Griffith is committed to providing a workplace free of discrimination, harassment and bullying (including sexual harassment and assault).
Find key information and resources on prevention, support, reporting and resolution.
Harassment and Discrimination Contact Officers (HDCOs) provide information to the Griffith community on policies and procedures related to prevention, reporting and resolution related to discrimination, harassment (including sexual harassment), sexual assault and bullying.
Griffith staff and students can also connect with Sexual Assault Sexual Harassment (SASH) Network.
Griffith employees are required to complete mandatory training on on sexual harm, discrimination, harassment and bullying through the Code of Conduct and Preventing and Responding to Gender Based Violence modules.
Policies and procedures related to discrimination, harassment and bullying can be found in the Griffith Policy Library, including:
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The Griffith University staff counselling and coaching program is a confidential wellbeing resource available for all employees and their immediate family.
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Griffith staff and students can make anonymous reports related to discrimination, harassment and bullying. Reports from external agencies, members of the public, staff and students concerned about safety and wellbeing are also welcome.
Bullying is repeated, unreasonable behaviour by an individual or group, directed towards an individual or group, either physical or psychological in nature, that intimidates, offends, degrades, humiliates, undermines or threatens.
The university's conduct expectations are outlined in the staff Code of Conduct, Student Conduct, Safety and Wellbeing Policy and other related policies.
Harassment is behaviour or conduct that is unwelcome and unsolicited and that makes an individual feel offended, intimidated, or humiliated.
Harassment may be sexual or non-sexual in nature.
Harassment may take multiple forms and have a variety of motivations. It can be a single incident, a series of incidents or an ongoing pattern of behaviour and can be perpetrated by individuals or groups of people
Harassment occurs in circumstances where a reasonable person would have expected that the behaviour was going to be offensive, humiliating or intimidating and may be sexual in nature or based on gender, race, disability, sexual orientation or a range of other factors listed in the Queensland Anti-Discrimination Act (1991).
The university's conduct expectations are outlined in the staff Code of Conduct, Student Conduct, Safety and Wellbeing Policy and other related policies.
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Discrimination can be either direct or indirect.
Direct discrimination occurs when someone is treated unfavourably because they have one or more protected attributes.
Indirect discrimination is when someone is disadvantaged by an unreasonable requirement, condition or practice because of a protected attribute. Protected personal attributes cover:
Griffith's conduct expectations are outlined in the staff Code of Conduct, Student Conduct, Safety and Wellbeing Policy and other related policies.
Sex discrimination occurs when a person (the discriminator) treats another person less favourably than, in circumstances that are the same or are not materially different, the discriminator treats or would treat a person of a different sex. It is fully defined within, and made unlawful by, the Sex Discrimination Act 1984.
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Cyberbullying is bullying that occurs towards a child using technology e.g. online and/or via mobile phones and other devices.
Adult cyber-abuse is when the internet is used to send, post or share content that is harmful to the physical or mental health of someone who is 18 or older.
Image-based abuse is a form of sexual harm and involves sharing, or threatening to share, an intimate image or video of a person without their consent.
The eSafety Commissioner provides more information, support and reporting options for cyberbullying, adult cyber-abuse and image-based abuse.
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