We are clearly not doing enough.”“We did hear from a small number of women attendees at TED2017 about harassment. Nilofer Merchant, an author and former Apple executive whose 2013 TED talk received nearly three million views, said in an interview that sexual harassment is not a new problem for the TED conferences. They discussed communicating a zero-tolerance policy for sexual harassment of attendees, creating clear guidelines and penalties for behaviours that constitute harassment, and coming up with a formal process to handle complaints. Some conferences have been updating their policies in light of recent high-profile sexual harassment scandals. Internally, TED has also faced sexual harassment complaints against its own managers.

Source: thestar November 18, 2017 23:37 UTC