PROHIBITION OF HARASSMENT. QVS acknowledges that not all organizations have a formal harassment policy. However, before we are able to accept your organization as a site, we need assurance that any incidents of harassment involving our Fellow be addressed. Are you willing to follow the below QVS harassment policy until/unless your organization develops its own policy?*
We do not tolerate discrimination or harassment of any kind.
Harassment includes, but is not limited to, epithets, slurs, jokes, or other verbal or physical conduct relating to an individual’s ethnicity, race, creed, religion, culture, national origin, disability, color, gender, pregnancy, age, economic class, marital status, family relationship, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, or service in the uniformed services, or any other classification protected by federal, state or local law. Harassment includes sexual advances, requests for sexual favors, unwelcome or offensive touching and other verbal, graphic, or physical conduct, or electronic communications (including e-mail) of a sexual nature involving either members of the same sex or opposite sex. When an individual expresses specific discomfort with an action or communication, it is “unwelcome” to that individual.
If you feel you are the target of discrimination or harassment of any form please immediately notify the appropriate individual.
Additionally, if you notice someone else behaving inappropriately or if you suspect a coworker is being discriminated against or harassed but not reporting it, please immediately share that concern.
We will listen to all complaints of harassment or discrimination, promptly investigate such complaints, and quickly apply appropriate sanctions to end offensive or harmful behavior. If it is determined that harassment or discrimination has occurred, the organization will also take appropriate disciplinary action, up to and including dismissal of the offending party. Complaints of harassment or discrimination will be kept confidential to the extent possible. Employees are required to cooperate fully with any investigation of harassment or discrimination.
We will not retaliate against any person because of complaints of harassment or discrimination or because of cooperation with any investigation. Any person who believes retaliation has resulted from either the reporting of a complaint of harassment or discrimination or from participation in an investigation of such allegations should immediately report this.