Anti-Discrimination and Anti-Harassment Policy and Procedures

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Harassment based on a protected category, as outlined above, is a form of discrimination. Harassment is unwelcome conduct that is based on any of the above described protected categories. Such harassment is prohibited where: 1) enduring the offensive conduct becomes a term or condition of one’s academic, working, or living environment, or 2) the conduct is severe or pervasive enough to create an academic, working, or living environment that a reasonable person would consider intimidating, hostile, or abusive.

Minor and isolated incidents (unless extremely serious) generally will not rise to the level of prohibited conduct. To be prohibited, the conduct must create an academic, working, or living environment that would be intimidating, hostile, or abusive to reasonable people.

Depending on the specific circumstances and impact on the workplace or academic environment, examples of harassment in violation of this policy include, but are not limited to, verbal abuse, offensive innuendo, derogatory comments, or the open display of offensive objects or pictures concerning a person’s race, color, ethnicity, religion, sex, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, age, marital status, pregnancy, parental status, family relationship status, physical or mental disability, military status, genetic information or other protected status.