Provide the Safest Fraternity Experience in the Greek Community
Phi Delta Theta is committed to continuing its leadership role in higher education when addressing the widespread challenges of campus health and safety.
Creating safe environments for our undergraduate students that promote personal wellness is, and has been for many years, a top priority for the Fraternity. Like any fraternity or organization that works directly with young adults, Phi Delta Theta is not immune to accidents or individuals with bad intent, but we remain vigilant in our strategies and are swift to act when individuals and chapters divert from our expectations.
Alcohol-Free Housing
In 1997, Phi Delta Theta announced its alcohol-free housing policy and hasn’t looked back. It has brought with it countless benefits and organizational momentum, including strong academic performance, membership growth, risk reduction and heightened safety, improved facilities, heightened volunteer engagement, and lower costs. Phi Delta Theta remains one of a few fraternities to have such policy.
Since the implementation, Phi Delta Theta has undergone transformational change and has become a noticed leader within the fraternal world. Most importantly, the culture that it has created is attracting values-based men who are placed in safe environments where they can become the greatest versionsof themselves
A Membership Experience Free of Hazing
Phi Delta Theta does not condone any form of hazing and spends great resources educating about its dangers and consequences. If discovered, the Fraternity takes swift disciplinary action against chapters or individuals responsible. Hazing is contrary to the purpose of fraternity, let alone Phi Delta Theta Fraternity.
When it comes to large-scale anti-hazing legislation and policies, Phi Delta Theta supports efforts at the federal, state, and campus level that heighten the consequences associated with those individuals who chose to do it. The Fraternity’s partnership with the Max Gruver Foundation places members of Phi Delta Theta inside high schools to deliver anti-hazing education.
Don’t Tarnish the Badge
Don’t Tarnish the Badge, Phi Delta Theta’s amnesty program, exists to support chapters that recognize a misalignment with Fraternity risk management policies and want help correcting course before issues escalate. Don’t Tarnish the Badge means looking out for one another, stepping in when concerns arise, and choosing transparency over silence.
In addition, Phi Delta Theta’s Good Samaritan Policy reinforces that member safety always comes first. Members should never hesitate to seek medical or emergency assistance out of fear of disciplinary consequences. When someone needs help, making the right call is the expectation. Our brotherhood comes with responsibility, care, and the courage ‘to do what ought to be done.’
Together, these programs exist to remove fear of coming forward and ensure that safety and transparency take precedence over silence.
