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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Complementing Shane’s message, the Office of Institutional Equity provides the attached summary of your responsibilities and your required actions for all reports of discrimination or harassment that occurred
at UArizona. Leaders and supervisors have a duty to refer the reports to OIE for confidential review and investigation.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> ALVSCE_Bulletin <alvsce_bulletin-bounces@list.cals.arizona.edu>
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Agriculture, Life and Veterinary Sciences, and Cooperative Extension Weekly Bulletin<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, November 19, 2020 2:48 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> alvsce_bulletin@list.cals.arizona.edu<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Zero tolerance for harassment, bullying, intimidation, threats, discrimination, coercion and retaliation.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">My office continues to receive complaints of harassment, bullying, intimidation, threats, discrimination, coercion and reports of fear of retaliation by employees against other employees.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">To reiterate, I have zero tolerance for any such behavior and, as I have done many times before, I will take immediate personnel action on your behalf and help you take the personnel action you
need. All action for these issues is confidential. You do not need to experience the stress of these events alone and/or suffer in silence. You need never fear retaliation.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">For those of you who have contacted my office about your concerns, thank you. I know that many of you are worried about contacting my office about these issues. I understand this can be very hard
to do and I have been there myself. If you feel you are being harassed, bullied, intimidated, threatened, discriminated against, or coerced - and/or if you fear retaliation if you were to seek help,
<u>faculty, please immediately email or call</u> Jeannie McLain (cc’d; Ph: 520-404-8793);
<u>staff, please immediately email or call</u> KC Armenta (cc’d; Ph: 520-621-1969). You can also contact Human Resources (HR) (<a href="mailto:hrsolutions@email.arizona.edu" title="mailto:hrsolutions@email.arizona.edu">hrsolutions@email.arizona.edu</a>; 520-621-3660)
and/or the Office of Institutional Equity (OIE) (<a href="mailto:equity@email.arizona.edu" title="mailto:equity@email.arizona.edu">equity@email.arizona.edu</a>; 520-621-9449) directly. Or anyone can phone (520-621-7621) or email me directly.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">When you do contact me, Jeannie, KC, HR or OIE, you will be taken seriously, and you will be safe. Remember your communication is a personnel record and all personnel records are confidential;
they are not subject to public records searches.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Please stay safe and please do all you can to minimize your stress.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Best wishes,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Shane<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="background:white;text-align:start"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#0070C0;background:white">My mask protects you; your mask protects me</span></b><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#0070C0">.</span></b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#0070C0"> We’ve
controlled infectious diseases without vaccines for thousands of years.</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:black"> </span><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:red">Wearing our masks</span></b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:black"> </span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#4472C4">means
we can have a functioning economy <u>and</u> concurrently save thousands of lives</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:red">.</span><span style="color:#201F1E"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="background:white;text-align:start"><u><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#0070C0;background:white">All UA employees, students and visitors must</span></u><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#0070C0"> <u>wear a face covering inside all UA buildings</u>,
unless alone in a single occupancy office, and in <u>UA outdoor spaces</u> where continuous physical distancing of at least six feet is difficult or impossible to maintain.</span><span style="color:#201F1E"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:#0C234B">Shane C. Burgess</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#767676"><br>
</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#767676">Vice President for the Division of Agriculture, Life and Veterinary Sciences, and Cooperative Extension<br>
Charles-Sander Dean of the College of Agriculture & Life Sciences </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#767676"><br>
</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#767676">THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#767676"><br>
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</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#767676">Forbes Building, Room 306 | 1140 E. South Campus Drive<br>
P.O. Box 210036 | Tucson, AZ 85721-0036<br>
Office: 520-621-7621<br>
<a href="mailto:sburgess@cals.arizona.edu"><span style="color:#767676">sburgess@cals.arizona.edu</span></a><br>
<b><a href="https://alvsce.arizona.edu/"><span style="color:#8B0015">alvsce.arizona.edu</span></a></b><br>
</span><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#8B0015"><a href="https://cals.arizona.edu/"><span style="color:#8B0015">cals.arizona.edu</span></a></span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#767676"><br>
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<p style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;line-height:106%"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:106%;color:#1F4E79">The University of Arizona is located statewide on the ancestral homelands of indigenous peoples.</span><span style="color:#767676"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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