a EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY

GREENVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA 27834

OFFICE OF THE CHANCELLOR

70: All Professional Schools Deans & Chairpersons in
the College of Arts & Sciences
Chairperson, Counseling Center
Director of Joyner Library and Health Sciences Library
Vice Chancellors
Dean of Arts & Sciences
Director of Continuing Education

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FROM: Dr. John M. Howell, chanceltor eZ — opp wet

I have approved the attached Resolution on separation of
Grievance files and personnel files. Please take steps to implement
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East Carolina University is a constituent institution of
The University of North Carolina

 
ADDENDUM TO THE FACULTY SENATE AGENDA OF APRIL 19, 198

Agenda Item 5E: Report of the Faculty Affairs Committee

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GRIEVANCE FILES RESOLUTION

Resolution 83-24
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WHEREAS, East Carolina University and the University of North Carolina have
provided procedures for the resolution of faculty grievances; and

WHEREAS, Faculty who perceive that they have suffered a grievance are
encouraged to resolve internally their disputes by use of said

grievance procedures; and

WHEREAS, Faculty grievances are to be treated discretely and confidentially;
and

WHEREAS, Neither the use of the grievance procedures nor the outcome of a
particular dispute should have any influence upon subsequent faculty
evaluations or faculty personnel decisions which are unrelated to the

particular dispute;

THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, eo

That East Carolina Faculty Senate urges the Chancellor of East
Carolina University to implement the policy that all documents,
communications, and records pertaining to alleged faculty grievances
shall be kept in confidential files which shall be separate and
distinet from faculty personnel/evaluatiqn files, and which shall be
accessible only to the grievant or his/her designated representative,
and/or to those whose access is mandated by state law.