Professor Keyser, the chair of the committee, said in an interview that the 22-person committee was divided into subcommittees on policy, education and procedures, and has made a great deal of progress on matters of policy and on ways of educating the community. Sexual harassment occurs in a great variety of situations in the MIT community, he said. In making that decision appropriately, she or he needs to be extremely well informed by the institution. A crucial part of the information which the offended person needs to know to make an informed decision has to do with what are the responsibilities of the person or persons to whom she or he might go, and who has what obligations to act within the system. Professor Keyser said.
Harassment is a negative sum situation.
Once harassment has occurred, there's almost no way to undo the damage. The issue is extremely important and difficult because it involves serious consequences for the lives of so many people. He said the press of exams and other matters made it impossible to finish the task this month, but that he anticipated the group would make a final report sometime in the fall term.