Good Samaritan Amnesty Policy
The welfare of students in the Union University community is of paramount importance. Union University promotes bystander intervention and encourages students to offer help and assistance to others in need. Students should not hesitate to offer assistance to others for fear that they may get in trouble themselves. Union University has instituted a policy of limited immunity for students who offer help to others in need. While policy violations cannot be overlooked, the University will focus on educational responses to those who offer their assistance to others in need, serve as witnesses to an incident, or make a good faith report of alleged misconduct. This policy does not protect students from the consequences associated with Tennessee law.
Union University encourages members of the campus community who experience or witness any form of sexual misconduct to report the act to the University and/or law enforcement. Under no circumstances will a complainant or witness who makes a report of sexual assault or other prohibited conduct be charged with violating community values, regardless of the outcome. Our desire is to assist the reporting party, to care for individuals in need and to seek justice.
Should a student experience severe intoxication or a drug related reaction while attending an event hosted by a University organization, representatives or members of that organization are expected to promptly call for medical assistance. This act of responsibility will mitigate the judicial consequences against the organization resulting from student community value violations that may have occurred at the time of the incident.