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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What’s the deal if it was consensual? [/quote]

He might have been okay had he disclosed it to the board and HR. But likely he kept it covert bc of his marriage. Consensual had nothing to do with, it’s the fact that it is a boss subordinate relationship, he is in a position of power over her and has the opportunity and ability to give her preferential treatment (bonus, promotions, raises) and for this reason most organizations have policy around this type of relationship. When it was found out I’m sure the ethics committee had no choice but to term him.[/quote]

+100.  If it was consensual, he needed to report it to HR and the board.  I was reading up on this and they had just fired someone else that was using his position to harass and coerce sex from subordinates.  After that they updated the policy to make it clear that you should not coerce someone into a relationship and allowed if a consensual relationship developed it had to be disclosed to HR.

I have been at an organization where there was a consensual workplace romance and the person was in a project supervisory capacity while maybe not direct supervisor. As one of the co-workers of the subordinate person, it definitely felt like she got preferential treatment and it impacted team morale. We didn’t hide our feelings about it.  While it was never addressed directly with the team, he moved out of that project supervisor role and we were no longer dealing with that obvious conflict of interest.  It was better after that.  [/quote]

He was married. So maybe that is why he did not report it to HR? Have both people been fired? [/quote]

The supervisor is the one required to disclose.  It doesn’t say that there is an exemption because he was married.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/education/2022/01/16/university-michigan-president-mark-schlissel-fired/6549755001/[/quote]

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