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EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE
FACULTY GRIEVANCE PROCEDURE
Members of the faculty of the School of Medicine may direct their formal
grievances to the Dean only if they are unable to secure resolution
of the problem at the department level in consultation with the Chair
of the Department. If the problem cannot be resolved at the department
level on an informal basis, a formal grievance to the Dean requires
submission of the complaint in writing. This grievance must outline
the inability to secure resolution at the department level and should
precisely describe the basis for the formal grievance. The Dean, at
his/her discretion, may take one of the several actions.
- In consultation
with the Chair of the Department and the faculty member on an informal
basis, the Dean, or his/her designee, may attempt to seek a resolution
agreeable to both parties.
- After
personal review of the matter, the Dean may determine that there is
no basis for the grievance as presented, or he/she may prescribe a
resolution of the grievance in whole or in part.
- The
Dean may convene the School of Medicine Faculty Relations Committee
and ask that it investigate the grievance and make recommendations
directly to the Dean based on the findings of this investigation.
The Faculty Relations Committee is an elected committee. Three members
are elected from and by the Faculty, and three members are elected
from and by the Council of Chairs of the School of Medicine. The Faculty
Relations Committee serves in an advisory capacity to the Dean for
reviewing matters of faculty relationships at his/her request. The
Committee will be given a specific charge by the Dean and, in each
instance; the aggrieved faculty member will have the opportunity to
appear before the Faculty Relations Committee. The Dean will consider
the recommendations of the Committee in determining a final resolution
to the faculty grievance.
The decision
of the Dean of the School of Medicine will be transmitted to the faculty
member and the Chair of the Department in writing and will reflect the
final decision in the matter for the School of Medicine. A faculty member
may exercise the option to appeal the decision of the Dean to the Executive
Vice President for Health Affairs in accordance with the policy of that
office.
This procedure does not apply to those matters for which the procedure
is prescribed by the Statement of Principles Governing Faculty Relationships
nor to matters for which procedures are provided elsewhere relating
to promotion and tenure.
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