14.1 The University is committed to maintaining a work environment that is as free as possible from acts or threats of violence. The University will continue to make all reasonable efforts to protect the safety and security of faculty and the university community, and will maintain appropriate written policies for dealing with violence in the workplace. Faculty will not commit any act of violence nor engage in any threat or implied threat of violence. Faculty who violate this Section or University policies on this topic will be subject to a range of sanctions, including discharge.