Preventing campus harassment

• Kyushu Sangyo University and Kyushu Sangyo University, Zokei Junior College of Art and Design are committed to creating a campus where harassment of any kind is not tolerated, so that all members can study and work in a safe and fair environment.
• If you think you may be experiencing harassment, please contact the consultation desk.
  The privacy of those seeking advice and those involved will be strictly protected, so please feel free to contact us.

• Example: Click here for the harassment prevention pamphlet

• Example: After I turned in a report, I was yelled at, told "You have no talent, so you should just quit," and "Your work is at the level of a middle school student."
• Example: My research has been hindered. Or, I have not been given any guidance.
• Example: I was forced to do odd jobs that were unrelated to teaching or research.

• Example: Teachers keep asking me questions like, "Do you have a boyfriend? Do you stay over at their house?"
• Example: Obscene photographs, posters, etc. are posted in research labs or club rooms.
• Example: Repeatedly making sexist remarks during class.

• Example: After I refused a date invitation, I was forced to rewrite my thesis more times than necessary.
• Example: When I asked for a letter of recommendation, the person persistently asked me if I wanted to go out to dinner.
• Example: I was forced into a sexual relationship in exchange for being given priority in employment.

• Example: A teacher told me, "You're not a man if you can't get a proper job and support your wife and children."
• Example: When I consulted my professor about going to graduate school, I was told, "Women aren't suited to research, so you'd be better off giving up."
• Example: Female students are always the ones who are given the chores in the seminar.

• Example: You receive frequent phone calls or are called to the lab in the name of providing guidance on your graduation thesis.
• Example: Teachers or senior students approach or touch you in an unnatural way during sports or computer lessons.
• Example: At a party, you are forced to sit next to someone or be forced to pour drinks or sing a duet.

Inappropriate verbal or physical actions, guidance, or treatment that goes beyond the scope necessary for business and that discourages the other party from working, or that deteriorates the educational/research environment or working environment, etc.

Unfair treatment, verbal or physical actions, or other disadvantages or benefits due to pregnancy, childbirth, childcare, or elderly care, etc., that deteriorate the educational/research environment or working environment, etc.

Any other inappropriate behavior that goes against the will of the other party and is perceived as unpleasant by the other party, whether intended or not, causing various disadvantages to the other party, discomfort, threats, or humiliation, and worsening the educational/research environment or working environment, etc.

1. Power relationships within the university organization

There can be unequal relationships between faculty and students, seniors and juniors, majority and minority, and men and women.
In particular, teachers have extremely strong influence over students in terms of credit recognition and evaluations for further education and employment.

2. Closed nature of university organizations

"University autonomy" and "academic freedom" are guaranteed, and external interference is excluded, which means that these types of issues tend to become extraterritorial.

3. Sexual discrimination and gender role division

Due to gender differences, there is a lack of awareness of men and women as equal partners in education, research, and work. There is a misconception that men and women are fundamentally different and have different roles.

4. Insensitivity to other people's feelings

There is a lack of sensitivity to how one's words and actions affect others.

• Victims can receive support from harassment counselors whether or not they file a complaint with the university.
  Counsellors are bound by confidentiality and the privacy of those seeking advice is strictly protected.
  We also offer consultations only, so please feel free to contact us if you have any concerns.
• Counsellors are located in each faculty, center, and administrative office, so you can seek advice regardless of your faculty or department.
  (You can also directly consult with the Personnel Department. (Main Building, 2nd floor))
• The counselor can make the following three requests:
  1) Notification of complaint to the person accused of harassment
  ② Request for mediation to resolve the issue through discussion with the respondent (conciliation)
  3) Investigation into the damage and determination of harassment
• The university will receive complaints from victims through their counselors, and if an investigation is necessary, an investigative committee will conduct a fair investigation of the facts and take responsibility for providing relief to the victims.

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