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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Employment lawyer here.

You have an affirmative obligation to act on this information regardless of what the victim says or does on her own behalf.  Now that your company management has this information, your company must take steps to ensure that there is an investigation of the alleged harasser's conduct and possible victimization of any and all other victims.  You must tell this person in no uncertain terms that his conduct is unacceptable and it must stop.  You must discipline him appropriately.

You must act on the information you possess.  Your company's liability begins NOW.[/quote]

+1.  You must act.  If this results in repurcussions for her career, too bad for her and your company sucks, but you need to be wearing your company hat and quick.  In my company, you'd be dismissed before the harasser would.[/quote]
If it's the policy then I could maybe see OP being dismissed along with the harasser but before? Really?[/quote]

[b]OP's dithering about what to do puts her company at more risk of liability than the harasse[/b]r's behavior.[/quote]

OP here.  Thanks.  I would not say I was dithering.  I was hoping to hear from DCUM but I was also making calls on this end as well. 
As noted I made an appointment our ombudsman the same day, unfortunately we were told they would not see us until 5/4.  Yesterday I met with a colleague in HR who was able to get us an appointment that afternoon. 
 
I will report it to the office of ethics today but I may not be required to share the names.  I wanted to share the names upfront but was told to listen to what the ethics office has to say before I mention names.  
Also they tell me that if the woman chooses not to participate it will likely not result in an investigation.

As mentioned this is not an American company so our policies are different than what you would find in many American companies.

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