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Section 13: Complaint Database

40. Within 60 days of the entry of this Consent Decree, Morgan Stanley shall develop a computer database to record complaints of sex discrimination, including retaliation claims, by women in IED in offices in the United States and Covered Employees working in foreign jurisdictions. The computer database will categorize information related to such complaints by complainants, alleged offending parties, business unit, geographic location, nature of complaint, final determination, and action taken, if any. Information regarding a complaint shall be added to the database no later than five days after the complaint is received, and information regarding the final determination and action taken, if any, shall be added within five days thereof.

41. Every six month, the Ombudsperson shall produce a report from the database on complaints received, with particular focus on patterns of complaints, if any. The report shall be provided to the head of IED and the management of any business unit in which a pattern of complaints has been identified, and the Ombudsperson shall meet with them to discuss the report and any concerns of Covered Employees related to the work environment in IED.