A range of resources is available to advise and assist anyone in dealing with a complaint. MIT urges you to consider using one of the resources listed below.
Some of these resources serve employees, some serve students, and some serve all members of the MIT community.
MIT Resources
Resources available to faculty, staff, other employees, postdoc associates and fellows
- Anyone in the line of supervision, an administrative officer, or the head of a unit
- The Institute Discrimination and Harassment Response Office (IDHR)
- Human Resources Officers
- Human resources professionals in your DLCI
- Ombudspersons
- Religious counselors
- MyLife Services, an external provider of work-life and personal well-being services
- Ethicspoint, a third party vendor; members of the MIT community may file an anonymous report with Ethicspoint either by telephone or through an online form
- MIT Police, including a form for anonymous reporting of a sexual assault
Note: MIT Police involvement is generally limited to complaints of harassment that are of potentially criminal nature, such as sexual assault.
Resources primarily for students
- Overall guidance on resources for students
- For gender-based complaints against a student (including sexual harassment, intimate partner violence, and stalking), consult the Title IX Coordinators and Deputy Coordinators
There are also a number of state and federal agencies that assist individuals who believe that they have been harassed or discriminated against in violation of law. Some of these governmental agencies are listed below.
MIT Policies
MIT’s policies on expected standards of conduct
MIT’s policies on expected standards of conduct, including its policy against harassment, are located here:
Governmental resources
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
John F. Kennedy Federal Building
475 Government Center
Boston, MA 02203
Tel: 800-669-4000
Department of Education, Office of Civil Rights
Enforcement Office
Office for Civil Rights/Boston
US Department of Education, 8th Floor
5 Post Office Square
Boston, MA 02109
Tel: 617-289-0111
Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination
1 Ashburton Place, 6th Floor, Room 601
Boston, MA 02108
Tel: 617-994-6000
Massachusetts Office for Victim Assistance (for crime victims and witnesses)
One Ashburton Place, Suite 1101
Boston, MA 02108
Tel: 617-727-5200