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None of the forms of undesirable behaviour - e.g. discrimination, sexual harassment, unlawful coercion, bullying - is tolerated at the BUT, both between lecturers, other employees and students, and between students and each other. It is a priority of the BUT that a collegial atmosphere prevails at the University and that the BUT Code of Conduct is observed.
If you become a victim or witness unwanted behaviour, you have the opportunity to defend yourself effectively or help protect others. Seek help from your Contact person for social safety at BUT or others contants.
The contact persons listed below are authorized to receive complaints/notifications of undesirable occurrences at the University. The student contacts are not authorised to deal with complaints but pass them on to the responsible persons with your permission.
Authorized to receive suggestions / notifications about the occurrence of undesirable phenomena at the university and to further address them in cooperation with the Social Safety Coordinator at the VUT.
In the case of a really serious violation of the BUT Code of Conduct, it is possible to apply directly to the BUT Ethics Committee, whose members include 2 student representatives and contact person for social safety at BUT – Ing. Bohdana Šlégrová. Complaints submitted to the Ethics Committee will be dealt with at its next meeting in accordance with the Rules of Procedure of the Ethics Committee.
A number of external organisations also deal with discrimination, gender-based violence and other unwanted phenomena, and you can contact them:
Gender-based violence and sexual harassment
Basic informationDiscrimination is defined as 'any act, including omissions, whereby a person is treated less favourably than another person in a comparable situation is or has been treated or would be treated, on grounds of race, ethnic origin, nationality, gender, sexual orientation, age, disability, religion, belief or world view, and, in legal relations in which a directly applicable European Union regulation on the free movement of workers applies, on grounds of nationality. " - Law No.198 /2009 Coll., on Equal Treatment and Legal Means of Protection against Discrimination and on Amendments to Certain Acts (Anti-Discrimination Act).Discrimination is divided into:
Examples of discrimination:
Bossing
Bullying by a superior (bossing) can be considered:
Mobbing
Bullying by colleagues (mobbing) is characterised by its secrecy, subtlety and insidiousness. Only behaviour that occurs at least once a week for at least 6 months can be considered mobbing. Sometimes sexual harassment in the workplace is also classified as mobbing. The aim of mobbing is to harm the other person in order to get them fired from their job.
Mobbing is not an occasional conflict, but a repeated and deliberate process of destroying the intended victim. Mobbing looks like harmless taunts, pranks, practical jokes - but only the victim knows that they are not isolated or random, but instead a regular part of the working day. If a colleague does not say hello to you on a daily basis, for example, does not return your greetings, only gives you disdainful glances, and regularly slanders, criticises and denigrates you to your superiors, this is mobbing.
Stalking is a type of inappropriate behaviour that is manifested by the perpetrator focusing on a person (the victim) who is not interested in his/her interest and constantly and for a long time harasses and annoys him/her (with unsolicited text messages, e-mails, Skype, various types of chat, phone calls, unwanted attention), violates his/her personal freedom, threatens him/her and thus causes feelings of fear.
Stalking is a crime
Stalking has been a crime in the Czech Republic since 2010 and is qualified under Section 354 as dangerous persecution. If the victim is in danger, he or she can also apply for short-term police protection.
Manifestations of stalking
Manifestations of stalking include:
A stalker can be:
Sexual harassment is any form of unsolicited verbal, non-verbal or physical conduct of a sexual nature which has the purpose or effect of violating a person's dignity, especially when it creates an intimidating, hostile, degrading, humiliating or offensive environment. Sexual harassment can include sexual coercion, unwanted sexual attention and sexist behaviour (application of gender stereotypes). In academia, it can occur between learners, between lecturers, by lecturers against learners, or by learners against lecturers. Every member of the campus community contributes to creating a safe, respectful, and dignified environment free from acts of sexual harassment.
Forms of sexual harassment in the university environment
Common effects of sexual harassment on its victims
Responsibility: Ing. Bohdana Šlégrová