Our Commitment
As part of its living out of the Catholic faith, the 吃瓜网 is committed to providing work, living, and learning environments that are free of discrimination, harassment, and retaliation. The university does not tolerate conduct that is inconsistent with this commitment. Its Civil Rights Policy represents the policy of the University of Dallas, and is also in fulfillment of its duties under federal and state law, including, but not limited to, Title VI, Title VII, Title IX, Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, the Americans with Disabilities Act, and their accompanying administrative regulations.
The University Community
The 吃瓜网 is a Catholic university, with a vocation 鈥渄edicated to research, to teaching and to the education of students who freely associate with their teachers in a common love of knowledge.鈥� (St. John Paul II, Ex corde ecclesiae, 1). In fulfillment of that vocation, the university must be an authentic human community, with a unity that 鈥渟prings from a common dedication to the truth, a common vision of the dignity of the human person and, ultimately, the person and message of Christ鈥� (21).
The motto of the 吃瓜网 is veritatem, justitiam diligite, because we seek to foster a community in pursuit of truth and justice. To that end, this community 鈥渋s animated by a spirit of freedom and charity,鈥� and 鈥渋s characterized by mutual respect, sincere dialogue, and protection of the rights of individuals鈥� (Ibid.).
Aristotle reminds us in the Politics that we are, by nature, social animals, and therefore it is only in community that we can fully strive towards human flourishing. Our need for community also reminds us of our obligation to protect it. The pursuit of truth and justice is not for the select few. It is the honor, and the responsibility, of the entire community. As St. John Paul II explains, that primary responsibility for protecting human rights belongs to individuals and the smaller groups and communities they form within society (Centesimus annus, 48).
The 吃瓜网, and the individual members of this community, are one such group, with an obligation to respect the dignity of others, and to seek to protect them from injustice. As a member of this community, you have the opportunity to help.
Building a Stronger and More Just Community
Anyone who has experienced or become aware of discrimination, harassment, or some other form of discrimination or harassment is strongly encouraged to report it to the Office of Civil Rights and Title IX, which is responsible for overseeing compliance with the Civil Rights Policy, including coordinating supportive measures to those who may be victims, and investigating allegations when a formal complaint has been filed.
If you have any questions or concerns regarding the University's civil rights policies or the implementation of those policies, please contact:
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Truth and Justice, Unity and Difference
All men and women are 鈥渃reated in the image of the one God and equally endowed with rational souls,鈥� having 鈥渢he same nature and the same origin.鈥� (). The equality of men and women 鈥渞ests essentially on their dignity, as persons and the rights that flow from it鈥� (1935). Unfortunately, while we were 鈥渃reated for freedom,鈥� we also bear 鈥渢he wound of original sin, which constantly draws man towards evil.鈥� (, 25).
The unavoidable presence of evil in the world, however, is not a justification for inaction. As Pope Leo XIII explains, 鈥渘o man may with impunity outrage that human dignity which God Himself treats with great reverence.鈥� (, 40).
Truth calls for the elimination of every trace of racial discrimination. - St. John XXIII, , no. 86
That is why the Second Vatican Council reminds the world that, 鈥渨ith respect to the fundamental rights of the person, every type of discrimination, whether social or cultural, whether based on sex, race, color, social condition, language or religion, is to be overcome and eradicated as contrary to God鈥檚 intent.鈥� (, 29).
In response to the horror of racist ideology, Pope Pius XI reminds the Church that 鈥淕od鈥檚 sun shines on every human鈥� (, 10), and within the Church 鈥渢here is but one country for all nations and tongues鈥� (18). Society, including the specific society that is the 吃瓜网, has an obligation to protect the natural rights of every man and woman precisely because society 鈥渨as intended by the Creator for the full development of individual possibilities鈥� (30).