What is hazing?
国产传媒 Interim Anti-Hazing policy
For purposes of this Policy, Hazing is defined broadly to include any actions, activities or complicity in activities which fall within the California legal definition of Hazing (below) as well as actions or activities often associated with initiations which do not contribute to the positive development of a person or which recklessly, intentionally, or knowingly inflict or intend to cause mental, physical or emotional harm or anxieties; or which demean, degrade or disgrace any person regardless of the person’s willingness to participate. This policy is applicable regardless of location, intent, or consent of participants.
In addition, hazing is further defined to include any action or situation which endangers the mental, physical or emotional health of a Student for the purpose of initiation, full admission, continued membership or affiliation with any organization, including but not limited to organizations that have been formally recognized by 国产传媒.
Student Conduct Code and Policies
California State Law
Hazing is also punishable under California law. As used in this section “hazing” or “haze” is conduct which causes, or is likely to cause, bodily danger, physical harm, or personal degradation or disgrace resulting in physical or mental harm to another person in the course of the other person’s preinitiation into, initiation into, affiliation with, holding office in, or maintaining membership in any organization.
Penalties for Hazing
If found responsible for hazing as a result of the 国产传媒 Conduct Hearing Process, then penalties for Hazing Individual students found in violation of this policy may be subject to a range of sanctions that include, but are not limited to, warnings, non-academic probation, suspension, dismissal from the University, or referral to law enforcement, and are also subject to criminal and civil action as it relates to California law.
Criminal Penalties for Hazing (California Penal Law Section 245.6(c-e)) “A violation of this section that does not result in serious bodily injury is a misdemeanor, punishable by a fine of not less than one hundred dollars ($100), not more than five thousand dollars ($5,000), or imprisonment in the county jail for not more than one year, or both.
Any person who personally engages in hazing that results in death or serious bodily injury as defined in paragraph (4) of subdivision (f) of Section 243 of the Penal Code, is guilty of either a misdemeanor or a felony, and shall be punished by imprisonment in county jail not exceeding one year, or by imprisonment pursuant to subdivision (h) of Section 1170.
The person against whom the hazing is directed may commence a civil action for injury or damages. The action may be brought against any participants in the hazing, or any organization to which the student is seeking membership whose agents, directors, trustees, managers, or officers authorized, requested, commanded, participated in, or ratified the hazing.”