All students and employees have the right to learn and work in an environment free from intimidation and harassment because of their gender, race, age, religion, national origin, disability, marital status, sexual orientation and any other legally protected basis. Universal Technical Institute, Inc., and its subsidiaries (collectively, “the Institute”) prohibit harassment by employees and students on the basis of any legally protected characteristics. Such harassment is unlawful, violates the Institute’s policies and will not be tolerated.
Harassment is verbal, written, visual or physical conduct that denigrates, or shows hostility or aversion toward an individual because of his or her race, religion, age, gender, national origin, disability, marital status, sexual orientation or any other legally protected characteristic and that creates an intimidating, hostile or offensive environment, or unreasonably interferes with an individual’s academic or work performance or ability to participate in or benefit from the services, activities or opportunities offered by the Institute.
Harassment may include verbal acts and name-calling; graphic and written statements, including the use of cell phones or the Internet; or other conduct that may be physically threatening, harmful or humiliating. Harassment may include activity not intended to harm, not directed at a specific target or not involving repeated incidents. Examples of activities that may constitute harassment are epithets, slurs, negative stereotyping, threatening or intimidating acts, and displaying or circulating denigrating jokes or visual or graphic materials that relate to legally protected characteristics.
Individuals who believe they are victims of or have observed harassment by a student, instructor or staff member should bring the matter to a school official’s attention. The Institute will take immediate and appropriate action to investigate or otherwise determine what occurred in a prompt, thorough and impartial manner . If an investigation reveals unlawful harassment occurred, the Institute will take prompt and appropriate steps to end the harassment, eliminate the hostile environment, prevent the harassment from recurring and address its effects.