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Outside Monitor

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Section 9: Outside Monitor

23. EEOC and Morgan Stanley have agreed that Paul Shechtman shall serve as Outside Monitor during the period of this Consent Decree.

24. Morgan Stanley shall pay the hourly fee and expenses of the Monitor from monies other than the Total Settlement Amount.

25. The Monitor shall be provided (i) access to Morgan Stanley's training programs described in Sections 10 and 11; (ii) copies of the annual Promotion and Compensation Analysis described in Section 14; (iii) copies of the Exit Interviews descried in Section 15; (iv) copies of complaints initiated under Morgan Stanley's IED Complaint Process: Sex Discrimination, which has been established as part of this Consent Decree; (v) copies of Final Reports, as well as interview reports and documents collected by the Ombudsperson in connection with her investigations of complaints; and (vi) copies of the complaint database report described in Section 13. In addition, the Monitor may request (and, if so, should be given) access to any depositions and expert reports prepared in connection with this matter.

26. The Monitor may request access to Morgan Stanley document related to the performance of his duties.

27. The Ombudsperson shall meet with the Monitor at the Monitor's request.

28. Any IED employee may contact the Monitor, and the Monitor may contact any IED employee, to address issues that relate to discrimination against Covered Employees on basis of sex. An employee may not be penalized for speaking with the Monitor. If the Monitor becomes aware of issues that should be brought to the attention of Morgan Stanley and/or EEOC so that they may be promptly addressed, and Monitor shall do so, maintaining the confidentiality of the employee whenever possible.

29. The Monitor shall review and make recommendations, if any, to Morgan Stanley's anti-discrimination policies and practices with regard to Covered Employees. At least once each year, the Monitor shall issue a report to Morgan Stanley and EEOC assessing Morgan Stanley's implementation of and compliance with this Consent Decree. In his reports, the Monitor should give special attention to whether Morgan Stanley has implemented meaningful programs to address the retention and promotion of women in IED as called for in Section 16 of this Consent Decree.

30. The Monitor shall not be deemed an agent of Morgan Stanley or EEOC for any purpose.