<div dir="ltr"><div><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline"></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">
<span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline">The Student Union of the University of Oulu (OYY) has confronted cases of bullying during the year 2013. OYY wants to remind everybody that all kinds of inappropriate, discriminatory and offensive talk do not belong either to the university, the student union or other work communities.</span></p>
<br><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline"></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">
<span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline">According to a Finnish student barometer 1 % of students at higher education institutions say that they have confronted discrimination, harassment and bullying often and 8 % of them occasionally. Bullying occurs even at higher education institutions even though these are communities for adults.</span></p>
<br><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline"></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">
<span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline">Disrespectful messages and inappropriate e-mails are a form of bullying and harassment. Good manners should be borne in mind even in social media, where the same codes of conduct apply as in face-to-face communication.</span></p>
<br><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline"></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">
<span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline">“People sending angry emails should remember that it is people who read these messages. The recipient is a human being with feelings. One should not vent one’s own frustrations on other people, but put oneself in the other person’s shoes,” says former OYY Vice-President Sampo Rissanen</span></p>
<br><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline"></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">
<span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline">OYY’s harrassment contact persons help in efforts to eradicate bullying. Those who encounter bullying are encouraged to take action. If you are not aware how, contact the harrassment contact persons at OYY. For more info and contact details see <br>
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</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline"><a href="http://www.oyy.fi/en/for-students/studying-at-the-university/bullying-and-harassment-2/">http://www.oyy.fi/en/for-students/studying-at-the-university/bullying-and-harassment-2/</a></span></p>
<br></div>Additional information: <br>Tapani Lintula, Social Officer <br>Tel: +358 40 526 5821
Email: soposihteeri(a)<a href="http://oyy.fi">oyy.fi</a><div><br>-- <br><div dir="ltr"><div><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Juho Karjalainen<br>viestintäsihteeri
<br>Oulun yliopiston ylioppilaskunta

<br><br>Juho Karjalainen<br>Communications Officer
<br>The Student Union of the University of Oulu

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