Anti-Discrimination Training

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Section 11: Anti-Discrimination Training

34. In each 12 month period after entry of this Consent Decree for offices with Covered Employees, Morgan Stanley shall conduct anti-discrimination training for all IED employees, including Managing Directors and Human Resource Representatives for IED. The three mandatory training sessions shall emphasize issues related to sexual harassment, sex-based hostile environment, appropriate work place conduct and retaliation. In at least one of the first two years, the training in New York and London shall consist of live presentations. In other offices that training session shall be conducted by (1) video conference or, if that is not practicable, (2) audio conference with web-based video or, if those are not practicable, (3) videotape. In other years, the training may be computer-based. The live presentation shall be conducted by an outside person or organization and shall be approved by EEOC, and any computer-based training shall be approved by EEOC. Training shall commence within ninety days of the entry of this Consent Decree.

35. Any employee newly entering an IED office with Covered Employees shall receive anti-discrimination training with emphasis on the topics above within two months of his or her entry. The training shall be approved by EEOC.

36. Morgan Stanley shall maintain records (including a dated sign-in-sheet or its equivalent showing how the training was received (i.e. live, video, conference, computer, etc.) demonstrating (i) that all IED employees have successfully completed the three training sessions mandated in paragraph 34 of this section and (ii) that new IED employees have received the training mandated in paragraph 35. Those records shall be provided to the Monitor in a timely fashion so that he or she can report on compliance. In addition, Morgan Stanley shall maintain a videotape of one of the live presentations in new York, a copy of which shall be provided to EEOC and the Monitor. The Monitor shall attend a training presentation in London and report on it as part of his reporting duties.