Workplace Concerns and Disclosures

Reporting Concerns

Your voice matters. If you feel there is an issue that leadership needs to know about, Baylor provides numerous reporting avenues. The list below is sequential in the order of escalation. Understand the reporting channels available and determine the most appropriate option for your needs. 

1. Academic Leader or Manager: Your supervisor, chair, or dean generally is the best person to partner with to find solutions, or to direct you to the best contact for the situation. If you do not feel it is appropriate to speak with your supervisor about the issue, there are many other options. 
2. Employee Assistance Program (EAP): A completely anonymous and confidential resource that offers counseling, resources and other support for personal and work-related problems and issues. 
3. Human Resource Consultant (HRC): HRCs provide employees, supervisors, and managers a forum for open communication to enable an excellent employment experience. 
4. Ethics Point: A simple risk-free way to anonymously and/or confidentially report activities that may involve criminal, unethical, or otherwise inappropriate behavior in violation of Baylor’s policies. This platform may be used to report issues for investigation. This platform can be access via phone at 866-384-4277 or online at risk.web.baylor.edu.
5. 504 Coordinator and Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Manager
6. Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer

If you have additional questions, you can reach out to HR at 254-710-2000, email at askHR@baylor.edu, or go online at hr.web.baylor.edu. 

Resources for Workplace Concerns

1. Departmental Support

   • Supervisor - Your supervisor, chair, or dean is generally the best person to partner with to find solutions, or to direct you to the best contact for the situation.  If you do not feel it is appropriate to speak with your supervisor about the issue, there are many other options.
   • AVP/Chair
   • Associate Dean/Dean/VP

2. Human Resources Support

   • HR Consultant ("HRC") - HRCs provide employees and supervisors a forum for open communication to enable an excellent employment experience.  HRCs can provide guidance and support on interpreting policies and procedures and on addressing conflicts and issues in their earliest stages.
   • Director of HR Consulting
   • Associate Vice President for Culture & Talent
   • Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer

3. Additional Support

   • Employee Assistance Program ("EAP") - A completely anonymous and confidential resource that offers counseling, resources and other support for personal and work related problems and issues.
   • Ethics Point - A simple risk-free way to anonymously and/or confidentially report activities that may involve criminal, unethical, or otherwise inappropriate behavior in violation of Baylor's policies.  This platform may be used to report issues for investigation.  This platform can be accessed via phone at 1-866-384-4277 or online at risk.web.baylor.edu.
   • Office of Equity, Civil Rights, and Title IX - This office provides an avenue to report workplace harassment, discrimination, and retaliation on the basis of a protected characteristic.  The Equity Office is also available to help you understand what you should do when allegations of harassment or discrimination come to your attention.

Additional Resources

Baylor offers the following additional services for addressing workplace problems and issues:

Civil Rights (Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964)

The Equity Office provides an avenue to report workplace harassment, discrimination and retaliation. The Equity Office is also available to help you understand what you should do when allegations of harassment or discrimination come to your attention.

• Equal Opportunity Policy Statement: Baylor University is a private not-for-profit university affiliated with the Baptist General Convention of Texas. As an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity employer, Baylor is committed to compliance with all applicable anti-discrimination laws, including those regarding age, race, color, sex, national origin, military service, genetic information, and disability. Baylor’s commitment to equal opportunity and respect of others does not undermine the validity and effect of the constitutional and statutory protections for its religious liberty, including, without limitation, the religious organization exemption under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the religious exemption to Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, and the Free Exercise Clause of the First Amendment to the United States Constitution, among others. Baylor encourages women, minorities, veterans, and individuals with disabilities to apply. 
  
  EEO/M/F/Vets/Disabled

  See the Federal EEO Posting here.

Resources

• 028 - Baylor Civil Rights Policy and Procedures
• Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
• Baylor Title IX Office

Title IX

Baylor University is committed to providing a safe and nondiscriminatory environment for our students, staff, and faculty. This policy prohibits sexual and gender-based harassment, sexual assault, sexual exploitation, stalking, intimate partner violence, and retaliation (collectively referred to as prohibited conduct). See reporting information and anonymous reporting by clicking the link above.