Why effective altruism struggles on sexual misconduct

Abstraction: EA community's structural barriers to addressing sexual misconduct

Key points:

• Time magazine (Feb 2023) reported multiple sexual harassment incidents at EA-affiliated events, parties, and lunches
• EA's decentralized structure means the Centre for Effective Altruism (CEA) can only ban individuals from its own events, not the broader community
• Risk factors specific to EA: gender imbalance, blurred social/professional lines, young idealists mixing with powerful funders
• CEA's community health team takes reports and can ban from CEA events; acknowledges it cannot police informal community settings
• EA's embrace of non-traditional relationships cited in Time piece as a potential compounding factor
• Author (Kelsey Piper) argues EA's claim to "do good better" demands higher accountability standards than it currently meets

Connections: Centre For Effective Altruism · Effective Altruism · Community Governance

Source: https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/2023/2/15/23601143/effective-altruism-sexual-harassment-misconduct