Language Matters in the #MeToo Movement

You can’t go online without hearing about another leader falling from grace. We don’t always know what happened, but we assume it’s bad.

Ford Motor Company just fired a top executive for misconduct. A company investigation found that Raj Nair’s behavior was inconsistent with the company’s culture and code of conduct, but a spokesperson declined to use specific language to elaborate on the claims.

Also, a senior executive at UNICEF resigned after he acknowledged “some personal mistakes” in hi...