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Sexual harassment is prohibited. This includes unwelcome or unwanted sexual advances, requests for sexual favors, and other verbal, physical, or visual conduct of a sexual nature when: submission to such conduct is made, explicitly or implicitly, a term or condition of a community member's employment, education, or other participation in the community; submission to or rejection of such conduct is used as the basis for decisions affecting employment, education, or other participation in the community; or such conduct has the purpose or effect of unreasonable interference with work or academic performance or creates an intimidating, hostile, or offensive work or academic environment.
It is not possible to list all circumstances that may constitute sexual harassment. However, the following are examples of conduct that, if unwelcome, may constitute sexual harassment depending upon the totality of the circumstances including the severity of the conduct and its frequency or pervasiveness.
- Unwelcome sexual advances or propositions (whether or not they involve unwelcome physical touching).
- Explicitly or implicitly conditioning any terms of employment or education (e.g., continued employment, wages, evaluation, advancement, assigned duties, on-call assignments, grades) on provision of sexual favors.
- Inquiries into another's sexual experience, discussions of one's sexual activities, comments on an individual's body or about the individual's sexual activity, deficiencies, or prowess.
- Sexual innuendo, sexually suggestive comments, or use of sexually explicit or vulgar language.
- Sexually oriented teasing or practical jokes; 'humor' about gender-specific traits.
- Suggestive body language or gestures.
- Display or transmission of sexually suggestive objects, pictures, posters, cartoons, or other printed or visual material.
- Leering, whistling, or physical contact such as unwelcome touching, patting, pinching, or brushing against another's body.
- Continued requests to socialize, on or off duty, on or off campus, when a community member has indicated rejection or lack of interest.
- Continued writing of sexually suggestive notes or letters when it is known or should be known that the addressee does not welcome them.
- Derogatory or provocative remarks relating to an employee's sex or sexual orientation.
Definition of Harassment and Inappropriate Conduct
Definition of Sexual Harassment
Retaliation
Complaints of Harassment or Retaliation
Investigation
Reporting Incidents of Harassment and Inappropriate Behavior
Corrective Action
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