Department Chair Resources
- Abusive Conduct & Bullying Guidance
- Academic Employee Relations
- Department Chair's Toolkit
- Leadership Workshops
Please see below for general guidance for Department Chairs and Administrators regarding their recourse when faculty visit their offices with reports of abusive conduct and/or bullying.
Department Chairs may also request a detailed Abusive Conduct Toolkit for Administrators by writing to AVC Cynthia Palmer at c5palmer@ucsd.edu
“Conduct of an employer or employee in the workplace, with malice, that a reasonable person would find hostile, offensive, and unrelated to an employer’s legitimate business interests.
Abusive conduct may include repeated infliction of verbal abuse, such as the use or derogatory remarks, insults, and epithets, verbal or physical conduct that a reasonable person would find threatening, intimidating, or humiliating, or the gratuitous sabotage or undermining of a person’s work performance. A single act shall not constitute abusive conduct, unless especially severe and egregious.”
UC San Diego is committed to providing a safe, supportive, responsive, and equitable environment for all employees. All UC San Diego community members are expected to behave in ways that support the UC Principles of Community, meaning all members of the campus community are responsible for:
○ Race, Color, National origin
○ Religion, sex, gender identity
○ Pregnancy
○ Physical or Mental Disability
○ Medical Condition (cancer related or genetic characteristics)
○ Ancestry
○ Marital status
○ Age
○ Sexual Orientation
○ Citizenship
○ Service in the Uniformed Services