Common use of Discriminatory Harassment Clause in Contracts

Discriminatory Harassment. Oklahoma Baptist University is committed to providing an environment in which all persons are safe from harassment and intimidation based on his/her race, color, gender, national origin, age, or disability. Harassment can include verbal or physical conduct that denigrates or shows hostility or aversion toward an individual because of his/her race, color, gender, national origin, age, or disability, or that of his/her relatives and that: (i) has the purpose or effect of creating an intimidating, hostile, or offensive environment; (ii) has the purpose or effect of unreasonably interfering with an individual's academic or job performance; or (iii) otherwise adversely affects an individual's educational or employment opportunities. Harassing conduct includes, but is not limited to, the following: (a) epithets, slurs, negative stereotyping, or threatening, intimidating, or hostile acts, that relate to race, color, gender, national origin, age, or disability; and (b) written or graphic material that denigrates or shows hostility or aversion toward an individual or group because of race, color, gender, national origin, age, or disability and that is placed on walls, bulletin boards, or elsewhere on campus or circulated on campus.