Minnesota State Colleges and Universities Board Policies: 1B.1 Equal Opportunity and Nondiscrimination in Employment and Education

Winona State University

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Sexual harassment is conduct or communication of a sexual nature that is unwelcome, that has a negative effect or is likely to have a negative effect on the complainant or the workplace or educational environment. Sexual harassment includes, but is not limited to:

  • Unwelcome sexual innuendoes, suggestive comments, jokes of a sexual nature, sexual propositions, degrading sexual remarks, threats;
  • Unwelcome sexually suggestive objects or pictures, graphic commentaries, suggestive or insulting sounds, leering, whistling, obscene gestures;

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  • Subjecting, or threatening to subject, an employee, student or other individual to unwelcome sexual attention or conduct; and

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Note: Some of these examples of misconduct may also be subject to Board Policy 1B.3 Sexual Violence Policy.

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