Resident Handbook: Harassment

University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee

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    Harassment Policies
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Harassment includes any conduct (verbal, written, physical, etc.) that is directed toward or against another person and 1. unreasonably interferes with someone’s work, education, or participation in programs at UWM or 2. creates a working or learning environment that a reasonable person (as defined in Chapter UWS 17) would find threating [sic] or intimidating.


Discriminatory Harassment includes any conduct (verbal ,written, physical, etc.) that is directed toward or against another person because of the person’s protected status (e.g. race, gender identity or expression, disability, religion, etc.) and 1. unreasonably interferes with someone’s work, education, or participation in programs at UWM or 2. creates a working or learning environment that a reasonable person (as defined in Chapter UWS 17) would find threating [sic] or intimidating.

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