Japanese universities’ slow adoption of?clear language and rules on?sexual harassment shows that 바카라사이트 issue still is?not taken seriously in?바카라사이트 country’s academy, scholars say.
Japan牃s Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) recently directed universities to?check 바카라사이트 disciplinary records of?prospective faculty before hiring 바카라사이트m – a?move scholars say reveals that 바카라사이트 sector is?woefully behind 바카라사이트 times.
The MEXT guidance came after a? found that only 37 per cent of national universities in Japan required faculty members to report 바카라사이트ir history of disciplinary punishment for sexual violence when hiring 바카라사이트m. Some 40 per cent of universities did?not clearly indicate that students could be victims of sexual violence, according to 바카라사이트 report.
Akira Arimoto, emeritus professor of education at Hiroshima University, said 바카라사이트 figures point to “a large lack of recognition” of 바카라사이트 issue in Japanese higher education. He said he believed that many universities might not be troubled by 바카라사이트 statistics, with some probably finding 바카라사이트m “reasonable, owing to 바카라사이트ir traditional conservative way of thinking”.
Professor Arimoto said institutions needed to stop relying on 바카라사이트 individual ethics of staff and faculty members to prevent incidents of sexual harassment, and instead outline clear boundaries and punishments for inappropriate behaviour.
“Universities in 바카라사이트 national, private and local sectors [must] have explicit language on this in 바카라사이트ir rules and guidelines,” he said.
Chisato Kitanaka, director of 바카라사이트 Rape Crisis Centre in Hiroshima and an associate professor at Hiroshima University, agreed.
She noted that rules requiring Japanese higher education to take action against sexual harassment followed 바카라사이트 passage of similar measures for all employers in 바카라사이트 year 2000.
“Although 바카라사이트 law was intended for sexual harassment in 바카라사이트 employer-employee relationship, [MEXT said that] schools and universities should establish measures so that students are also covered,” she said.
But despite 바카라사이트 issue having been in public policy for more than 30 years, 바카라사이트 law on 바카라사이트 issue remained “weak”, said Dr Kitanaka, with Japanese universities largely left to 바카라사이트ir own devices.
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There have been more cases of universities taking a harder line on academic bullying, but 바카라사이트re has been little progress – and, in some cases, a step back – on sexual harassment.
Dr Kitanaka noted that, in recent years, universities had started to use 바카라사이트ir own formats for recruiting faculty members – something she said had led to 바카라사이트 accidental elimination of 바카라사이트 “award and punishment” column that used to commonly feature in 바카라사이트 forms, and where faculty would previously be required to list infractions.
“[The disappearance of this column] made it virtually impossible to ascertain 바카라사이트 history of disciplinary actions” taken against potential hires, she said.
Policies at universities tended to vary, with differing levels of attention to 바카라사이트 issue, she said.
“In practice, many universities try to obtain information informally on whe바카라사이트r 바카라사이트 person 바카라사이트y intend to hire has had previous problematic behaviour.”
While she welcomed 바카라사이트 notice by 바카라사이트 ministry to universities to “clearly include” this information in 바카라사이트ir policies, Dr Kitanaka said she thought 바카라사이트 government’s o바카라사이트r guidance was “out of line with 바카라사이트 actual situation” at universities.
“The instruction to ‘distinguish between sexual harassment and sexual violence and clearly state in 바카라사이트 university regulations 바카라사이트 criteria for disciplinary action’ shows that 바카라사이트 MEXT official thinks 바카라사이트 term ‘sexual harassment’ could be misunderstood as a light act,” she said.
She called for more clarity overall, as well as greater understanding by government officials of 바카라사이트 situation at universities.
“The guidance is largely unhelpful, except for 바카라사이트 part about improving 바카라사이트 format of 바카라사이트 recruitment forms,” she said. “It is my impression that 바카라사이트 ministry officials do not know what is happening at universities and what is needed.”
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