Quid Pro Quo Harassment

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Quid Pro Quo Harassment

Quid Pro Quo ("This for That") harassment occurs when employment or academic decisions or expectations (hiring, promotions, salary increases, shift or work assignments, performance standards, grades, access to recommendations, assistance with school work, etc.) are based on an employee or student's submission to or rejection of sexual advances, requests for sexual favors, or other behavior of a sexual nature. These cases involve tangible actions that adversely affect either the conditions of work or academic progress.

Examples may include:

Demanding sexual favors in exchange for a promotion, raise, job, or grade
Disciplining or firing an employee who ends a romance, or refusing to write recommendations for a graduate student who refuses sexual advances
Changing work or academic expectations after an employee or student refuses invitations for a date or other private and social meetings

See also OHSU's policies regarding Equal Opportunity Complaint Procedure, Equal Opportunity, Harassment, Sexual Harassment, Employment of Family Members, Conflicting Consensual Relationships, Acceptable Use of Computing and Telecommunications Resources, and OHSU's Vision and Core Values for further definitions and examples of prohibited conduct.

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