisions affecting that
individual.
Sexual harassment also includes any behavior of a sexual nature which also involves coercion, abuse
of authority, or misuse of an individual's employment position. Sexual harassment, and retaliation for
reporting sexual harassment, are illegal in Chicago.
Prohibited Sexual and Relationship Violence
Sex discrimination and sex harassment can include instances of sexual or relationship violence. For
more information on DePaul’s policy prohibiting sexual and relationship violence, refer to the Sexual
& Relationship Violence Prevention and Response.
Title IX Prohibited Conduct
Title IX prohibits discrimination on the basis of sex in federally-funded education programs and
activities. Sex discrimination includes sexual harassment and sexual and relationship violence. For
more information on DePaul’s policy prohibiting sexual harassment as mandated by the U.S.
Department of Education’s implementing regulations for Title IX of the Education Amendments of
1972 (“Title IX”) (see 34 C.F.R. § 106 et seq.), refer to the Formal Title IX Sexual Harassment Policy
and Procedures.
Prohibited Retaliation
DePaul prohibits retaliation and the threat of retaliation against any person, including complainants,
respondents and witnesses, exercising his or her rights and/or responsibilities in good faith under the
Anti-Discrimination and Anti-Harassment policy or federal law, state law, or county law prohibiting
discrimination, harassment or retaliation.
For the purposes of this policy, retaliation includes any conduct directed against an individual, or
someone affiliated with the individual, on the basis of or in reaction to the exercise of rights accorded