Affiliations of Respondents in select non-SVSH reports made to OPHD, by type of harm alleged (FY24)

Figure 15 shows a breakdown of non-SVSH harassment and discrimination allegations by type and affiliation of the respondent. This data offers a counterpart what was provided earlier in Figure 14 for complainants.

As Figure 15 shows, the vast majority of respondents fell into the category of individuals without a known affiliation to UC Berkeley. Most of the unknown respondent reports, like most of the reports involving known student and staff respondents, alleged discrimination and harassment based on national origin, ancestry, race, and color. This set of reports largely involved protest-related allegations, only a minority of which identified specific individual respondents.

In comparing Figure 15 (respondents) with Figure 14 (complainants), it is important to know that employees (staff and faculty) make up a higher percentage of respondents than they do of complainants. This asymmetry was also manifested in SVSH allegations (see discussion below Figure 9). It likely reflects an asymmetry in power dynamics that is inherent in, and potentially magnifies the impact of, many instances of alleged discrimination and harassment, both SVSH and non-SVSH.