Welcome to Givaudan Sense Colour's Bullying & Harassment Platform
Associates are reminded that this page is to facilitate anonymously, the genuine concerns of any associate with regards to bullying and/or harassment.
‘Bullying’ or ‘harassment’ are phrases that apply to treatment from one person (or a group of people) to another that is unwanted and that has the effect of violating that person’s dignity or creating an intimidating, hostile, degrading, humiliating, or offensive environment for that person. Examples of bullying and harassment include:
Bullying does not include appropriate criticism of an employee’s behaviour or proper performance management.
‘Bullying’ or ‘harassment’ are phrases that apply to treatment from one person (or a group of people) to another that is unwanted and that has the effect of violating that person’s dignity or creating an intimidating, hostile, degrading, humiliating, or offensive environment for that person. Examples of bullying and harassment include:
- Verbal abuse or offensive comments, jokes or pranks related to age, disability, gender re-assignment, marriage, civil partnership, pregnancy, maternity, race, religion, belief, sex or sexual orientation;
- Lewd or suggestive comments;
- Display of ‘pin-ups’, pornography, inflammatory or abusive literature or graffiti;
- Deliberate exclusion from conversations or work activities;
- Withholding information, a person needs in order to do their job;
- practical jokes, initiation ceremonies or inappropriate birthday rituals;
- Physical abuse such as hitting, pushing or jostling;
- Rifling through, hiding or damaging personal property;
- Subjecting a person to humiliation or ridicule, belittling their efforts, often in front of others
Bullying does not include appropriate criticism of an employee’s behaviour or proper performance management.