Joyce Anderson
81:37 - 82:15
"I make a motion that the Ethics Committee send a letter to the Human Resources Manager and let them know that the Ethics Committee has discussed and determined that the training for the— Sexual harassment training— Professional workplace and sexual harassment workplace policy is not within the purview of the Ethics Committee and that it does put a limit on the information that can be provided to legislators and legislative staff about ethics, which is very important."
“I make a motion that the Ethics Committee send a letter to the Human Resources Manager and let them know that the Ethics Committee has discussed and determined that the training for the— Sexual harassment training— Professional workplace and sexual harassment workplace policy is not within the purview of the Ethics Committee and that it does put a limit on the information that can be provided to legislators and legislative staff about ethics, which is very important.”
- Speaker
- Joyce Anderson
- Timestamp
- 81:37 – 82:15
- Community
- Alaska News
- Location
- Juneau
- Captured at
- June 26, 2026
From the transcript
I make a motion that the Ethics Committee send a letter to the Human Resources Manager and let them know that the Ethics Committee has discussed and determined that the training for the— or what are we calling it? The— Sexual harassment training. —Professional workplace and sexual harassment workplace policy is not within the purview of the Ethics Committee and that it does put a limit on the information that can be provided to legislators and legislative staff about ethics, which is very important.
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