{"id":144,"date":"2019-05-06T00:53:15","date_gmt":"2019-05-06T04:53:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/ombud-draft\/?page_id=144"},"modified":"2026-01-21T14:24:21","modified_gmt":"2026-01-21T19:24:21","slug":"role-of-the-ombud","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/ombud\/role-of-the-ombud\/","title":{"rendered":"Role of the Ombud"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What is an Ombud?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>An Ombud is an individual appointed to impartially resolve conflicts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What can the Ombud do?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>In general, ombuds:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Listen and help identify issues and courses of action;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Mediate conflict or disputes;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Guide and direct to the appropriate resources.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What can the Ombud not do?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Ombuds cannot:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Make any binding decision or overturn any policy;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Testify in any legal proceedings.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">When should I contact the Ombud?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Any university-related concern can be brought to the Ombud.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Will my confidentiality be kept?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>One of the guiding principles of the Ombud office is confidentiality, so your confidentiality will be kept when communicating with the office.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How can the Ombud help me?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Facilitate a difficult conversation or meeting<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Strategize the most appropriate techniques for an ongoing issue or concern<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Help to develop and evaluate different courses of action<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Mediate disagreements or misunderstandings<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Identify constructive processes for working through challenging situations<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n<a class=\"cl-button   prominent\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/manual\/\" title=\"\">University manual<\/a>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What is an Ombud? An Ombud is an individual appointed to impartially resolve conflicts. What can the Ombud do? In general, ombuds: What can the Ombud not do? Ombuds cannot: When should I contact the Ombud? Any university-related concern can be brought to the Ombud. Will my confidentiality be kept? One of the guiding principles [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4688,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-144","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/ombud\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/144","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/ombud\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/ombud\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/ombud\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4688"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/ombud\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=144"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/ombud\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/144\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":326,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/ombud\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/144\/revisions\/326"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/ombud\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=144"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}