Carolyn Bys

Principal

Equitable Terms

Carolyn Bys is an experienced workplace investigator, having conducted or coached more hundreds of investigations across the globe while leading the ethics and investigations unit of a large, international non-profit in the international humanitarian and development sector. She is now the Principal at Equitable Terms, a firm that assists organizations in creating and maintaining equity-informed and trauma-informed approaches to workplace conduct policies and accountability procedures.  Her current practice is further informed by her diverse experience, including as an appellate criminal defense attorney and working internationally as an anti-bias trainer, training prosecutors and law enforcement in Eastern Europe on investigating hate crime. She regularly works with international NGOs on drafting workplace conduct policies, reporting procedures and frameworks, delivering trainings and building capacity for investigators on sexual misconduct.