The College is committed to a learning environment that fosters respect, integrity, professional behavior, and fair and impartial treatment of students and staff.

Consensual sexual or mutually recognized romantic or dating relationships pose an apparent or actual conflict of interest if one of the parties in the relationship has responsibility for supervising, evaluating, directing, or overseeing the other, or has the power to directly influence the other person's educational or employment status.

The conflict of interest these relationships pose can undermine both the integrity of the supervisory or evaluative relationship and the College's commitment to a positive educational/employment environment.

If these relationships exist, the person in the position of greater authority or power will bear the primary burden of accountability in ensuring that the relationship is consensual, and that he or she exercises no supervisory or evaluative function over the other person in the relationship.

The President shall assure that College procedures regarding consensual sexual or mutually recognized romantic or dating relationships between employees and with students are clearly stated and consistently administered.

ADOPTED: July 9, 2014