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Harassment

No form of harassment will be tolerated, including, but not limited to, disrespectful and/or abusive conduct and associated retaliatory behavior or harassment based on an individual’s status (race or ethnicity, color, religion, creed, age, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, disability, veteran status, marital/relational status, genetic background, health condition or physical attributes). All allegations of such behavior are taken seriously, investigated, and where it is determined that such behavior has occurred, the SON will take all steps it deems necessary, including but not limited to acting promptly to ensure the conduct ceases and continuing effects are eliminated.

Definitions of Harassment include Harassment or physical conduct that:

  1. Has the purpose or effect of creating an intimidating, hostile, or offensive educational or professional environment.
  2. Has the purpose or effect of unreasonably interfering with an individual's work performance; or
  3. Otherwise adversely affects an individual's educational opportunities.

Examples of harassing conduct include but are not limited to:

  1. Epithets, slurs, negative stereotyping or threatening, intimidating or hostile acts that relate to race or ethnicity, color, religion, creed, age, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, disability, veteran status, marital/relational status, genetic background, health condition or physical attributes.
  2. Written, electronic or graphic material that denigrates or shows hostility or aversion toward an individual or group because of race or ethnicity, color, religion, creed, age, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, disability, veteran status, marital/relational status, genetic background, health condition or physical attributes.  Electronic media includes, but is not limited to social networking sites such as Facebook and Twitter.  “Cyber bullying refers to any harassment that occurs via the internet, cell phones or other devices.  Communication technology is used to intentionally harm others through hostile behavior such as sending text messages and posting ugly comments on the internet”.  Retrieved from https://definitions.uslegal.com/c/cyber-bullying
  3. Threatening or intimidating behavior or words (electronic, written or oral) directed at another person.
  4. Taunting, jeering, mocking or humiliating another person through words/texts or actions.
  5. Insulting someone, in any form, especially in the presence of others.
  6. Screaming or yelling at or around others.
  7. Endangering the safety of an individual or individuals.
  8. Delivering feedback to fellow students, faculty and professional colleagues that is demeaning or offensive, and not designed to ameliorate or address a problematic incident or behavior. 
  9. Behaviors described in the MGHIHP Student Handbook on Sexual Harassment and Sexual Assault policies.
Reasonable Victim Standard - To determine if the alleged conduct constitutes harassment, the IHP will follow the Reasonable Victim Standard. This standard asks whether a reasonable person, in the same or similar circumstances, would find the alleged conduct intimidating, hostile or abusive, e.g. would other health care professionals of the claimant's race or ethnicity, color, religion, creed, age, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, disability, veteran status, marital/relational status, genetic background, health condition or physical attributes feel harassed or offended if the alleged conduct were directed toward them.