Unlawful harassment will not be tolerated at Harvey Mudd College. In obvious and subtle ways, such conduct subverts the college’s mission and threatens the careers, educational experiences, and well being of students, faculty and staff. This policy is designed to promote an inclusive community free of harassment. It is consistent with the Vision Statement for Diversity at Harvey Mudd College, which in part reads:

The educational mission of Harvey Mudd College calls the community to cultivate

social responsibility and technical acuity so that its graduates will have the scientific and social skills to function responsibly and effectively in a global environment.

This policy is intended to complement The Claremont Colleges Intercampus Policy on Sexual Harassment. Both should be understood and adhered to by all members of the Harvey Mudd Community.

Discriminatory Harrassment Policy

Appropriate staff behavior policy
(Adopted May 2004)

Harvey Mudd College discourages consensual intimate, amorous or sexual relationships between students and staff, and absolutely prohibits such relationships whenever a staff member incident to any instructional, research, administrative or other HMC employment responsibility is involved in a relationship with a student whom he or she exercises authority over, supervises or evaluates. Violations of this policy are subject to administrative action up to and including termination.

Appropriate faculty behavior statement
(Adopted October 2003)

A sexual relationship between a faculty member and a student for whom the faculty member has, or should reasonably expect to have, academic responsibility, entails a conflict of interest and therefore, a breach of professional integrity. Accordingly, such relationships are prohibited even if consensual. “Academic responsibility” includes responsibility for teaching, advising, evaluating, or supervising a student in any aspect of the academic programs of HMC and the other institutions of the Claremont consortium.