Anti-Harassment Protocol
ESMUC seeks to be a benchmark in upholding fundamental human rights and is committed to preventing and eradicating any discrimination based on sex or gender, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, as well as any situations of harassment that may occur within the School environment, or other discriminatory behaviors or abuses of power.
Through the anti-harassment protocol, mechanisms are established to protect members of the ESMUC community and to move forward towards a fairer, more civic-minded society that respects the rights and dignity of individuals.
ESMUC against sexual harassment and discrimination based on gender, sexual orientation, and gender identity and/or expression
Verbal behaviors:
Non-verbal behaviors:
Physical behaviors
Harassment on the grounds of sex or gender is considered to be any unwanted behavior, whether verbal or physical, carried out on the basis of a person’s sex or gender, with the purpose or effect of violating their dignity and creating an intimidating, degrading, or offensive environment (Art. 7.2 LOIEDH).
Harassment on the grounds of sexual orientation, gender identity, or gender expression is considered to be any behavior based on a person’s sexual orientation, gender identity, or gender expression that has the purpose or effect of violating their dignity or their physical or psychological integrity, or of creating an intimidating, hostile, degrading, humiliating, offensive, or distressing environment (Law 11/2014).
Discrimination is understood as any action that results in unfavorable, inferior, or exclusionary treatment on the grounds of racial or ethnic origin, religion or beliefs, disability, age, language, opinion, place of birth or residence, or personal or social condition or circumstance (such as economic level or purchasing power, physical and/or intellectual conditions, or any other “classist” basis), as well as harassment on the grounds of racial or ethnic origin, religion or beliefs, disability, or age, and workplace and/or academic harassment.
When the behaviors referred to in this Protocol take place through the use of information and communication technologies—via the internet, telephone, or social media (it is not necessary for the aggressor and the victim to have physical face-to-face contact)—such behaviors constitute digital violence or cyberviolence.
The following principles are guaranteed in any procedure concerning harassment and discrimination:
In the event that any case of sexual harassment or discrimination is proven, the responsible party will be subject to a sanction classified as very serious under disciplinary regulations, and may be dismissed in the case of staff or expelled in the case of students.
You can contact any member of the Anti-Harassment Committee by submitting a written statement/form, by email, or through a direct conversation.
It is composed of:
> General Director: Núria Sempere
> Two members of ESMUC staff, one from the teaching faculty and the other from the administration and services staff: Marc Heilbron and Maria Franch
> A representative of the Workers’ Committee: Carme Sediles
> Head of Human Resources: Mònica Bayo
> Gender Equality Officer: Gisela Garcia