All group members must review and comply with UConn's code of conduct and ethical guidelines (faculty and staff, students) and complete the required training on harassment and discrimination and diversity awareness. As a UConn Professor, Cesar is a mandatory reporter of harassment incidents, however small.
Harassment includes offensive verbal comments related to gender, gender identity and expression, age, sexual orientation, disability, physical appearance, body size, race, ethnicity, religion (or lack thereof), and country of origin. It also includes deliberate intimidation, stalking, following, uninvited photography or recording, sustained disruption of talks (if it makes the speaker uncomfortable), inappropriate physical contact, and unwelcome sexual attention. Sexual language and imagery is inappropriate at our work place, which includes work-related social events and online media (email, Teams, Slack).
If a group member engages in harassing behavior, Cesar and UConn will take appropriate action, including warning, temporary suspension, or expulsion from the group.
If you are being harassed, notice that someone else is being harassed, or have related concerns, please immediately contact Cesar or UConn's Office of Institutional Equity.
Cesar commits to nurturing a safe, healthy, productive, and intellectually stimulating work environment, where all group members thrive. This requires that we all be open-minded and respect the different opinions, personalities and learning styles of our fellow group members. While we do not tolerate any form of harassment, we strongly encourage healthy skepticism and good-faith disagreement––the lifeblood of science. Group members should be mindful, however, that the way others perceive our opinions and actions depends heavily on their background. Assertiveness and self-confidence to some may sound arrogance and contempt to others. Attuned to other people's sensibilities, and without being tolerant with the intolerant, we should cut each other some slack, educate one another, and build a better work place together.