UW Policies on Violence
Workplace Conduct
The UW Policy & Procedure on Violence in the Workplace describes how reporting and response requirements for behavior that is:
- Is violent;
- Threatens violence;
- Harasses or intimidates others;
- Interferes with an individual's legal rights of movement or expression; or,
- Disrupts the workplace, the academic environment or the University's ability to provide service to the public.
Student Conduct
Students are expected to abide by the Standards of Conduct specified in the Student Conduct Code, which requires students to refrain from "any conduct that would interfere with University functions or endanger the health, welfare or safety of other persons."
Some particularly relevant examples of conduct addressed in the Student Conduct Code include:
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Conduct that intentionally and substantially obstructs or disrupts teaching or freedom of movement or other lawful activities on the University campus and is not constitutionally and/or legally protected
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Physical abuse of any person, or conduct intended to threaten imminent bodily harm or to endanger the health or safety of any person on the University campus
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Refusal to comply with any lawful order to leave the University campus or any portion thereof
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Possession or use of firearms, explosives, dangerous chemicals or other dangerous weapons or instrumentalities on the University campus
Additional Standards of Conduct are specified in the Student Conduct Code. The Code also specifies that
- An instructor has the authority to exclude a student from any class session in which the student is disorderly or disruptive. If the student persists in the disorderly or disruptive conduct, the instructor should report the matter to the dean of the school or college in which the student is enrolled.
