The National Institutes of Health announced this week that—at the direction of Congress—it is tightening rules for reporting sexual and workplace harassment by NIH-funded investigators.
this week that—at the direction of Congress—it is tightening rules for reporting sexual and workplace harassment by NIH-funded investigators. Institutions will now be legally required to tell NIH if a grantee has been disciplined because of harassment findings.
Observers welcome the law, but they note that NIH’s reporting requirements still fall short of those at the National Science Foundation . That could leave the agency in the dark about some ongoing investigations. NIH now says that reporting rule lacked teeth, however. Institutions were only told they “should” report harassment, NIH acting Director Lawrence Tabak explained in a; NIH lacked authority to require that they do so. “This limited NIH’s awareness” of harassment and its “ability to take necessary action,” Tabak wrote.
Lauer, however, says he believes the new policy will not allow genuine grantee misbehavior to be swept under the rug. “When the concerns are so serious that a person is put on leave, then we do know about that,” he says. Allegations result in formal findings only about 25% to 30% of the time, he adds. In “a number of cases,” investigators find “no wrongdoing.”
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