Quid Pro Quo Harassment and behaviors that create a hostile environment are both illegal and unacceptable.
Harassment can occur between men and women or between members of the same gender.
Conduct that creates poor working conditions for an employee or impairs a student's access to education may also constitute harassment. Conduct is not always offensive or unwelcome in the same degree when perceived by different people. The reasonable person standard takes into account the perspectives of both men and women and is sensitive to the professional position and power of the people involved. In an academic setting, offenders can be faculty, instructors, lecturers, teaching assistants, coaches, tutors, or even students harassing other students. A third person offended by sexual behavior among willing participants may, in sufficiently severe or pervasive circumstances, be a victim of sexual harassment.