Harassment Policy

Members of Heretic are comprised of people from all types of backgrounds and continents. The family and friendly environment that surrounds this guild allows us the freedom to laugh, joke and enjoy our time together in WoW. One thing to remember is that friends/family or not we WILL NOT tolerate any type of harassment within our ranks via G Chat / Vent / Party or Raid chat / Whispers or even to a guild member off-line via any other means. Common definitions are defined as:

Bullying
Harassment that can occur on the playground, school, in the workforce (may it be sexual harassment or verbal harassment) or any other place. Usually physical and psychological harassing behavior perpetrated against an individual, by one or more persons.

Psychological harassment
This is humiliating or abusive behavior that lowers a person’s self-esteem or causes them torment. This can take the form of verbal comments, actions or gestures. Falling into this category is workplace mobbing. Community Based Harassment - stalking by a group against an individual using repeated distractions that the individual is sensitized to, such as clicking an ink pen.

Racial harassment
The targeting of an individual because of their race or ethnicity. The harassment may include words, deeds, and actions that are specifically designed to make the target feel degraded due to their race or ethnicity.

Religious harassment
Verbal, psychological or physical harassment's used against targets because they choose to practice a specific religion. Religious harassment can also include forced and involuntary conversions.

Sexual harassment
Harassment that can happen anywhere but is most common in the workplace, and schools. It involves unwanted and unwelcome, words, deeds, actions, gestures, symbols, or behaviors of a sexual nature that make the target feel uncomfortable. Gender and sexual orientation harassment fall into this family.


AT A MINIMUM:

You will receive a warning for the first offense.

You will be remanded to candidate status for the second.

You will be kicked for any further incidents.

The first 2 consequences for offenses are left up to the discretion of the GM or any officer online at the time.