[QuackingJimbo]

The outrage isn't because the incident happened. It's because DataCamp didn't do anything to reprimand the executive, and because they issued a completely tone deaf response, and because they tried to hide it.

I'm against bogus sexual assault claims as much as anyone but if you're DataCamp you really have no choice but to just fire this guy and move on (and it's obviously too late now to even do that).

[piokoch]

Couldn't the victim simply call the police or notify the prosecutor (or whatever is the proper procedure to report a crime)? If DataCamp executive committed a crime, then this will be investigated and a person will be punished according to the rules of law.

Why the victim and other people who were witnessing what happened count on executives's partners and colleagues to "take proper action". In the civilized society courts should be engaged in such situation, we don't need to relay on some ad hoc, possibly bias committees to punish people. If this executive did something wrong, let him rot in prison or whatever is the proper punishment.

[cepth]

There’s a grey area between what is (should be?) unacceptable in a professional setting, and what constitutes a crime. Even in particularly egregious cases of sexual misconduct, it’s difficult to think of how many victims chose to go to trial. Civil settlements are much more common. Think Roger Ailes at Fox.

The local prosecutor in whatever jurisdiction this incident occurred in is likely to decline prosecuting the case. Prosecuting instances of sexual harassment (assault in this case?) Is not typically a prosecutor’s first choice for how to use their office’s limited time and resources.

Maybe she could’ve filed a claim with the EEOC? But, that’s a long drawn out process as well. Most victims of harassment may just choose to try a company’s internal HR processes, since an EEOC claim may require spending inordinate amounts of time, and maybe money if you hire professional help.

From the dozens of Twitter and personal blog testimonials of DataCamp instructors (contractors), it seems that but for collective pressure and organizing from the instructors, DataCamp would’ve just swept this whole incident under the rug.

[StreamBright]

There is no grey area here. There are things that are classified as crime and there are things classified as inappropriate behaviour. The "grey area" happens when people on purpose try to mix the two and manufacture outrage.