UCLA UniCamp
Volunteer Code of Conduct
The purpose of the UCLA UniCamp Volunteer Code of Conduct (“code”) is to create and maintain a safe, supportive, and inclusive community that engages volunteers in order to foster their leadership, personal growth, and community responsibility.
Volunteers are adults, capable of making their own decisions, as well as accepting the consequences for those decisions. This process has been established to respond to incidents involving allegations of prohibited behavior within UCLA UniCamp. This process provides educational opportunities which encourage volunteers to evaluate their own actions, consider their own decision-making, and acquire new skills to improve their choices in the future.
In accordance with applicable Federal and State law and University policy, UCLA UniCamp does not discriminate on the basis of protected classes including, but not limited to, race, color, national origin, religion, sex, gender, gender expression, gender identity, gender transition status, pregnancy, physical or mental disability, medical condition (cancer-related or genetic characteristics), genetic information (including family medical history), ancestry, marital status, age, sexual orientation, citizenship, or service in the uniformed services (including protected veterans)
UCLA UniCamp has jurisdiction over volunteer conduct that occurs on UniCamp property, or in connection with official UniCamp programs or functions whether on or off UniCamp property. UniCamp may, at its sole discretion, exercise jurisdiction over volunteer behavior that would violate volunteer conduct policies or regulations when the alleged misconduct indicates the volunteer poses a threat to the safety or security of any individual.
In determining whether or not to exercise jurisdiction, UCLA UniCamp may consider factors including but not limited to, the seriousness of the alleged misconduct; whether an alleged victim is a member of UniCamp or the UCLA community; whether an alleged offense occurred while on UCLA UniCamp or UCLA (“the University”) property; or the ability of UniCamp to gather information.
UCLA UniCamp is committed to maintaining a community where all people who participate in UniCamp programs and functions can work and learn together in an atmosphere free of harassment, exploitation, or intimidation. Sexual violence, sexual harassment, retaliation, and other behavior prohibited by this policy interfere with those goals. UCLA UniCamp will respond promptly and effectively to reports of such conduct. This includes action to stop, prevent, correct, and when necessary, discipline, behavior that violates this policy.
Consent is affirmative, conscious, voluntary, and revocable. Consent to sexual activity requires of each person an affirmative, conscious, and voluntary agreement to engage in sexual activity. It is the responsibility of each person to ensure they have the affirmative consent of the other to engage in the sexual activity. Lack of protest, lack of resistance, or silence do not, alone, constitute consent. Affirmative consent must be ongoing and can be revoked at any time during sexual activity.
A person alleged, in a report, to have experienced prohibited conduct.
A person alleged, in a report, to have engaged in prohibited conduct.
Committing, or attempting to commit, sexual assault, sexual misconduct, or sexual exploitation, regardless of the Complainant’s affiliation with UCLA UniCamp.
NOTE: Sexual Assault is aggravated when they include any of the following: force, violence, menace, duress, deliberately causing the complainant to be incapacitated; deliberately taking advantage of the Complainant’s incapactiation; or recording, transmitting, or distributing intimate or sexual images of Complainant without Complainant’s prior knowledge or consent.
Theft, damage, or destruction of any UCLA UniCamp and/or University property, or the property of others while at official UniCamp functions. This includes taking without expressed permission or, misappropriation of, any property or services of UCLA UniCamp, the University, or property of others; or possession of any property that the volunteer had knowledge or reasonably should have had knowledge was stolen.
Causing, attempting to cause, or threatening to cause physical injury to another person, including but not limited to: physical assault; threats that cause a person reasonably to be in sustained fear for one’s own safety or the safety of one’s immediate family; incidents involving the use or display of a weapon likely to cause great bodily harm; intoxication or impairment through the use of alcohol or controlled substances to the point that one is unable to exercise care for one’s own safety; or other conduct that threatens the health or safety of any person.
Discrimination means the exclusion of an individual, on the basis of race, color, national origin, religion, sex, gender, gender expression, gender identity, gender transition status, pregnancy, physical or mental disability, medical condition (cancer-related or genetic characteristics), genetic information (including family medical history), ancestry, marital status, age, sexual orientation, citizenship, or service in the uniformed services (including protected veterans), or perceived membership in any of these classifications from participation in any UCLA UniCamp program or function.
Engaging in harassing or discriminatory behavior based on any protected class, including, but not limited to, race, color, national origin, religion, sex, gender, gender expression, gender identity, gender transition status, pregnancy, physical or mental disability, medical condition (cancer-related or genetic characteristics), genetic information (including family medical history), ancestry, marital status, age, sexual orientation, citizenship, or service in the uniformed services (including protected veterans), or perceived membership in any of these classifications.
Harassment means conduct that is sufficiently severe, pervasive, or persistent so as to interfere with or limit an individual’s ability to participate in or benefit from the services, activities, or opportunities offered by UCLA UniCamp or creates a work environment that is intimidating, hostile, or abusive.
Participating in, engaging in, or supporting hazing or any method of initiation or pre-initiation into UCLA UniCamp, any sub-sections of UniCamp, any official UniCamp functions, or other activities engaged in by the organization or members of the organization at any time that causes, or is likely to cause, physical injury or personal degradation or disgrace resulting in psychological harm to any volunteer or other person, regardless of location, intent or consent of participants.
Engaging in intimidating conduct or bullying against another volunteer through words or actions, in person, through a third party, or electronic communication, including direct physical contact; verbal assaults, such as teasing or name-calling; social isolation or manipulation; and cyberbullying.
Distribution, dispensing, possession, use, or sale of, or the attempted, distribution, dispensing, or sale of, controlled substances (including medicinal marijuana), identified in Federal or State law or regulations, which is unlawful or otherwise prohibited by, or not in compliance with, any UCLA UniCamp policy or being unable to exercise care for one’s own safety because one is under the influence of controlled substances, at UCLA UniCamp events and functions.
NOTE : This provision shall not apply to circumstances wherein the person under the influence was given a controlled substance without their knowledge and permission.
Distribution, dispensing, possession, use, or sale of, or the attempted, distribution, dispensing, or sale of alcohol, identified in Federal or State law or regulations, which is unlawful or otherwise prohibited by, or not in compliance with, any UCLA UniCamp policy or being unable to exercise care for one’s own safety because one is under the influence of alcohol, at UCLA UniCamp events and functions.
NOTE : This provision shall not apply to circumstances wherein the person under the influence was given alcohol without their knowledge and permission.
Except as expressly permitted by law, possession, use, storage or manufacture of a firearm or other weapon capable of causing bodily injury, explosives, firebombs, other destructive devices, or replicas of any of the aforementioned items.
Harassing, threatening, or intimidating any person who is a complaining witness or witness for the purpose of either preventing that person from being a witness or retaliating against that person for being a witness, or both.
UCLA UniCamp strives to be fair in the management of volunteer conduct cases. The procedures outlined in this section represent the steps employed to reach a resolution in cases of alleged misconduct.
For incidents involving allegations of sexual harassment and sexual violence (including domestic violence, dating violence, and sexual assault), UCLA UniCamp staff will report the incident to the UCLA Title IX office for initial review and investigation. Any investigation conducted by UniCamp may be separate of/or in conjunction with an official Title IX investigation.
There is no time limit for reporting, and people should report incidents even if significant time has passed. However, the sooner UCLA UniCamp receives a report, the better able it is to respond, investigate, remedy, and impose discipline if appropriate.
Complainants and witnesses, who are volunteers, and who participate in a review of sexual violence, will not be subject to disciplinary sanctions for a violation of UCLA UniCamp’s volunteer conduct policy at or near the time of the incident, unless the institution determines that the violation was egregious, including, but not limited to, an action that places the health or safety of any other person at risk.
Anonymous reports may be made via the Student Chair Contact Form at unicamp.org/report.
Upon receiving a report regarding alleged violation(s), the Staff will consider information acquired from the reporting party and may conduct further review to augment that information. If the Staff determines that there is sufficient information to proceed with the conduct process, the Staff will give written notice to the respondent of the alleged violation(s).
The Staff may choose to include members from UniCabinet as part of the review and resolution process.
If the Staff determines that there is not sufficient information to proceed with the volunteer conduct process, the Staff may give written notice to a volunteer directing that volunteer not to intentionally approach, telephone, send anything via mail, email or text message, or otherwise contact or communicate with another specified individual, including through a third party or social media. These directions will not terminate the voluneers’s status as a volunteer, and will not be construed as an allegation of misconduct nor a finding of responsibility on the part of any volunteer.
Notice to volunteer shall include the following:
In cases involving an active police investigation, if the Staff determines that notice to the volunteer may interfere with the criminal investigation, the Staff may delay notice to the volunteer for a reasonable period of time.
Before resolution of alleged misconduct, an interim suspension may be imposed by the Staff. Interim suspension may include exclusion from any or all UniCamp events or activities, official or unofficial.
A volunteer will be restricted only to a minimum extent necessary when there is a reasonable cause to believe that the volunteer’s participation in UCLA UniCamp activities or presence will lead to physical abuse, threats of violence, or conduct that threatens the health or safety of any person.
Meeting with the Staff provides the volunteer an opportunity to resolve the matter. At the initial meeting with the volunteer, the Staff will:
If a respondent fails to participate in the disciplinary process, the staff may move forward to resolve the matter without the volunteer’s participation.
In all instances, the Staff will aim to have a resolution to the matter as soon as possible but no later than three business days after the initial meeting. If additional time is needed to complete the review process, all parties involved will be notified via email.
At the conclusion of the review, the Staff may take one of several actions listed below. The staff may consult the complainant as to what their desired resolution is, however that may or may not impact the Staff’s decision if the Staff concludes the desired resolution is not appropriate. In cases of alleged physical assault, the alleged victim will receive written notification of the outcome of any disciplinary action.
This resolution, while not considered to be a finding of responsibility, is binding. If the volunteer fails to abide by the terms of the Agreement of Resolution, that failure may be regarded as actionable misconduct.
An agreement of resolution may include such terms as:
The agreement of resolution is not a formal disciplinary action but will be retained in the volunteer’s case file. During that time, should the Staff have a reasonable basis to believe that the volunteer has engaged in misconduct related in nature to the conduct which occasioned the Agreement, both cases may be the subject of UCLA UniCamp’s disciplinary action.
When it is determined that a volunteer’s behavior is in violation of UCLA UniCamp policy(s), the Staff will consider the context and seriousness of the violation in determining the appropriate sanction(s).
After the period of suspension, the volunteer will be reinstated if:
Sanctions may be increased where an individual was selected because of the individual’s race, color, national origin, religion, sex, gender, gender expression, gender identity, gender transition status, pregnancy, physical or mental disability, medical condition (cancer-related or genetic characteristics), genetic information (including family medical history), ancestry, marital status, age, sexual orientation, citizenship, or service in the uniformed services (including protected veterans).
In addition to the sanctions listed above, the staff may also impose additional conditions, included but not limited to, one or more of the following conditions:
Failure to comply with the above conditions imposed by the Staff may subject the volunteer to additional disciplinary action including, but not limited to, suspension and dismissal.
The accused volunteer will have five days from the date of the letter from the Staff’s written notice of decision, unless an extension is granted, in which the volunteer may submit a written appeal to the Staff, challenging their decision. All appeals must clearly articulate and support grounds for appeal.
The three ground on which a volunteer may appeal are:
UCLA UniCamp
Volunteer Code of Conduct - Abridged
UCLA UniCamp is committed to maintaining a community free of harassment, exploitation, or intimidation. UniCamp will respond promptly to reports of such conduct. This includes action to stop, prevent, correct, and when necessary, discipline, behavior that violates this policy. In accordance with applicable Federal and State law and University policy, UCLA UniCamp does not discriminate on the basis of protected classes.
Committing, or attempting to commit any/all of the following are strictly prohibited for all UCLA UniCamp volunteers, regardless of anyone’s affiliation with UniCamp:
UCLA UniCamp
Volunteer Code of Conduct - Statement
As a UCLA UniCamp volunteer I am committed to maintaining a community free of harassment, exploitation, or intimidation. I acknowledge that committing, or attempting to commit any/all of the following are strictly prohibited for all UCLA UniCamp volunteers, regardless of anyone’s affiliation with UniCamp:
Signature: ___________________________________________________ Date: _______________