Denver Open Media is committed to equal opportunity and its effective implementation. DOM is opposed to discrimination on the basis of sex, race, age, physical or mental disability, religious beliefs, marital status, parental status, career status, sexual preference, political affiliation, industrial activity, pregnancy, victimization, physical features or social and cultural backgrounds.
Applicants will be considered for voluntary positions in DOM solely on the basis of skill, aptitude and relevant qualifications.
DeProduction/Denver Open Media will not tolerate harassment of any kind to staff or volunteers. Any harassment claims should be taken to the Director of Operations as soon as possible. All claims will be treated with confidentiality.
DeProduction will not tolerate sexual harassment in the workplace. Claims of sexual harassment will be handled promptly, confidentially and in a manner that is fair to all involved in the complaint.
Sexual harassment is unacceptable and unlawful. The legislative framework used for this volunteering document is the Equal Opportunity Act, in which a person sexually harasses another if he or she
- “makes an unwelcome sexual advance, or an unwelcome request for sexual favors, to the other person; or
- engages in any other unwelcome conduct of a sexual nature in relation to the other person-in circumstances in which a reasonable person, having regard to all circumstances, would have anticipated that the other person would be offended, humiliated or intimidated.”
The Act defines “conduct of a sexual nature” to include:
- “subjecting a person to any act of physical intimacy;
- making, orally or in writing, any remark or statement with sexual connotations to a person or about a person in his or her presence;
- making any gesture, action or comment of a sexual nature in a person’s presence.”
Whether the person intended to sexually harass his/her victim is irrelevant. It is how the victim feels that is important.
Any sexual harassment claims should go through the Director of Operations. Volunteers are to have access to support from the staff member trained to deal with sexual harassment issues.