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Microsoft Moves to End Secrecy in Sexual Harassment Claims
- rectang 9y agoEnding forced arbitration was number one on Susan Fowler's list of "Five Things Tech Companies Can Do Better": https://www.susanjfowler.com/blog/2017/5/20/five-things-tech-companies-can-do-better https://www.susanjfowler.com/blog/2017/5/20/five-things-tech... 1. End Forced Arbitration This is the single most important thing a company can do to prove to its employees that it is dedicated to acting ethically, legally, responsibly, and transparently. Microsoft's change of policy makes sense when you consider that NDA's are losing their effectiveness in cases of sexual abuse: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-misconduct-agreements/sexual-misconduct-outcry-makes-u-s-lawyers-rethink-confidentiality-idUSKBN1ED1DM https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-misconduct-agreements... Some states already have laws restricting confidentiality agreements that conceal "public hazards," such as product defects or environmental contamination. The same reasoning could potentially be used to invalidate non-disclosure agreements covering allegations of sexual misconduct, lawyers say, on the theory that some harassers could pose danger to others if their conduct is not revealed.