POLICY STATEMENT

KBOO wants to maintain a working environment free from all forms of discrimination and harassment, whether based upon race, color, religion, ancestry, sexual orientation, national origin, age, marital status, veteran status, physical and mental disabilities, on-the-job injuries, gender or sex. Such conduct is unacceptable at KBOO, whether it originates from managers, staff, coworkers, volunteers, members, or vendors.

While KBOO strives to maintain an informal environment, comments about social categories such as race, gender, religion, sexual orientation, national origin or disability status that may be intended as jokes or casual observations can cause some people to feel unwelcome and may create a hostile environment. All KBOO community members must strive to be sensitive to the reactions of others and responsible for informing someone if their language or behavior is offensive.

This policy specifically expands upon sexual harassment because people interact on many levels at the radio station, including engaging in consensual personal relationships and boundaries need to be established. Sexual harassment includes two different types of behavior 1) those that are always unacceptable: verbal abuse of a sexual nature, graphic verbal comments about a person's body, sexually degrading words used to describe an individual, the display in the workplace of sexually suggestive objects or pictures or any threat or insinuation, either explicitly or implicitly, that a person's refusal to submit to sexual advances will adversely affect that person's employment, evaluation, wages, advancement, duties, shifts, or any other condition of employment or career development, whether as staff or volunteer and 2) behaviors such as sexual flirtations, physical touching, sexual advances and propositions that can create a hostile environment if they are unwanted. Communication is key to understanding whether behavior is welcome or unwelcome. 

PROCEDURE FOR POLICY VIOLATIONS

Violations of this policy should be immediately reported to the Volunteer Coordinator, Station Manager, or the Executive Committee of the Board of Directors. See Policy 5: Conflict Resolution and KBOO House Rules for details on process. Any paid employee with knowledge of discrimination or harassment shall make such a report. Supervisors and managers are responsible for making other employees and volunteers aware of this policy and for promptly investigating all complaints and taking appropriate actions if a violation of this policy is found to have occurred. No employee or volunteer will be retaliated against for bringing a question, complaint, or grievance to the management’s attention.