© Copyright 2011 Guy’s Academy Hair, Skin & Nails DISCRIMINATION, HARASSMENT, BULLYING, OFFENSIVE BEHAVIOR AND PERSONAL CONDUCT POLICY Guy’s Academy has always held a high standard of training.  We are proud of this expectation in training, we know that the quality of education that our graduates receive will become assets that Industry Professionals will utilize for a lifetime.  Harassment creates an intimidating, hostile, offensive school environment and interferes with the quality of education. Harassment means to trouble, worry , or torment an individual, or group of individuals, or subjecting individuals to hostile or abusive actions, displays, or comments, arising from a legally protected characteristic or trait.  The legally protected characteristic or trait can range from an individual’s sex or gender to his or her age, race, color, national origin, religion, sexual orientation,  disability (actual or perceived), or otherwise legally protected status or activity. Bullying is the continuous or repeated infliction of physical harm or psychological distress on one or more students, employees and guests. Examples of conduct which may constitute harassment include verbal abuse referencing or implicating the protected characteristic or trait; degrading or vulgar descriptive words; continued or repeated taunting or questioning that targets the protected characteristic or trait; the display of offensive objects, pictures, posters or cartoons; intentional or exaggerated gestures; mimicry; noises; physical contact; or offensive communications of any sort, including e-mails, internet transmissions, computer graphics, social media posts, or screen savers. This policy, as well as state and federal law, prohibits sexual harassment.  Sexual harassment generally includes, without limitation, unwelcome sexual advances or propositions, requests for sexual favors, offensive or threatening verbal or written communication, sexually motivated physical contact, and the display of sexually suggestive objects or pictures.  Sexual harassment may be committed by both men and women, and may be directed at a member of the same or opposite sex.  Guy’s Academy has a no fraternization policy which includes social media relationships.  No employee shall threaten or insinuate either explicitly or implicitly that any student’s submission to or rejection of sexual advances will in any way influence any decision regarding that student’s evaluation, advancement, assignments, educational opportunities or any other condition of enrollment or academic status. Any student or employee of Guy’s Academy who engages in discrimination, harassment, bullying or other offensive behavior, uses profanity, malicious slanderous comments, boisterous, vulgar, obscene or disruptive behavior, rudeness, loitering, defacing or destroying school property, threatening to or using physical violence or any other conduct deemed to be in violation of this policy will be subject to disciplinary action, up to and including termination and legal prosecution if applicable.  Other individuals found to have engaged in harassing or discriminatory behavior may be asked to leave the campus and not return. A student or employee who has a complaint of discrimination, harassment, bullying or offensive behavior should report the matter to the Administrator or Director.  All complaints will be investigated and where appropriate, corrective action will be taken.  All complaints will be handled with discretion and confidentiality, when possible, during investigation.  Retaliation for filing a complaint will not be tolerated.  False accusations of any harassment can have a serious effect on innocent people.  If an investigation results in a finding that a complaint was maliciously or recklessly made, the accuser will be subject to disciplinary action, up to and including termination and legal prosecution, if applicable.