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Electronic Harassment
HARASSMENT OF ANY KIND IS NOT CONDONED BY OSU AND WILL NOT BE TOLERATED.
Each term Central Computing and OSU administration receive numerous
complaints from persons who encounter material which they find offensive in
their electronic mail, on public bulletin boards, in personal "finger"
messages, and on displays and printers in public areas. The most common
materials which are subjects of complaints are sexually suggestive mail;
explicit sexual graphic materials; and racist, sexist or homphobic
statements and verbal obscenity in mail and postings.
The university has an Acceptable Use Policy which states, among other
things, that state funded computing resources are to be used only for
legitimate university purposes. When we receive complaints, we are
required to investigate to determine if a violation of this policy has
occurred. In particular, upon receipt of a complaint, we must collect
and forward to the appropriate disciplinary body any and all evidence
indicating that state-funded computing and/or network resources are being
used inappropriately.
Accounts will be disabled while we contact the individual responsible
and settle the complaint. This can result in university discipline for
offenses which may range from inappropriate use of university resources
to harassment.
We recommend that you give careful thought to the content of mail you
send and material you post. Doing so will help to make the electronic
environment at OSU a professional, considerate, mature, and congenial place.
Thank you for your help.
