ABSTRACT
Greek life is a ubiquitous part of university culture, and fraternities and sororities are spaces for students to bond and have fun. They are also sites of mishaps and injuries, though, which are frequently fueled by alcohol. Under social host liability, fraternities and sororities – and host institutions – can be held responsible for injuries resulting from these events. Social host liability places responsibility on these organizations and institutions for the damages resulting from alcohol they provided. Even beyond alcohol-fueled injuries, fraternities and sorority events are ripe spaces for physical harm from simple accidents to acts of violence. In this article, we explore both scenarios – those that involve alcohol (social host liability) and those that do not or where it is unclear that they do (social event liability) – in the fraternity and sorority context. In doing so, we offer solutions that organizations can use to curtail such liability from best practices in risk reduction to best practices for compliance to research on nudge theory.
Parks, Gregory Scott and Grieshammer, Victoria, Fraternity and Sorority Social Event Liability (October 15, 2021).
First posted 2021-12-17 11:00:11
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