Upon receiving notification of a violent crime involving a University employee, the responsibilities of the Human Resources Division are as follows:

  1. Contact the Emergency Manager and activate the Emergency Management and Response Network )
  2. Inform Communications and Marketing Division of the incident.
  3. Issue a statement on TopList and Student zone, while observing strict confidentiality, and obtain permission from the survivor about the wording before making any such statement.
  4. Contact the manager / head of department.
  5. As soon as possible, initiate a debriefing session and determine who should contact the family on behalf of the University.
  6. Contact the Counselling Centre to arrange counselling sessions, as required.
  7. Expedite University staff disciplinary proceedings
  8. Maintain direct contact with CPU.

Last Modified: Fri, 15 Aug 2014 17:16:28 SAST