STOP HARASSMENT GUIDEBOOK FOR
HARASSMENT PREVENTION
Toward A Harassment-Free Campus
STOP HARASSMENT DECLARATION
Saitama University has made a declaration to Stop Harassment to the following eﬀect. In orderto create a harassment-free campus, it is important for each member to develop a relationshipof mutual trust based on respect.

Up to the present, we have sent the message at home and abroad that Saitama
University is a seat of knowledge whose mission is the development andtransmission of, and creating new value for, knowledge. The knowledge and values
created by the concerted eﬀort of all members of Saitama University will surely
lead to regional development as well as making a great contribution to theprosperity of humanity.
In order for Saitama University to continue as a seat of knowledge, it must be
fundamental for all members of the university equally to act with reciprocity inmind. This will be manifested by each member of the Saitama University community
building equal relationships, with mutual respect that does not infringe on anyone's
human rights, and which allows each member to fully demonstrate each person'sindividuality and abilities. We believe that this environment is necessary for new
knowledge and values to be born and come to fruition.
In this seat of knowledge, any harassment should never be allowed. Harassment,
like sexual harassment, academic harassment and power harassment, is nothing
but a signiﬁcant violation of the human rights of the members of University, which
inhibits their individuality and the development of their abilities. It not only insults
individual dignity, but also undermines the dynamism of University, and leads to theself-denial of the very existence of a university with a mission to create andtransmit new knowledge and values.
From this standpoint, in order to realize a Saitama University without harassment,
we here make the declaration to have a solid vision and recognition of harassment,
to continue a ceaseless eﬀort to improve the environment which might become abreeding ground for harassment, and to establish members' mutual relationship oftrust.
September 30, 2010

Saitama University

Saitama University Anti-Harassment Committee

Harassment, as deﬁned below, can't be clearly categorized and can occur incomplex overlap.
Speciﬁc examples of harassment are just examples, and even if they do not apply
to speciﬁc examples, it can still be harassment if inappropriate words and actions
that harms the working or studying environment of a member of Saitama Universityor a person concerned.

SEXUAL HARASSMENT
Sexual harassment means improper words and actions of a sexual naturecommitted by a member of Saitama University or a person concerned against thewill of other members of Saitama University or other persons concerned.
Sexual harassment includes cases that involve persons of the same sex as well as
the opposite sex.

Case examples of sexual harassment
1 Compensation Type●Asking you for a date in exchange for career promotion or raise in salary.
●Making sexual advances by teachers or managers under the circumstances
which students or team members are not able to refuse being afraid of adisadvantage.
●Coercing you into a sexual relationship in exchange for employment
assistance,

research guidance or for credit.

●Harassing or bullying by abusing of power when teachers or superiors arerejected their sexual requests by their students or team members.

2 Environmental Type●Displaying obscene images on PC displays in laboratories, workplaces, etc.
●Discussing your physical features; for example, asking for your measurements.
●Making lewd jokes, or talking about your appearance or body.
●Persisting in questioning about your sexual experiences or love aﬀairs.
●Insisting on serving sake or being seated next to you while drinking at a party
or at a banquet.
●Persisting with harassing e-mails, SNS, letters or nuisance phone calls.
●Pushing to bring you along to a sex trade shop.
●Looking at your body up and down or touching you.
●Unnecessary individual tutoring.

ACADEMIC HARASSMENTAcademic harassment means improper words and actions in research, education orlearning that teachers direct towards other teachers or students by unfairly
exploiting their professional position, authority, or other superiority in humanrelationships, etc.

Case examples of academic harassment
1 Obstruction of study and research activities●Prohibit the use of university documents, books, appliances, or equipment without
justiﬁable reasons.
●Prevent from entering a laboratory or from a research group without justiﬁable reasons.
●Interfere with the application for research funding.
●Unreasonably restrict research activities such as presentations at academic conferences.

2 Abandonment of the obligation of guidance, inappropriate guidance●Don't give research guidance or advice.
●Don't instruct without good reason on the submitted thesis and reports.
●To demand an achievement by repeatedly giving subjects which are obviouslyimpossible to solve.
●To require a theme change or a major revision of a thesis in a short period which isobviously impossible to cope with.

3 Violence, verbal abuse, excessive reprimand●To inﬂict corporal punishment. To use violence.
●To make statements that deny one's character or ability.
●To give excessive repeatedly.
●To mentally abuse.

4 Abuse of power●Obstructing graduation by arbitrarily changing the criteria for graduation or completion.
●Not giving credit without justiﬁable reasons.
●Prohibit or obstruct job-seeking activities.
●Forcing people to come to the lab late at night or on holidays without a legitimate
reason, and requesting them to reply to emails.
●Strongly demand that students engage in business that is not necessary for study orresearch, or that they engage in private business.
●To force students to teach classes that should be taught by teachers without going
through necessary procedures.
●Coercing people to take part in illegal activities, such as forgery and falsiﬁcation ofresearch data.
●Don't designate a researcher as the ﬁrst author.
●Use the research results and ideas of students and other faculty members.

POWER HARASSMENT
Power harassment means improper words and actions in work or learning
committed by a member of Saitama University or a person concerned against othermembers of Saitama University or other persons concerned by unfairly exploiting
their professional position, authority, or other superiority in human relationships,etc.

Case examples of power harassment
1 Physical abuse●assault, injuring

2 Mental abuse●intimidation, slander, insult, verbal assault

3 Cutting oﬀ from any human relationships●isolation, ostracization, neglect

4 Over-demanding●Forcing the employee to perform tasks which are clearly unnecessary
for the duty or impossible to be performed.
●Interrupting normal duties of the employee.

5 Under-demanding●Ordering an employee to carry out menial tasks that are unreasonable inrelation to the duty or tasks which are far below the employee's capability.

6 Invasion of privacy●Excessively inquiring into personal matters.

Harassment relating to pregnancy, childbirth, child raising and caregiving
Harassment relating to pregnancy, childbirth, child raising and caregiving refers toprofessionally inappropriate words and actions that cause negative inﬂuence inworking environment of female workers who are pregnant or giving a birth and ofworkers who engage in child raising and caregiving.

Case examples of harassment relating to pregnancy, childbirth, child raising and caregiving
1 A superior mentions negative comments to a female worker who reports herpregnancy or to a worker who refers to his or her potential use of rights to takeleave from work.
●"We will hire someone else, so resign soon."●"I will ask you to resign if you take leave."●"At next assessment, I won't promote you."
2 Superiors and colleagues give comments that imply a worker who intends totake leave to give up the use of his or her rights.
●"There is no case men take leave."●"If I were you, I would not take leave. "●"Think how much burden you would give to others."●"I don't support you if you are taking leave. "3 Superiors and colleagues give comments that imply a female worker who ispregnant or a worker who is taking leave to cause negative consciences on
performing their abilities and continuation of their work.
●"Pregnancy is troublesome due to the unknown timing of leave."●"If there is a plan to get pregnant, please avoid busy time. "●"We can't ask important tasks to those who limit their working hours. "●"You've been selﬁsh as working short hours. "4 Besides comments raised in items 1 to 3 above, the following cases areincluded.
●Don't allow to engage in tasks.
●Intentionally give miscellaneous duties.
●Don't give information required for her or his task.
●Don't allow to participate in a meeting that she or he has participated before.
*Notes:Cases that include superiors and colleagues properly conﬁrm respective workers about the timing ofleave or properly suggest to decrease the work burden based on the condition of pregnancy would not
be considered as harassment.

OTHER HARASSMENT
Other harassment means inappropriate words and actions that harm thework/study environment by a member of Saitama University or a person concerned
toward other members of Saitama University or other persons concerned, but are
not listed above.

Case examples of other harassment●Making statements such as "You're a man, so...

, or "You're a woman, so..."Changing treatment or imposing a particular role on by gender. These are also
known as "gender harassment".
●Making discriminatory remarks about gender identity (one's sense of gender)and sexual orientation (what gender one's love and sexuality target), including
the use of words such as "Homo(homosexual)", "Okama(trans-sexual)", and"Lezu (lesbian)". These are also known as SOGI harassment.

Note) SOGI: Sexual Orientation & Gender Identity●Encouraging a person to drink alcohol while ignoring their constitution or
wishes, or teasing or insulting their inability to drink. These are also known as"alcohol harassment(Aru hara)"●Harassing or slandering someone on the Internet, such as SNS.
●Repeatedly asking teachers and staﬀ to respond, persistent accusations andintimidating words and actions by the person concerned.

To prevent harassment
Everybody has the potential to become a harasser or a victim of harassment.
Unintentional words or casual behaviors can make someone uncomfortable or evenhurt someone deeply.
If you refrain from forcing your values on others one-sidedly and try to understandthe situation of others, you can avoid harassment to a large extent.
In addition, communication in daily life is essential to harassment prevention andinhibition. You should try to hold others in esteem on a routine basis and establish
a trusting relationship with others.
To establish a harassment-free campus, it is important for each person to gain abetter understanding about harassment. The most important precondition is torecognize the individuality of others as human and to hold them in mutual
estimation.

Steps from consultation about harassment to environmental improvement

Consultation by phone＊You can also visit the General Aﬀairs Division personally

Response by counselor

Response to the counseling by
Anti-Harassment Committeeand relief of victims

Environmental improvement

If you believe you have been harassedIf you believe you have been harassed, we encourage you to talk to a person youtrust, or consult it with the harassment counselor.
You may also show to the harasser that you feel uncomfortable.

Consultation service about harassment
Please contact the consultation hotline or a counselor by phone.
You can also visit the General Aﬀairs Division personally.
For contact information, please see the university's website shown below.

https://park.saitama-u.ac.jp/˜student̲support/seikatsu/ac̲hara/＊Your personal and private information is protected by
the regulations of the university.
(Counselors are bound to conﬁdentiality.)＊You can take advice from any counselor indepartments other than you own.
＊Even when you suﬀer from harassment during
extracurricular activities or an internship, you can takeadvice from your direct supervisor or a counselor.

Consultation hotline(General Aﬀairs Division, Saitama University)

TEL:048-858-9138(ext. 712105)