SG2X EMPLOYEE HANDBOOK POLICES
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HARASSMENT, SEXUAL HARASSMENT & SEXUAL EXPLOITATION [COMPANY NAME] will not tolerate harassment or sexual harassment of any applicant, employee or customer by a managing partner, fellow employee, or independent contractor on the Company premises or at "on location" sites, nor will the Company tolerate sexual exploitation and abuse of any member of the communities in which the Company operates by any staff member, employee or independent contractor of the Company or of our partners or portfolio companies. Harassment on the basis of any protected characteristic is also strictly prohibited. Under this policy, harassment is verbal, written or physical conduct that denigrates or shows hostility or aversion toward an individual because of his or her race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, disability, marital status, citizenship, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law, or that of his or her relatives, friends or associates, and that: a) has the purpose or effect of creating an intimidating, hostile or offensive work environment, b) has the purpose or effect of unreasonably interfering with an individual’s work performance, or c) otherwise adversely affects an individual’s employment opportunities. Harassing conduct includes epithets, slurs or negative stereotyping; threatening, intimidating or hostile acts; denigrating jokes; and written or graphic material that denigrates or shows hostility or aversion toward an individual or group that is placed on walls or elsewhere on the employer’s premises or circulated in the workplace, on company time or using company equipment by email, phone (including voice messages), text messages, social networking sites or other means. Sexual harassment is defined as unwelcome sexual advances, requests for sexual favors and other verbal or physical conduct of a sexual nature when (1) submission to such conduct is made either explicitly or implicitly a term or condition of an individual’s employment, (2) submission to or rejection of such conduct by an individual is used as the basis for employment decisions affecting such individual or (3) such conduct has the purpose or effect of substantially interfering with an individual’s work performance or creating an intimidating, hostile, or offensive working environment. Sexual harassment can take two distinct forms: “quid pro quo” and “hostile work environment.” Quid pro quo harassment occurs when submission to sexual conduct is made a condition of employment or employment benefits. Hostile work environment occurs when sexual conduct unreasonably interferes with an employee’s work performance or creates an intimidating, abusive or offensive work environment. Sexual harassment includes verbal harassment, such as epithets, derogatory comments or slurs; physical harassment, such as assault, impeding or blocking movement, or any physical interference with normal work movement; and visual harassment, such as derogatory posters, cartoons, or drawings. Sexual exploitation is defined as actual or attempted abuse of a position of vulnerability, power, or trust, for sexual purposes, including, but not limited to, profiting monetarily, socially or politically from the sexual exploitation of another. Sexual abuse is defined as actual or threatened physical intrusion of a sexual nature, whether by force or under unequal or coercive conditions. Sexual exploitation and abuse are distinct from sexual harassment. Sexual exploitation and abuse occur when a position of power is used for sexual purposes against a beneficiary (whether of [COMPANY NAME]’s products or services, or of [COMPANY NAME]’s partners or portfolio companies) or vulnerable member of the communities in which [COMPANY NAME] operates, whereas sexual harassment is directed against a colleague, employee or other person in the workplace.