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1. Any member of the Canisius community may file a complaint against a student for alleged violation of the Community Standards.  In cases involving Sexual and Gender-Misconduct, Canisius College students have an affirmative right to request that Community Standards charges be filed against the accused.  All complaints shall be in writing and directed to the appropriate Associate Academic Dean or SADOS or designee.  Complaints may be filed via incident reports, Public Safety reports, Community Standards Citations, or police reports.  All complaints should be filed as soon as possible after an alleged violation of the Community Standards.  However, the college is not required to respond to any allegations within a prescribed time limit.
2. The adjudication process for violations of the Community Standards is outlined in Appendix B and Appendix C. Normally, the SADOS shall assign a hearing officer for a conduct conference or convene a hearing panel, drawn from the membership of the Community Standards Hearing Panel, based upon the severity of the alleged violation of Community Standards. A complaint filed with the SADOS shall normally be directed to the Community Standards Hearing Panel if it fulfills one or more of the following criteria:
   1. the potential sanction falls within items l, m, n, and o of Article IV, Section C; (although a lesser sanction may be imposed);
   2. the alleged violation has wide ranging community implications or is a violation of Article III, B, 2 or 3;
   3. the alleged violation has not been previously encountered within the college community;
   4. However, the SADOS or designee may choose to hear any case as a conduct conference and may impose any sanction(s) listed in Article IV, Section C.
   5. The conduct conference-hearing officer shall make a determination of responsibility for the alleged violation and, if appropriate, may impose sanction(s) found in Article IV, Section C.
   6. The Community Standards Hearing Panel shall make a determination of responsibility for the alleged violation and impose any sanction(s) listed in Article IV, Section C.
   7. Decisions made by the Conduct Conference Hearing Officer (HO), SADOS or designee shall be final except if sanction g i through o are imposed; which may be appealed to the SDOS.
   8. Decisions made by the Community Standards hearing Panel may only be appealed to the Community Standards Hearing Panel Appeals Panel. 
   9. The judicial process is intended to provide the student an opportunity to respond to allegations of violations of the Community Standards, thereby enabling the HO to make an informed decision about responsibility and appropriate sanctions. However, if a student fails to respond to three communications (in the form of written notification, telephone, email, text, or oral requests) attempting to schedule a meeting, or fails to attend a scheduled meeting, a decision based upon available information may be rendered in absentia. No student may be found to have violated the Community Standards solely because the student failed to appear.
   10. In some rare situations, where the behavior is sufficiently egregious or warranted by institutional interests, the SADOS or designee may institute formal procedures even though the original complainant does not personally wish to, or is not able to proceed. In such cases the SADOS or designee shall submit the formal complaint and recuse herself/himself from any further role in the adjudication.
   11. Any violation of the Community Standards using any form of technology in a virtual environment shall be addressed in the same manner as the equivalent violation conducted in a non-virtual environment.

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During the appeal process the imposition of the sanction(s) shall not occur; however, the appeals Pane may impose limitations or conditions on the appealing respondent’s continued relationship with the college during the appeals process.  The decision made in the appeal process is final.

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