Harassment, Bullying and Violence
Prevention Training
Student Session
Today’s Objectives:
Define the different forms of harassment (sexual, bullying, violence).
Prevent harassment by developing a clear understanding of what it is
and how it impacts people.
Explore the responsibility of each employee to help maintain an
environment free from harassment, by being aware of behaviors that can
offend others and by clearly communicating that offensive behavior must
stop.
Clarify the policy of zero tolerance for any type of harassment.
Promote Respect & Value for one another.
Understand the Laws: Title VII Civil Rights, Title IX Education Amend.
WHAT ARE
.
THE NEGATIVE IMPACTS
OF
HARASSMENT?
Harassment Quiz
How Much Do You Know?
Harassment and Violence Prevention
What is ONE word to describe
Sexual Harassment?
Harassment and Workplace Violence Prevention
POWER
Why Victims Don’t Speak Out:
Fear of:
• Loss of Academic
Opportunities
• The “Rumor Mill”
• Not Being Believed
• Of Being “Wrong”
• Rejection
• Embarrassment
• Retaliation
Being Accused of Not
Having a Sense of
Humor
Being Labeled:
•
Trouble Maker
•
Feminist
•
Overly Sensitive
•
Mentally Unstable
•
Tattletale
EEOC Definition:
Unwelcome sexual
advances.
Requests for sexual
favors.
Sexual Harassment
Verbal or physical
conduct of a sexual
nature connected to
decisions about
academics.
An intimidating, hostile
or offensive
environment.
Two Kinds of Sexual Harassment:
Quid Pro Quo:
“This for That”
Hostile Environment
Definition:
Quid Pro Quo
Decisions or
expectations
based on a
person’s
willingness to
grant or deny
sexual favors.
Examples of Quid Pro Quo:
Demanding sexual favors in exchange for a good
grade, assignment, reference.
Disciplining or negatively impacting a student
who ends a romantic relationship.
Changing performance
expectations after a
student refuses
repeated requests
for a date.
Quid Pro Quo:
• This for that.
• You do this for me
and I’ll do that for
you.
Definition:
Verbal or Non Verbal
behaviors that . . .
Hostile
Environment
Focus on the sexuality
of another person or
his/her gender. Sexual
Harassment
Are unwanted or
unwelcome. SH &
Harassment
Severe or pervasive
enough to affect the
person’s work
performance and/or
environment. SH & H
Examples of Hostile Environment:
Offensive Conduct
Offensive Behavior
Offensive Language
Offensive Graphics
Hostile
Environment:
Dating & Relationships
• Hostile
• Intimidating
• Offensive
Important Facts about Sexual Harassment:
Generally occurs when
there is a disparity of
power – or perceived
disparity of power.
Does not have to be
intentional.
Is offensive is in the “eye
of the beholder.”
“Reasonable Person
Interpretation.”
Men can be sexually
harassed.
Men can harass men;
women can harass women.
Harassment does not have
to be directed at a particular
individual in Hostile
Environment.
Offenders can be faculty,
students, patients,
employees, vendors.
REMEMBER. . .
A situation must
. be both
OFFENSIVE and SEXUAL to
be sexual harassment.
BULLYING…
.
WHAT DOES IT LOOK LIKE?
IS IT HARASSMENT ?
BULLYING:
Bullying may be direct, such as
severe verbal abuse, or
indirect, such as spreading
rumors or lies. Cyber bullying is
just as serious. Internet or
cyber bullying might include
sharing inappropriate pictures
of someone, posing as
someone else to spread
rumors or lies, or sending
harassing messages and
abusive emails
Social Media:
using social media (i.e.,
Facebook) to bully
others at work (even
if not written on
workplace property)
is considered
bullying!
Some Signs of Bullying:
Being left out from social
events
A person storming out of the
area when you enter
Being given the “silent
treatment”
Not being given the praise you
thought you deserved
Being treated rudely or
disrespectfully
Others responding slowly to
requests that were important to
you
Being yelled or shouted at
Receiving put-downs about your
intelligence or competence
Your telephone calls,
contributions, or other
communications are ignored
Someone interferes with or
sabotages your work
Being the recipient of mean
pranks, cyberbullying, tweets,
etc.
In Your Role, Always Remember To:
Promptly Report
Repeated
inappropriate or
bullying behavior to
a faculty member,
Students Affairs, or
the Human Resources
Department.
CAMPUS VIOLENCE
•Violence or the threat of violence against a student.
It can range from threats and verbal abuse to physical
assaults and homicide .
•Campus violence is a growing concern for institutions
nationwide.
•Report concerns to Student Affairs, Human Resources or
Security
•Report incidents of violence or assault to Security for
Immediate Assistance 594-4226.
RED FLAGS OF VIOLENCE FOR
AWARENESS AND ACTION
*Obsession with or discussion of weapons
*Intimidating or instilling fear in others
*Making direct or veiled threats
*Showing little involvement with other students
*Displaying unwanted romantic interest in a student
*Exhibiting paranoid behavior
*Being unacceptable of criticism and holding a grudge
*Having recent serious family, financial, social, legal issues
*Testing the limits of unacceptable behavior
*Retaliation by student s who feel they have been bullied
Harassment Quiz
The Answers
NYMC
Policy Against
.
Harassment /
Sexual
Harassment
Questions/Comments
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