Greek Week 2023
Sportsmanship & Inclusion Policy
1. This policy will apply to all members of the Sorority and Fraternity Community.
2. Greek Week Teams are responsible for the conduct and actions of their members.
3. Unsportsmanlike conduct will not be tolerated at any time before, during, or after Greek
Week (including both spectators and participants).
4. Unsportsmanlike conduct may refer to, offensive slurs and/or language, taunting, assault,
or any other conduct deemed inappropriate by Greek Week Central or The Office of
Sorority and Fraternity Engagement Staff.
5. Equal inclusion of participating chapters is required (i.e. engagement and decision
making for the team, representation and participation in events, etc.).
6. Should a chapter wish not to participate in a particular event(s) with their respective
team, documentation must be submitted in writing (emailed to gwced@iastate.com) to
the Greek Week Executive Directors before the event begins by the particular chapter
wishing not to participate. Submitting this documentation will prevent their respective
team from violating the Inclusion Policy or potential point deductions in the particular
Greek Week event (e.g. tournaments).
7. Should a member, group, or chapter feel they are not being equally included in the team,
these particular individuals should report this to the Greek Week Executive Directors or
SFE Staff. Approaching SFE Staff or Greek Week Executive Directors will remain
confidential.
8. SFE Staff, Greek Week Executive Directors, and Greek Week Central will be monitoring
sportsmanship and inclusivity at all Greek Week sponsored events including leading up
to Greek Week (including content posted on social media).
9. Should a Sportsmanship or Inclusion Policy violation occur, the respective team co-chairs
will be notified and a conference with Greek Week Executive Directors and SFE Staff will
occur at the earliest convenience, or the team co-chairs will be approached at the
respective event and informed that the particular behavior(s) will not be tolerated.
10. If a serious violation occurs, Greek Week reserves the right to deduct 300 points from the
current total Greek Week point accumulation of the respective team (discretion of the
Greek Week Executive Directors and SFE Staff).
11. Any unsportsmanlike conduct that is in violation of university policy will be reported to the
appropriate university departments who will conduct their own investigations, including
but not limited to: Title IX, Equal Opportunity, and the Office of Student Conduct.
12. Particular events of Greek Week (e.g. tournaments) may have additional consequences
for these violations mentioned above. Please refer to the particular Greek Week event in
the Rulebook for further explanation.
13. Three violations will result in the entire team being disqualified from Greek Week 2023.
Each violation will be documented and shared with the team co-chairs as well as SFE
Staff and appropriate university officials.
14. If a violation of this policy is reported after Greek Week, Central reserves the right to
retroactively deduct points from the team’s total score, including revocation of awards
presented at Greek Week awards.
15. Example violations of this policy would include inappropriate “themes” for Lip Sync
practices, offensive language in group chats, behavior which excludes any chapter from
the team, etc.
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