What is Hazing?
Hazing is any intentional, knowing, or reckless action taken as part of an initiation, re-initiation, or maintenance of membership in 鈥渁ny student or other organization鈥 that causes or creates an unreasonable risk of mental or physical harm to another person , including coercing or inducing another person to consume alcohol or drugs. The harmful action can either be action directly harming the victim or action coercing or inducing the victim to act in a way that leads to a substantial risk of, or actual physical or mental harm to themselves or others.
This hazing policy applies if the hazing takes place between two or more people who are affiliated with the University, and applies to behavior whether on or off campus.
Further, this hazing policy applies regardless of an individual鈥檚 willingness to participate, the activity鈥檚 actual bearing on the individual鈥檚 membership status, or whether the organization鈥檚 event was or was not officially approved by the organization or University.
The harmful action can either be an action directly harming the victim or an action coercing the victim to act in a way that leads to the risk of, or actual physical or mental harm to themselves, or others. 性视界传媒鈥檚 hazing policy covers knowing,intentional, and reckless behavior. Acting recklessly means acting without regard to a substantial and unjustified risk that action/inaction will result in harm or the substantial risk of harm.