Description: Striving for a better world
Striving for a better world
Without a code of conduct or an independent body to oversee consistent standards, anti-bullying and harassment policies are worthless .
In recent years, increased attention has been paid to the importance of creating positive and constructive research environments that enable good research practice and scientific excellence, without compromising the health and dignity of those at work. This has been underscored by the development of anti-bullying and harassment policies by large UK funders (1- 4 ), and elsewhere ( 5 ), with associated penalties to grantees who break these policies (6).