Prohibited Discrimination, Harassment, and Related Misconduct Regulation 121
University of North Carolina School of the Arts
Relevant Excerpt
Hostile Environment Harassment: unwelcome conduct based on protected status that is so severe, persistent, and/or pervasive that it alters the conditions of education, employment, or participation in a program or activity, thereby creating an environment that a reasonable person in similar circumstances and with similar identities would find hostile, intimidating, or abusive. An isolated incident, unless sufficiently severe, would not create a hostile environment. Harassment is distinguished from behavior that, even though unpleasant or disconcerting, is appropriate to the carrying out of certain instructional, advisory, or supervisory responsibilities.
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Sexual or Gender-Based Harassment: unwelcome conduct based on sex or gender that creates a hostile environment or involves submission to or rejection of such conduct as a condition of employment, education, or participation in a program or activity. This includes sexual violence and sexual exploitation (defined below).