Policy on Prohibited Discrimination, Harassment and Related Misconduct Including Sex-Based Harassment, Sexual Assault, Interpersonal Violence and Stalking
University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill
Relevant Excerpt
a. Hostile Environment Harassment
Unwelcome conduct based on Protected Status that in the totality of the circumstances is subjectively and objectively offensive and so severe or pervasive that it alters or denies the conditions of education, employment, or participation in a University program or activity. In determining whether a hostile environment exists, the EOC will consider whether the unwelcome conduct created an environment that a reasonable person in similar circumstances and with similar identities would find hostile, intimidating, or abusive. An isolated incident, unless sufficiently severe, does not amount to Hostile Environment Harassment.