Equal treatment

Every employee and student has the right to file a violation report by using Violation Report Form.

The Plan of Gender Equality at the Poznań University of Economics and Business entails multifaceted actions which’s goal is to:

• Promote the idea of gender equality and the concept of diversity
• Supporting and popularizing proper practices of gender equality, anti-discrimination and diversity
• Raising awareness of the university community about the functions of stereotypes and mechanism causing discrimination.
• Support for men and women taking care of dependents at every stage of their career
• Creating environment supporting family life and studies alongside eachother.

Goals of Gender Equality Policy at PUEB:

1. Raising awareness of the university community

• Implementation of procedures against assault
• Training courses about gender equality, diversity and anti-discrimination
• Organisation of conferences and seminars about gender equality

2. Increasing information dissemination:

• Gathering and analysing statistics about the situation of employees and students while taking gender into account

3. Career support

• Helping with combining work and family life
• Mentor support for young researchers
• Online consultations for students with dependents

4. Attention to equal gender representation

• Equal gender representation during the recruitment process and in the University’s authorities

5. Closing the pay gap:

• Analysis of wages with consideration for gender
• Monitoring and explanation of the wage differences

Poznań University of Economics and Business pays great attention to education and raising awareness of diversity, equal treatment, mobbing and discrimination prevention by offering a wide range of lectures and training courses. Student’s of PUEB have the ability to take part in many lectures about equality and discrimination prevention.

Chosen lectures in Polish:

• Ethics and culture of diversity
• Discrimination, equality of opportunity and managing diversity
• Managing cultural diversity
• Cultural diversity across the world

Chosen lectures in English:

• Labour market and gender inequalities
• Culture of diversity
• Cultural mindset

For teaching and teaching-research staff there are regular training courses which talk about different facets of diversity, equal treatment and prevention of mobbing in the work place:

“Politics of gender equality. Legal and psychological aspects, rules of equality between women and men.” – September 2023

“Preventing mobbing and conflicts” – December 2023
“Cultural differences in student service” – February 2024
“About cultural diversity – people from Muslim countries at University” – September 2024
“Transgender and nonbinary students – how to act properly” – November 2024  (planned)

In accordance with diversity policy of the University there are multiple research studies being undertaken with gender being used as one of variables of data, equality, diversity and discrimination. Few of the publications on the topics include:

• Domagała, W. (2019). Segregacja zawodowa według płci w krajach OECD. Warszawa: Wydawnictwo Naukowe SCHOLAR.
• Kalinowska-Nawrotek, B. (2005). Dyskryminacja kobiet na polskim rynku pracy. Poznań: Wydawnictwo Akademii Ekonomicznej w Poznaniu.
• Ratajczak, J. (2019). Równość w systemie emerytalnym. Emerytury kobiet i mężczyzn w Polsce. Poznań: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Ekonomicznego w Poznaniu.
• Hadryś-Nowak, A. (2019). Międzynarodowe przedsiębiorstwo rodzinne: znaczenie orientacji przedsiębiorczej sukcesora dla internacjonalizacji przedsiębiorstwa rodzinnego. Warszawa: CeDeWu
• Kalinowska-Sufinowicz, B. (2013). Polityka społeczno-gospodarcza państwa wobec pracy kobiet. Poznań: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Ekonomicznego w Poznaniu
• Michoń, P. (2008). Praca matek w polityce krajów Unii Europejskiej. Poznań: Wydawnictwo Akademii Ekonomicznej w Poznaniu
• Skowron-Mielnik, B. (2012). Elastyczna organizacja pracy w przedsiębiorstwie. Poznań: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Ekonomicznego w Poznaniu

Teaching staff and students also regularly take part in a cycle of meetings Diversity Business Meetings in Poznań: https://ue.poznan.pl/uniwersytet/hr-academy-uep/diversity-business-meetings/.

We encourage the whole staff and all students to take part in a e-learning course about mobbing and discrimination prevention in the workplace.

During the course you will learn:

• What are the differences between mobbing and other kinds of discrimination
• Which behaviours are considered to be mobbing and which aren’t
• Which behaviours aren’t considered to be discrimination
• Who allows for mobbing and discrimination to happen and who it happens to
• What is the role of the person witnessing mobbing or discrimination taking place
• What are the psychological consequences for people experiencing mobbing or discrimination (for the victims and witnesses)
• What causes improper conduct to occur
• What you should look out for while talking people who is mobbing or discriminating others
• What are the consequences for organisations (organisational, legal and societal)
• What are the good habits that minimize the chance of mobbing or discrimination occurring.

Duration: 60 minutes

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