Why Things Aren’t Better, Yet

Women at Work

Harvard Business Review

Management, Entrepreneurship, Business/management, Human, Business/careers, Women, Careers, Hbr, Resources, Workplace, Gender, Business, Business/entrepreneurship, Harvard, Progress, Equality

4.8 • 1.5K Ratings

🗓️ 10 June 2019

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Many companies are still sorting out the right policies to put in place around sexual harassment. But even where good policies exist, we all need the skills and confidence to respond to and prevent inappropriate behavior at work. Guests: Marianne Cooper and Sarah Beaulieu. Our theme music is Matt Hill’s “City In Motion,” provided by Audio Network.

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0:00.0	Harvard Business School Executive Education develops leaders who make a difference in the world.
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0:13.0	Learn more at HBS. Me slash work.
0:17.0	That's HBS. M.E. slash work.
0:23.0	You're listening to Women at Work from Harvard Business Review.
0:30.0	I'm Nicole Torres.
0:33.1	I'm Amy Bernstein.
0:34.4	And I'm Amy Gallo.
0:36.1	Here are a few telling figures about the state of sexual harassment
0:39.6	in corporate America.
0:41.4	35% of women report having experienced it. 38% say their company has
0:46.8	updated or clarified its policies and procedures in the past year. Only 52% of women think reporting harassment would lead to a fair and effective
0:56.4	investigation. This is all from the Women in the Workplace 2018 report.
1:02.1	LeanIn.org and McKinsey and Company
1:04.3	publish it annually, after surveying tens of thousands of employees
1:08.4	in the US and Canada.
1:10.4	I sat down with one of the reports authors Marian Cooper.
1:14.0	She's a sociologist at the Klayman Institute for Gender Research at Stanford University.
1:19.0	Marian, thanks so much for joining us.
1:23.8	Of course, it's good to be here.
1:25.8	So I wanted to ask you about this report,
1:28.4	and specifically about how you reacted
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