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Dear colleagues I know that this is a perennial one, but I'd be grateful for a few examples to convince our committees that we won't be out on a limb if we extend our existing harassment procedures in a positive direction. To date we have a formal code but the backup is rather ad hoc - the code is at http://www.admin.cam.ac.uk/offices/personnel/policy/bullying.html What we want to do is to introduce a Dignity at Work policy, foregrounding the positive commitment to protecting the dignity of all, and trying to find solutions short of the need to invoke the complaints procedure; and to create a network of volunteer harassment advisers. (The latter with acknowledgement to Syd Kent at Essex - I've been trying to get the go-ahead to follow this example for years). I'd be very grateful for information from other institutions which have gone in these directions (a simple yes or no, or a Web reference, perhaps). With many thanks, and best wishes for the next academic year - would that we could expect a calm one! Jenny Jenny Woodhouse Personnel Consultant University of Cambridge Personnel Division The Old Schools, Trinity Lane Cambridge CB2 1TN 01223 332344