Vol. 34, Dec 2023 Issue

Harassment Consultation Center News
December is Power
Harassment Elimination Month.

Hello, everyone！

Nagoya University defines "Power Harassment"
as "speech or behavior occurring in theworkplace in the context of a superiorsubordinate relationship that exceeds thebounds of what is appropriate and necessary forwork purposes, and thereby negatively affects
the work environment."

Is something like this happeningaround you?

Six Types of Power Harassment➀Physical

aggression②Psychologicalaggression③Isolation frompersonal
relationships④Excessivedemands⑤Insufficientdemands⑥Invasion ofPrivacy

・Hitting the desk while reprimanding people. Punching or kicking people.
Throwing objects.
・Reprimanding someone for an extended period of time. Repeated andpersistent criticism.
・Repeatedly reprimanding someone in the presence of other employees.
・Sending abusive or insulting e-mails to someone with other employees
included as recipients in the email.
・Forcing subordinates to take the blame for mistakes.
・Isolating someone from other people or otherwise excluding them.
・Blocking a specific subordinate from attending meetings, farewell parties,
or other events for no reason.
・Failing to send business e-mails to a specific employee.
・Ordering someone not to return home until they have completed a taskthat is impossible to finish in a day.
・Forcing someone to handle personal errands unrelated to their workduties.
・Refusing to give work to a disliked subordinate.
・Continuously giving a subordinate low-level tasks that are notcommensurate with their abilities.
・Excessive interference in someone else’s private matters, such as family
matters or whether or not they are in a relationship.
・Giving out personal information about an employee or their family
without their permission.

Have you ever done something like this?
Self-awareness is the first step to preventing power harassment.

Power harassment risks and self-awareness assessment checklist□

I think the person being harassed is part of the problem.

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I believe that struggle leads to growth.

□I think the youth these days are weak.

□I think faculty members are superior to administrative staff members.

□I reprimand my students (subordinates) often.

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I don’t really pay attention to who is around when I reprimand someone.

□Students (subordinates) often do not express their opinions to me.

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I sometimes ignore what my students (subordinates) say.

□My research and career are my top priorities.

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When I get frustrated, I take out my emotions on objects.

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In my seminars (workplace), I say whatever I want because I think I get along well with mystudents (subordinates).

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I think my seminars and lectures (workplace) are free from harassment.

弁護士法人 飛翔法律事務所． 2nd revised edition Handbook for Campus Harassment Prevention．現在産業選書，ｐ.135※ The last two items are included with some changes made to the original text. “Seminars" has been changed to "seminars (workplace),""students" has been changed to "students (subordinates)," and "seminars and lectures" has been changed to "seminars and lectures (workplace)".

“You know, things were much stricter
when I was young. People these days....”

Not Good“You just have to deal with things likethat.”

Whether or not a specific statement, act, or event constitutes power
harassment will be based on objective judgments, not the subjective
opinions of the individual who committed the act.
What happened to me might havebeen power harassment. I don’t
like it.... what should I do?

I was told that my teaching
constitutes power harassment.
What should I do?

Harassment counseling is provided on a confidential basis.
We also provide consultations for those think they have been
subjected to harassment, those who are having trouble withinterpersonal relationships, and those who are worried about
their teaching and instructional methods.
We would be happy to help you find a way to handle yoursituation, so please feel free to contact us at any time.

Harassment Consultation
Center Peer Support

Nagoya University Harassment Consultation Center
Tel: 052-789-5806
Address: 464-8601 Furo-cho Chikusa-ku Nagoya
h-help@t.mail.nagoya-u.ac.jp