prevention
An attentive and sensitive approach to the topic of discrimination is part of the management task and the mission statement of JMU Würzburg.
As a manager, whether in research, teaching or administration, it is your responsibility to counteract and protect employees and students from discrimination.
If you recognise signs of discrimination or are taken into confidence by those affected, you must react:
- Take the reports seriously. Talking about it means having the courage and confidence to do so. Do not trivialise the situation and do not play down its significance.
- Do not take any further steps without consulting the person concerned. The staff at the contact centre will be happy to discuss the case with you anonymously and help you deal with the situation.
- Take a clear stance on discrimination.
- Assure support, but only promise what you can keep.
- Discuss possible options for action and, if necessary, point out university or external support services for discrimination.
If you have any questions or uncertainties, please contact the contact point at any time (anonymously if you wish). In addition, the contact persons appointed by the university and the conflict management team are also available to advise you. You can find the relevant contact details and other points of contact under the tab Further information and external points of contact.
Initial recommendations for prevention can be found here.
An informative podcast episode on the topic of discrimination as a leadership challenge from the ZEIT Akademie can be found here.
Further information, assistance and materials on anti-discrimination at universities can also be found via the following links:
Glossary University of Cologne
Glossary University of Konstanz
Diversity University of Bremen
Anti-discrimination counselling at universities: From theory to practice
Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin; Schneller / Chripa, 2024
Building blocks for systematic protection against discrimination at universities
Federal Anti-Discrimination Agency, 2024
Gender and origin effects in the grading of legal state examinations
Emanuel V. Towfigh / Christian Traxler / Andreas Glöckner, 2014
Anti-discrimination at universities - learning, networking, acting
Antidiskriminierungsverband Deutschland e. V. | advd, 2024
Building blocks for anti-discrimination work at universities
Diversity Day at the University of Bamberg, 18 May 2021 Online lecture
Discrimination-free university: Creating knowledge with diversity
Project by Prognos AG, commissioned by the Federal Anti-Discrimination Agency, first project report: 2010/2011
Making a difference. Diversity and anti-discrimination policies at German universities
Damiela Heitzmann, 2024
