Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3356 - Youngstown State University › Chapter 3356-7 - University Employees and Benefits › Section 3356-7-04 - Workplace and off-campus violence, threats, and disruptive behavior

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) Policy
			 statement. Youngstown state university (university)
			 is committed to providing a supportive working and learning environment that is
			 safe and free from threats, intimidation, unreasonable disruptions and
			 violence, and to helping students and employees avoid the use of violence,
			 threats, or similar behavior in any context.
(B) Purpose. To promote a safe environment
			 that assures an appropriate and prompt response to workplace or campus violence
			 or threat of violence and to provide assistance to and hold employees and
			 students who are perpetrators of threats, violence, and abusive behavior
			 accountable for their behavior.
(C)
			 Scope. This policy applies to all university employees, students, faculty,
			 visitors, and all persons who, while not university employees, perform work or
			 provide services both on university property and for the benefit of the
			 university.
(D) Definitions for
			 purposes of this policy.
(1) "Threats or
			 violence"
			 - violent, abusive, or threatening conduct against persons or property
			 that is sufficiently severe or intimidating to result in or create a reasonable
			 risk of property damage, physical injury, death, or psychological harm. Threats
			 or violence include, but are not limited to, physical violence; family and
			 relationship violence; stalking; sexual, emotional, verbal or psychological
			 intimidation or abuse; crimes of violence, and possession of a deadly
			 weapon.
(2) "Workplace" - any
			 location owned, leased, or rented by the university, or any location where a
			 university employee is acting in the course and scope of employment. This
			 includes, but is not limited to, buildings, grounds, and surrounding property,
			 including streets, parking lots, field locations, classrooms, and residence
			 halls. It also includes vehicles when those vehicles are used for university
			 business.
(3) "Workplace threats or
			 violence"
			 - threats or violence that occur in the workplace.
(4) "Off-campus" - any location which does not fall
			 within the policy definition of workplace.
(5) "Off-campus threats or violence" - threats
			 or violence that occurs off-campus.
(6) "Workplace disruptive behavior" -
			 inappropriate behavior, confrontation, or conflict which occurs in the
			 university workplace and unreasonably interferes with the normal activities or
			 functioning of the university.
(7)
			 "Family and relationship violence" - any type of domestic violence as defined by
			 section 2919.25 of the Revised
			 Code.
(8) "Deadly weapon" - any
			 instrument, device, or thing capable of inflicting death and designed or
			 specially adapted for use as a weapon, or possessed, carried or used as a
			 weapon, as defined by section
			 2923.11 of the Revised
			 Code.
(9) "Conviction" - a guilty
			 verdict, a guilty plea, or a plea of no contest (nolo contendere).
(10) "Perpetrator" - an
			 individual who engages in threats or violence as defined by this
			 policy.