【中英】About Academic Harassment

"Academic harassment" refers to "the use of power to harass in academic and research situations."

In efforts to deal with sexual harassment, we have become cognizant that there are serious offenses other than sexual speech and conduct which occur in research and educational settings-in the carrying out of research and in teaching and guidance. This is academic harassment, and it includes denying a student a research topic, refusing to give guidance to students, interfering in research activities, assigning grades unequally, withholding important information, spreading negative and damaging rumors, giving loud reprimand for missed details, and any other actions that constitute an infringement of the right to receive education, the right to conduct education and research, or the right to work. These actions occur in contexts in which the one who is guiding abuses his or her power over the one being guided, and in power relationships between and among research collaborators.

When someone is robbed of the chance to live up to their full potential, that person is unable to produce the results intended, evaluations of their capabilities decline, and it is easy for others to misinterpret this as a fault in that person. And in many cases, the person being harassed becomes isolated.

Many cases of academic harassment are abetted by complicit subordinates and colleagues who either cooperate or keep their silence while those with considerable authority are known to be abusing their power. One could even say that academic harassment could not exist without these "passive collaborators." When harassment ensues, people choose not to become "passive collaborators."

“学术骚扰”是指“利用权力在学术和研究情境中进行骚扰”。

在处理性骚扰的努力中，我们已经认识到，在研究和教育环境中——在开展研究以及在教学和指导中——除了性言论和行为之外，还有其他严重的违法行为。这是学术骚扰，包括拒绝给学生一个研究课题，拒绝给学生指导，干涉研究活动，不公平地分配分数，隐瞒重要信息，散布负面和破坏性的谣言，对遗漏的细节大声训斥，以及任何其他侵犯受教育权、教育研究权、劳动权的行为。这些行为发生在指导者滥用其对被指导者的权力的情况下，以及研究合作者之间的权力关系中。

当一个人被剥夺了充分发挥潜力的机会时，这个人就无法产生预期的结果，对自己能力的评价下降，其他人很容易将此误解为这个人的错误。在许多情况下，被骚扰的人变得孤立无援。

许多学术骚扰案件是由共谋的下属和同事教唆的，他们要么合作，要么保持沉默，而众所周知，那些拥有相当大权力的人滥用职权。甚至可以说，没有这些“被动合作者”，学术骚扰就不可能存在。当骚扰接踵而至时，人们选择不成为“被动合作者”。