The Prevention of Discrimination, Harassment, Sexual Harassment, Violence and Persecution at Vilnius University Business School
The University seeks to develop and ensure an organisational culture that enables everyone to feel safe and accepted, to foster his/her individuality and to realise his/her potential. Each of us has a responsibility not to, through actions and words, contribute to creating a hostile environment for an individual person or a group.
If you have experienced, noticed or learned about cases of discrimination, harassment, sexual harassment, violence or persecution at VU Business School, please seek help by contacting to the employee responsible for the prevention of discrimination at the VU Business School - Danutė Rasimavičienė, (8 6) 036 99 73; . Also, you may reach out to the immediate superior or the head of the unit where you, the targeted person, or the complainee works or studies; or to the Trust Line by email:. Upon providing the initial information, you will be contacted to discuss the situation, to identify possible ways of helping, and to find the most appropriate solutions. During the process of seeking help, confidentiality is ensured.
In addition to seeking help, the Trust Line can also be contacted to submit an official report on an incident(s) to the Commission for the Prevention and Investigation of Cases of Discrimination, Harassment, Sexual Harassment, Violence and Persecution at Vilnius University.
More information The University’s provisions, the submission of the report and the investigation process are detailed here.
Since the beginning of 2019, Vilnius University is participating in the project “Supporting and Implementing Plans for Gender Equality in Academia (SPEAR)”, which is a part of the “Science with and for Society” (Horizon 2020) programme. The project aims to develop and implement gender equality plans in higher education institutions.
The project goals and activities set by VU Business school combine the strategy of VU diversity and equal opportunities for 2020-2025 (the document is provided here).
The VU BS Gender Equality Measures Plan can be found here!
Vilnius University participates in the SPEAR project together with the following European universities: SDU (Denmark), Uppsala University (Sweden), RWTH Aachen University (Germany), South-West University Neofit Rilski (Bulgaria), Plovdivski Universitet Paisiy Hilendarski (Bulgaria), Vytautas Magnus University (Lithuania), Universidade Nova de Lisboa (Portugal), Sveucilise u Rijeci (Croatia).