Conflict Resolution

• Informal Resources
  • Compliance and Integrity Topics You Should Know: This series of 5-minute compliance videos educate individuals on important topics including: conflicts of interest, public records, and concern reporting.
    • University Authorship Guidelines: The Ohio State University is committed to ensuring that appropriate credit is provided to all individuals who conduct scientific or scholarly activities
  • The Ohio State Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
    • This program offers tools and resources to help address complex issues that can be affecting your mental and emotional well-being.
    • Science Careers has a series of helpful articles in regards to conflict resolution:
      • Lab Rage: Dealing with Personality Conflicts
      • Butting Heads: Conflict Resolution for Postdocs, Part I
      • Butting Heads: Conflict Resolution for Postdocs, Part II
  • The OSU Office of Ombuds Services provides an independent, impartial, and confidential space where faculty members, graduate and professional students, and postdoctoral scholars can discuss issues and receive informal counsel and advice. Drs. Mollie Blackburn and Rebeka Campos-Astorkiza can support postdocs.
• Formal Steps
  • Your college liaison can help locate HR contact in specific colleges/departments
  • The Office of HR Employee and Labor Relations: click on the link ‘Anonymous Reporting Line’ on the right side of the page
  • The Office of Human Resources Employee and Labor Relations have a list of consultants postdocs can reach out to get assistant in conflict resolution.
  • BART is a resource for anyone who needs to report an incident of bias or wants to explore and better understand issues like bias and discrimination, and how to effectively respond.
  • The Office of Institutional Equity exists to help the Ohio State community prevent and respond to all forms of harassment, discrimination, and sexual misconduct.
    • The following areas are part of the Office of Institutional Equity
      • Accessibility
      • Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Employment
      • Protection of minors
      • Title IX
  • Whistleblower policy reminder: All Ohio State faculty, staff, students and volunteers are encouraged to act in good faith and report suspected or actual wrongful conduct. The university is committed to protecting individuals from interference with making a protected disclosure and from retaliation for having made a protected disclosure. Please review the Whistleblower Policy, which is intended to protect individuals who engage in good faith disclosure of alleged wrongful conduct. For questions about this contact: hr-elr@osu.edu
    • Ohio State’s Anonymous Reporting Line