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COMMUNITY MEMBER
Community member refers to Bethel’s students, faculty, staff, visitors, volunteers, vendors, consultants, third parties, and any person that provides services to Bethel.
CHIEF DIVERSITY OFFICER
The Chief Diversity Officer
VICE PRESIDENT OF DIVERSITY, EQUITY AND INCLUSION
The Vice President of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, who is also a Responsible Officer, provides leadership to ensure that the Bethel community advances diversity and dismantles racism and advances intercultural competency from an evangelical Christian orientation so that diversity and cultural competency are woven into the fabric of Bethel.
COMPLIANCE OFFICER
The Chief Human Resources and Strategy Officer will The Vice President of People and Organizational Development will act as the Compliance Officer responsible for the administration and supervision of the policy and procedures set forth herein. The Compliance Officer is the administrator to whom a complaint is reported and addressed according to policy and procedures.
Cara Wald, the University’s Chief Human Resources and Strategy OfficerVice President of People and Organizational Development, serves as the Compliance Officer with primary responsibility for oversight and enforcement of this Policy, as well as identifying and addressing any systemic problems that arise during the review of complaints. Cara Wald may be contacted at 651.635.8657 or c-wald@bethel.edu.
COMPLAINT
A complaint is an allegation that a student, employee, or applicant for admission or employment has been subjected to discrimination or harassment based on race or ethnicity.
COMPLAINANT
A complainant is an individual or group of individuals who believe that discrimination or harassment may have or has occurred.
ETHNICITY/ETHNIC
Ethnicity” and “ethnic” are terms used to refer either to a group of people who share certain cultural qualities such as nationality, culture, ancestry, language and beliefs or to those cultural qualities themselves.
GRIEVANCE OFFICER
A grievance officer is a faculty member, staff, or administrator appointed by the President, who is trained to respond to formal and informal complaints of harassment.
PROCEEDING
The term proceeding includes all activities, including but not limited to proceedings (both informal and formal), related to a non-criminal resolution of an institutional complaint, including: fact-finding investigations and formal or informal meetings. It does not include meetings between victims and officials regarding accommodations or protective measures.
RACE
“Race” is a socially defined division of humanity based on a person's physical appearance, such as skin color, eye color, hair texture, bone/jaw structure, etc.
RESPONDENT
A respondent is an individual or group of individuals against whom an allegation of racial or ethnic harassment is made.
RESPONSIBLE OFFICER
A Responsible Officer is an administrator who, in partnership with the senior administrator as applicable, adjudicates the complaint.
RESULT
A result is any initial, interim, and final resolution or decision by any official or entity authorized to resolve complaint matters within an institution. The result must include sanctions imposed. The result also must include the rationale for the result and the sanctions.
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Regardless of whether a complaint has been received, Bethel may, at any time and at its sole discretion, initiate an investigation of or take action against any racial or ethnic harassment occurring within the Bethel community. In the event that the complainant does not wish to pursue the complaint process, any response by the University may be hindered by the complainant’s wishes for anonymity and/or inaction.
Revised 87/20192020