Beyond Compliance: Building Shared Responsibility for Harassment and Discrimination Prevention

Practical Framework to Support Safer Learning and Working Environments

Compliance training matters, but it is everyday behaviors that determine whether people recognize harm, step in early, and feel safe speaking up.

For Title IX and HR leaders, the goal is to create consistent expectations and support systems that help faculty and staff respond appropriately to harassment and discrimination when it occurs.

This guide helps institutions move beyond check-the-box approaches with clear, data-backed insights into what increases effective intervention, what reduces hesitation, and what makes reporting feel safer for students, faculty, and staff.

Explore the guide to learn more about:

• The conditions that make harassment and discrimination prevention efforts more effective.
• What encourages early action and appropriate intervention.
• How social norms and colleague behaviors shape prevention culture.
• Barriers that can discourage reporting and how to reduce them.
• Practical implications for strengthening prevention culture across campus.

Download the guide to help faculty and staff recognize, respond to, and report harassment and discrimination more effectively.