{"id":3352,"date":"2025-07-29T14:46:19","date_gmt":"2025-07-29T18:46:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/oge\/?page_id=3352"},"modified":"2025-08-11T13:17:04","modified_gmt":"2025-08-11T17:17:04","slug":"appropriate-treatment","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/oge\/current-trainees\/appropriate-treatment\/","title":{"rendered":"Appropriate Treatment in the Learning and Work Environment"},"content":{"rendered":"

All members of the School of Medicine community have a right to a safe and respectful learning and working environment where they can succeed and thrive. Biomedical science trainees also have a right to an ethically responsible scientific environment; as UNC scientists, they have a responsibility to conduct their own science ethically. If you or someone you know has experienced unprofessional behavior or mistreatment, please reach out using one of the options below. At the bottom of this page, there are also links for further resources around these and other issues that may impact you personally or professionally during your time here.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

What constitutes inappropriate treatment?<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n

The UNC School of Medicine is committed to a positive environment that is conducive to learning and working. <\/span>All members of the community should expect to be treated with respect, and to learn and work in a safe environment. Inappropriate treatment occurs when behavior by a member of the learning community shows disrespect for the dignity of those around them such that it interferes with their ability to succeed and thrive in what they have been brought to UNC to do. The <\/span>AAMC\u2019s Appropriate Treatment of Research Trainees<\/span><\/a> working group defines some behaviors that represent inappropriate treatment as\u2014including, but not limited to\u2014the following:<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n