Preventing discrimination, violence against women and harassment

After the adoption of a plan "Egalité Hommes/Femmes" in 2021, this societal commitment was reaffirmed in the 2022-2024 strategic plan with the aim of incarnating an establishment with the best standards in CSR. One of the key thrusts of the action plan is to prevent, support and deal with all forms of discrimination, harassment or sexist and sexual violence, thanks to the establishment of a dedicated unit that has been coordinating the SPACE "Sensibiliser-Protéger-Accompagner-Communiquer-Ecouter" prevention scheme since the start of the 2022 academic year.

Focus on the Sorbonne Business School's anti-discrimination, anti-SSV and anti-harassment cell

The Sorbonne Business School set up its anti-discrimination, anti-SSV and anti-harassment cell in spring 2022.

The cell is responsible for coordinating prevention actions, taking charge of and supporting victims, as well as handling situations.
Students and staff can request it by e-mail at the specific e-mail address: 
cellule.discri-harcelement@iae.pantheonsorbonne.fr

It is made up of:

• Nathalie Lallemand-Stempak, Associate Professor, Deputy Director of IAE in charge of societal issues;
• Pascale Stankiewicz, General Secretary of the Sorbonne Business School;
• Pierre-Emmanuelle Allain, Occupational Health Nurse, SEST Ile-de-France.

The SPACE initiative, specific to IAE Paris-Sorbonne, has received the support of the Ministry of Higher Education and Research as part of the 2021-2025 national plan to combat SST. It is based on the constitution of a network of sentinels as resource persons, a specific information campaign and awareness-raising actions aimed at the entire IAE Paris-Sorbonne community.

A network of volunteer sentinels among staff and students

One of the first components of SPACE is the constitution of a network of sentinels among staff and the student population.

Specifically trained, all of them are privileged relays with their peers, in support of the establishment's prevention unit, to:

• ensure that students and colleagues are welcomed and listened to when discussing harassment, discrimination, violence, psychosocial risks ;
• delivering first-level information, advice and assistance;
• detecting situations of suffering where necessary;
• facilitate referral to the cell or one of its members after agreement from the person concerned;
• collect/transcribe testimonies if necessary and at the request of victims;
• exercise their role while respecting the strictest confidentiality for all facts, information or documents identified in the exercise of their mission.

Students and staff are invited to approach the sentinels in case of need, or to contact the cell directly at : 
cellule.discri-harcelement@iae.pantheonsorbonne.fr

Sentinels among staff:

• Sophie AKHTAR - Alternance and apprenticeship tax corporate relations officer, office A8
• Melia ARRAS-DJABI - Senior Lecturer, office A14
• Pierre-Yves LAGROUE - Senior Lecturer, office D25
• Zoé PENNANGUER - Graphic designer, office D14
• Bénédicte POUESSEL- Responsable du service Valorisation des relations entreprises, office A15
   

The sentinels among the student population for the academic year 2025-2026 :

• Marie BAILLIÉ
• Roxane BELLAMY GUILPAIN
• Inès BENZAIDI
• Clémentine CAUSSE
• Emma CRISTOBAL
• Marilène DE CRAENE
• Lisa DEMAY
• Alban FLEURET
• Selimhan KIZILOZ
• Romaric LASSERRE
• Fatima-Ezzahra LOTFI
• Pascale Emmanuela N'GORAN
• Dimitri TOUZEAU
• Océane VIGNERON

An information campaign

A poster campaign is deployed within the Sorbonne Business School toinform about the SPACE scheme and present the resource people to contact.

Composed of five posters echoing the five strands of SPACE, this campaign highlights cell members and sentinels in turn. Several sets of posters will be created to showcase all of these special contacts, by rotating the portraits.

Awareness-raising initiatives for all students and staff

Because we are aware of our responsibility to train responsible managers, our students benefit from teaching that integrates societal issues into organizations in a cross-functional way.

As one of the higher education establishments committed to the fight against discrimination, harassment and sexist and sexual violence, the Sorbonne Business School wanted to go further in raising awareness among its students through specific actions, notably by integrating 6 dedicated hours into training programs.

The commitments of the SPACE scheme
 

Awareness-raising
The Sorbonne Business School acts to promote respectful and egalitarian behavior towards everyone, via awareness-raising actions aimed at the student community and staff.

Protect
The Sorbonne Business School is committed to protecting its staff and students from all forms of violence, discrimination and psycho-social risks. With this commitment, the Sorbonne Business School strongly affirms its values as a humanist and responsible establishment.

Accompanying
The Sorbonne Business School wishes to help victims feel understood and supported. Members of the dedicated unit and sentinels receive and direct them, in complete confidentiality, to guide them towards solutions.

Communicate
The Sorbonne Business School is committed to building a common culture in favor of respect and equality, where everyone is treated with dignity and where violence, harassment and discrimination are not tolerated.

Listen
The Sorbonne Business School works collectively in favor of free speech. The dedicated unit, reinforced by sentinels, is available to receive testimonies and hear victims through a considerate and impartial listening.