Marcia McNutt, president of the US National Academy of Sciences, says that the NAS hasn’t received any sexual-harassment complaints against its members since instituting a reporting system last year. (Karen Sayre/Eikon Photography (CC BY-NC-SA 2.0))
Harassers at US National Academies
Last year, the US National Academy of Sciences (NAS) voted overwhelmingly to change its by-laws to allow it to throw out sexual harassers. But after 16 months, no one has invoked the system to file a complaint, and known harassers are still members. It could be that people are not aware that the system is in place, or that victims of harassment, after reporting the cases to other institutions, do not want to pursue it further. According to the new by-laws, the NAS cannot expel harassers without a formal complaint. The harassers who remain are not being appointed to committees or panels. “Their influence in the academy is non-existent,” says NAS president Marcia McNutt. Other scientists, however, think that’s not enough.
Nature | 6 min read
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