<html xmlns:v="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" xmlns:w="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" xmlns:m="http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/2004/12/omml" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40">
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8">
<meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 15 (filtered medium)">
<style><!--
/* Font Definitions */
@font-face
{font-family:"Cambria Math";
panose-1:2 4 5 3 5 4 6 3 2 4;}
@font-face
{font-family:Calibri;
panose-1:2 15 5 2 2 2 4 3 2 4;}
@font-face
{font-family:Aptos;}
@font-face
{font-family:"Book Antiqua";
panose-1:2 4 6 2 5 3 5 3 3 4;}
@font-face
{font-family:"Californian FB";
panose-1:2 7 4 3 6 8 11 3 2 4;}
/* Style Definitions */
p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal
{margin:0in;
margin-bottom:.0001pt;
font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;}
span.MsoFootnoteReference
{mso-style-priority:99;
font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
vertical-align:super;}
a:link, span.MsoHyperlink
{mso-style-priority:99;
color:#0563C1;
text-decoration:underline;}
a:visited, span.MsoHyperlinkFollowed
{mso-style-priority:99;
color:#954F72;
text-decoration:underline;}
p.MsoListParagraph, li.MsoListParagraph, div.MsoListParagraph
{mso-style-priority:34;
margin-top:0in;
margin-right:0in;
margin-bottom:8.0pt;
margin-left:.5in;
line-height:105%;
font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;}
p.msonormal0, li.msonormal0, div.msonormal0
{mso-style-name:msonormal;
mso-margin-top-alt:auto;
margin-right:0in;
mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
margin-left:0in;
font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;}
span.EmailStyle20
{mso-style-type:personal;
font-family:Aptos;
color:windowtext;}
span.EmailStyle22
{mso-style-type:personal;
font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;
color:windowtext;}
span.EmailStyle23
{mso-style-type:personal-compose;
font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;
color:windowtext;}
.MsoChpDefault
{mso-style-type:export-only;
font-size:10.0pt;}
@page WordSection1
{size:8.5in 11.0in;
margin:1.0in 1.0in 1.0in 1.0in;}
div.WordSection1
{page:WordSection1;}
--></style><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<o:shapedefaults v:ext="edit" spidmax="1026" />
</xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<o:shapelayout v:ext="edit">
<o:idmap v:ext="edit" data="1" />
</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]-->
</head>
<body lang="EN-US" link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72">
<div class="WordSection1">
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Californian FB",serif">Dear UCR Faculty and Staff,</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Californian FB",serif"> </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Californian FB",serif">As UCR’s Locally Designated Official (LDO) and Chief Compliance Officer, I am writing with UC Riverside’s annual email notification about whistleblower reporting. This email
also has important information about your obligation to report certain matters—<b>please review this information carefully as there have been some changes.
</b></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Californian FB",serif"> </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Californian FB",serif">Whistleblower Reporting.</span></u></b><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Californian FB",serif">
</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Californian FB",serif">The University of California is committed to maintaining the highest standards of conduct in the fulfillment of its education, research, public service and patient care mission. The
University’s <a href="https://policy.ucop.edu/doc/1100171/Whistleblower">Whistleblower Policy</a> provides multiple avenues for people to report potential employee misconduct. Faculty and staff are encouraged to bring forward concerns about possible improper
activities directly to their supervisor, department head, or me (as LDO), or to make reports through the whistleblower hotline.
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Californian FB",serif"> </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Californian FB",serif">The systemwide whistleblower hotline is independently-operated to receive calls or web-based reporting from faculty, staff, students or members of the public. The hotline
allows for anonymous reporting. This hotline is staffed seven days a week, 24 hours per day and is capable of receiving reports in a number of different languages. Reports can be made through the web-based form at
<a href="http://universityofcalifornia.edu/hotline">http://universityofcalifornia.edu/hotline</a> or by calling 1-800-403-4744. You may also submit inquiries through the hotline.
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Californian FB",serif"> </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Californian FB",serif">More information about the whistleblower process can be found on the
<a href="http://www.ucop.edu/uc-whistleblower/index.html">UC Whistleblower website</a>, on
<a href="https://compliance.ucr.edu/investigations-complaint-resolution">UCR’s complaint resolution website</a>, and on posters attached to this message, which will be displayed in various employee areas. The UCR’s whistleblower poster identifies other channels
for reporting improper activities, including the California State Auditor, the California Attorney General and federal whistleblower programs.</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Californian FB",serif"> </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Californian FB",serif">The California Government Code requires every state agency, including the University of California, to annually distribute to its employees a message from the California
State Auditor that provides an explanation of the California Whistleblower Protection Act. Please find the 2024 California State Auditor Poster and Brochure attached.
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Californian FB",serif"> </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><b><u><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Californian FB",serif">Information about Reporting Obligations</span></u></b><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Californian FB",serif">.
</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Californian FB",serif">Nearly all UCR employees are mandatory reporters for certain matters.
<b>It is vital that you know what you need to report, and how to report it.</b> (This Mandatory Reporting Poster is also available on our website at
<a href="https://compliance.ucr.edu/reporting-obligations">https://compliance.ucr.edu/reporting-obligations</a> – please bookmark it.)</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="857" style="width:643.1pt;border-collapse:collapse">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td width="431" valign="top" style="width:323.6pt;border:solid #4472C4 1.0pt;border-right:none;background:#FFC000;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt">
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Californian FB",serif;color:black">Your Position & Matter Reported</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td width="426" valign="top" style="width:319.5pt;border:solid #4472C4 1.0pt;border-left:none;background:#FFC000;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt">
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Californian FB",serif;color:black">Required Action</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="431" valign="top" style="width:323.6pt;border:solid #8EAADB 1.0pt;border-top:none;background:#D9E2F3;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt">
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Californian FB",serif;color:black">If (1) you are a manager, supervisor, faculty, UCPD officer, or HR or AP administrator, and (2) you learn that anyone affiliated with UCR may have experienced
conduct prohibited by the <a href="https://policy.ucop.edu/doc/4000385/SVSH">UC Policy on Sexual Violence and Sexual Harassment
</a>(SVSH Policy) or the <a href="https://policy.ucop.edu/doc/1001004/Anti-Discrimination">
UC Anti-Discrimination Policy</a>,</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Californian FB",serif;color:black"> </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td width="426" valign="top" style="width:319.5pt;border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid #8EAADB 1.0pt;border-right:solid #8EAADB 1.0pt;background:#D9E2F3;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt">
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Californian FB",serif;color:black">then (3) you must promptly contact UCR’s Office of Civil Rights (OCR—formerly, the Office of Title IX, Equal Opportunity & Affirmative Action). Filing a <a href="https://uctitleix.i-sight.com/portal/Riverside">report
online</a> is encouraged.<br>
<br>
<span style="background:yellow">Example</span>: you are a faculty member and a student tells you that the TA is making antisemitic comments on social media.
<i>Antisemitism can constitute harassment based on shared ancestry or ethnic characteristics or religion, and this must be reported to the Office of Civil Rights.
</i><br>
<br>
<span style="background:yellow">Example</span>: you are a supervisor and one of your staff tells you that other staff are excluding them because of their speech impediment.
<i>This is a report of disability-based harassment and must be reported to the Office of Civil Rights.
</i></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Californian FB",serif;color:black"> </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="431" valign="top" style="width:323.6pt;border:solid #8EAADB 1.0pt;border-top:none;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Californian FB",serif">(1) Unless you are a Confidential Resource, if (2) you learn that a student may have experienced Prohibited Conduct under the SVSH Policy,</span><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Californian FB",serif">
</span></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Californian FB",serif"> </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td width="426" valign="top" style="width:319.5pt;border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid #8EAADB 1.0pt;border-right:solid #8EAADB 1.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt">
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Californian FB",serif">then (3) you are required to promptly notify the Title IX Officer. Please complete the <a href="https://uctitleix.i-sight.com/portal/Riverside" target="_blank" title="Online Report Form">online
report form </a>or email <a href="mailto:titleix@ucr.edu">titleix@ucr.edu</a>. <br>
<br>
<span style="color:black;background:yellow">Example</span>:<i> </i>you are an advisor and a student tells you they want to drop a class because they were sexually assaulted earlier in the quarter.
<i>Report this to the Office of Civil Rights. </i></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="431" valign="top" style="width:323.6pt;border:solid #8EAADB 1.0pt;border-top:none;background:#D9E2F3;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Californian FB",serif;color:black">If (1) you are a Campus Security Authority (CSA) and (2) you become aware of a report or allegation that a Clery Act crime is alleged
to have occurred on UCR’s Clery Act geography,</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Californian FB",serif;color:black"> </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td width="426" valign="top" style="width:319.5pt;border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid #8EAADB 1.0pt;border-right:solid #8EAADB 1.0pt;background:#D9E2F3;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt">
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Californian FB",serif;color:black">then (3) you are required to notify UCPD or the Clery Act Coordinator. See
<a href="https://compliance.ucr.edu/clery-act-compliance#campus_security_authorities_csas">
UCR's Clery Act</a> web page for further guidance. </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Californian FB",serif;color:black"><br>
<span style="background:yellow">Example</span>: you are an advisor to a student club, and one of the student members tells you that someone broke into a lab overnight and tried to start a fire.
<i>Attempted arson is a Clery Crime—report to UCPD. </i></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="431" valign="top" style="width:323.6pt;border:solid #8EAADB 1.0pt;border-top:none;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Californian FB",serif">If (1) you are a Mandated Reporter under CANRA and (2) you become aware of actual, reported or suspected child abuse or neglect occurring on UCR’s
campus or at an official UCR activity or program,</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td width="426" valign="top" style="width:319.5pt;border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid #8EAADB 1.0pt;border-right:solid #8EAADB 1.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt">
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Californian FB",serif">then (3) you are required to (a) make a verbal
<i>external</i> report to any of the following: local law enforcement, child protective services, or county welfare departments; (b) no later than 36 hours after the verbal report, fill-out
<a href="https://oag.ca.gov/sites/all/files/agweb/pdfs/childabuse/ss_8572.pdf">Form SS 8572</a> and submit it to the agency with whom a verbal report was made; and (c) make an
<i>internal*</i> report (may be anonymous) to a supervisor or through the University Compliance Hotline at (800) 403-4744 or
<a href="http://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/hotline/">http://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/hotline/</a><u>
</u>(See <a href="https://compliance.ucr.edu/CANRA">UCR CANRA Reporting Requirements</a> for<u> more details)</u></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="431" valign="top" style="width:323.6pt;border:solid #8EAADB 1.0pt;border-top:none;background:#D9E2F3;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Californian FB",serif;color:black">If you receive or are aware of (1) violence in the workplace,
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Californian FB",serif;color:black"> </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td width="426" valign="top" style="width:319.5pt;border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid #8EAADB 1.0pt;border-right:solid #8EAADB 1.0pt;background:#D9E2F3;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt">
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Californian FB",serif;color:black">Then (2) report to the next-in-line supervisor or to an academic administrator. See Section V of the
<a href="https://fboapps.ucr.edu/policies/index.php?path=viewPolicies.php&policy=850-85">
Violence Prevention in the UCR Community policy</a>. <br>
<br>
<span style="background:yellow">Example</span>: An employee from another unit gets angry during a service call, raises their voice and says “If this keeps going this way, someone is going to pay.”
<i>This could reasonably be understood to be a threat and should be reported to UCPD.
</i> </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Californian FB",serif;color:black"> </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="431" valign="top" style="width:323.6pt;border:solid #8EAADB 1.0pt;border-top:none;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Californian FB",serif">If (1) you are a supervisor and/or department management and (2) you become aware of a serious injury (amputation, concussion, fracture, injury
with significant bleeding, severe burn, and/or any injury requiring overnight hospitalization),</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td width="426" valign="top" style="width:319.5pt;border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid #8EAADB 1.0pt;border-right:solid #8EAADB 1.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt">
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Californian FB",serif">Then (3) you must (a) immediately get first aid and call 911; (b) report the incident using the
<a href="https://ucriverside.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_1YBlstrVO7GmNsV">Report and Incident, Injury, or Safety Concern</a> form; and (c) report and provide details of the serious injury to EH&S within 24 hours at (951) 827-5528 during business hours or
(951) 827-5222, if after hours.</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="431" valign="top" style="width:323.6pt;border:solid #8EAADB 1.0pt;border-top:none;background:#D9E2F3;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt">
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Californian FB",serif;color:black">If (1) you receive a report or information that alleges an IGA,
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Californian FB",serif;color:black"> </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td width="426" valign="top" style="width:319.5pt;border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid #8EAADB 1.0pt;border-right:solid #8EAADB 1.0pt;background:#D9E2F3;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt">
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:"Californian FB",serif;color:black">Then (2) you must elevate it to the LDO if: </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:17.5pt;text-indent:-12.8pt;line-height:normal">
<span style="font-family:"Californian FB",serif;color:black">The reported IGA results from a significant internal control or policy weakness likely to exist elsewhere on campus or in the system</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:17.5pt;text-indent:-12.8pt;line-height:normal">
<span style="font-family:"Californian FB",serif;color:black">Media or public attention is likely</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:17.5pt;text-indent:-12.8pt;line-height:normal">
<span style="font-family:"Californian FB",serif;color:black">The matter involves misuse of UC resources</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:17.5pt;text-indent:-12.8pt;line-height:normal">
<span style="font-family:"Californian FB",serif;color:black">There is potentially significant liability</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:17.5pt;text-indent:-12.8pt;line-height:normal">
<span style="font-family:"Californian FB",serif;color:black">There is a significant possibility of a criminal act (such as disappearance of cash)</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:17.5pt;text-indent:-12.8pt;line-height:normal">
<span style="font-family:"Californian FB",serif;color:black">There is a significant threat to the health and safety of employee or the public.
</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:"Californian FB",serif;color:black">When in doubt, refer the matter to the LDO so that it can be assessed. (See Section C below for a full discussion of the possible
outcomes of LDO assessment.)</span><o:p></o:p></p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Californian FB",serif">Thank you for your attention to these important elements of our
<a href="https://compliance.ucr.edu/ethics-compliance-program">ethics and compliance program</a>.
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Californian FB",serif"> </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Californian FB",serif">Kiersten Boyce, J.D.<br>
Chief Compliance Officer<br>
CCEP, CHRC<br>
UC Riverside <br>
</span></i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Californian FB",serif"><a href="https://compliance.ucr.edu/"><span style="color:blue">Compliance | Integrity and Accountability (ucr.edu)</span></a></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
</body>
</html>