Who is Required to Report

All employees with the authority to hire, promote, discipline, evaluate, grade, formally advise, or direct faculty, staff, or students are considered "responsible employees" and must report alleged misconduct to OERC. This includes all university employees with supervisory authority.

While a responsible employee must report on behalf of others, they can decide whether to report behavior they personally experience.

This means:

• A responsible employee who becomes aware of alleged behavior related to sexual misconduct (including sexual assault, exploitation, and harassment), intimate partner violence (dating and domestic), stalking, discrimination, harassment, or related retaliation involving any member of the CU community must report it to OERC.
• Responsible employees, by definition, are mandatory reporters and must relay all the information disclosed to them to OERC. This includes:
  • Name of the person allegedly subjected to misconduct
  • Name of the person alleged to have engaged in misconduct
  • Name of any alleged witnesses
  • Any other relevant facts, including the date, time, and specific location of the alleged incident.
• This applies whether the member of our community is the person who was subjected to misconduct or the person accused of misconduct.
• This applies regardless of where or when an incident occurred, including if it happened off campus and/or before they became a member of the campus community.
• This applies regardless of how the information was conveyed to a responsible employee (whether spoken, written, or through a third party).