Discriminatory Harassment
Discriminatory harassment in violation of this policy includes but is not limited to:
-Comments or jokes that denigrate, insult, offend, or ridicule based on a Protected Characteristic;
-creating a hostile work environment or otherwise singling out an individual for abusive conduct based on that individual’s Protected Characteristic;
-using, displaying, or communicating words, objects, pictures, calendars, cartoons, articles, letters, e-mail messages, computer programs, or Internet Web sites that denigrate, insult, offend, or ridicule based on a Protected Characteristic.
Any employee who believes that a violation of this policy has occurred, whether by a supervisor, manager, coworker, subordinate, or other person, should immediately inform Human Resources.