Hazing Resources and Prevention
Hazing
University of North Dakota (UND/University) is committed to fostering a safe, respectful, and inclusive community where all individuals are treated with dignity and care. Hazing in any form is strictly prohibited and will not be tolerated. The prohibition against hazing applies regardless of an individual's willingness to participate.
The University carefully reviews and assesses all reports of hazing. Retaliation against individuals who report hazing or who participate in related investigations is strictly prohibited and may result in disciplinary action. All community members are encouraged to cooperate fully in any investigation.
Responsibility for violations may rest with individuals, groups, or their leadership, particularly if they failed to take reasonable steps to prevent or discourage hazing. National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) student-athletes must also comply with policies set forth by the NCAA.
Definition of Hazing
The University defines hazing as an act by an individual or group that is an explicit
or implicit condition for
initiation to, admission into, affiliation with, or continued membership in a group
or organization that could
be seen by a reasonable person as endangering the physical health of an individual
or as causing mental
distress to an individual. These acts may include, but are not limited to:
- The destruction, damage, and/or removal of public or private property
- The consumption of alcohol or drugs
- The consumption of any substance to excess
- Sexual activity
- Sleep, food, and/or water deprivation
- Forced physical activity
- Extended isolation
- Overexposure to weather
- Any behavior described in North Dakota Century Code Chapter (NDCC) 12.1-17-10
NDCC 12.1-17-10 states that a person is guilty of an offense when, in the course of another person's initiation into or affiliation with any organization, the person willfully engages in conduct that creates a substantial risk of physical injury to that other person or a third person. As used in this section, "conduct" means any treatment or forced physical activity that is likely to adversely affect the physical health or safety of that other person or a third person, or which subjects that other person or third person to extreme mental stress, and may include extended deprivation of sleep or rest or extended isolation, whipping, beating, branding, forced calisthenics, overexposure to the weather, and forced consumption of any food, liquor, beverage, drug, or other substance. The offense is a class A misdemeanor if the actor's conduct causes physical injury, otherwise the offense is a class B misdemeanor.
How to Report
If you have concerns that a UND campus organization could be hazing, we encourage you to make a report by contacting one of the following departments:
UND Police Department
701.777.3491
UND.police@UND.edu
Community Standards & Care Network
701.777.2664
UND.communitystandards@UND.edu
Reports can be made anonymously; however, anonymous reports frequently fail to include sufficient information for action to be taken. We do our utmost to protect the identities of reporting parties.
Hazing Transparency Report
There is nothing to report.