Oregon Health & Science University hired former Attorney General Eric Holder's law firm to investigate its workplace culture.
PORTLAND, Ore — Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU) has released the full report from the law firm it hired to investigate is workplace culture and potential shortcomings in handling employee complaints, outlining a series of "institutional culture challenges" and recommendations to address them.
OHSU hired former Attorney General Eric Holder and his Washington, D.C.-based firm Covington and Burling in response to a lawsuit in which a woman claimed she was repeatedly sexually harassed by a former anesthesiology resident and ignored by multiple superiors when she tried to report it. That lawsuit was later settled for $585,000.
The report finds problems with OHSU's diversity and inclusion efforts, turnover and lack of leadership in human resources and a lack of support for students and employees reporting misconduct. Covington's investigation found OHSU's complaint investigation procedures lack detail and were not implemented consistently, which has led to "employee dissatisfaction and disciplinary outcomes that are not always fully informed or effectively implemented."
The report quotes an OHSU HR employee as saying, “We’ve had no effective leader for a decade."
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