[NCUC-EC] revised statement - please indicate support or comment this week

[Rafik Dammak]

Hi Milton,

After long thinking, I support this.

Best.

Rafik
On Mar 23, 2016 5:12 AM, "Mueller, Milton L" <milton at gatech.edu> wrote:

>
>
> STATEMENT OF THE NONCOMMERCIAL USERS CONSTITUENCY EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
> (NCUC-EC) ON SEXUAL HARASSMENT
>
> Accusations of sexual harassment at ICANN 55 raise two issues, which must
> be kept distinct. One is whether this particular incident constituted
> sexual harassment and if so, what would be an appropriate response. The
> other is whether ICANN needs to be better prepared to handle situations
> like this with well-defined policies and procedures. We believe that these
> two issues are being confused.
>
> With regard to the alleged incident, there is very little objective
> evidence, and the community is grappling with this issue in the absence of
> a clear, commonly accepted definition of sexual harassment.* We hope that
> this question is resolved fairly and proportionately through further
> investigation and verification rather than through allegations in public
> forums and email lists.
>
> With regard to the second issue, we strongly agree that action needs to be
> taken and look forward to assisting the staff and the board with the
> development of appropriate policies and procedures. Since NCUC is a
> rights-focused stakeholder group, the Executive Committee takes a
> principled stance toward the issue and requests that any sexual harassment
> policy must:
>
>  a) be developed in an atmosphere of impartial, open discussion in which
> all viewpoints can be heard and respected;
>  b) be based on clear, unambiguous definitions of sexual harassment that
> can be readily understood and applied by all ICANN participants;
>  c) respect the privacy, procedural and substantive rights of both the
> accuser and the accused
>
>
>
> * A typical definition of SH from U.S. law is: "Unwelcome sexual advances,
> requests for sexual favors, and other verbal or physical conduct of a
> sexual nature constitute sexual harassment when submission to such conduct
> is made either explicitly or implicitly a term or condition of an
> individual's employment, submission to or rejection of such conduct by an
> individual is used as the basis for employment decisions affecting such
> individuals, or such conduct has the purpose or effect of unreasonably
> interfering with an individual's work performance or creating an
> intimidating, hostile, or offensive working environment. (29 C.F.R. §
> 1604.11 [1980])
>
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