Aaron Skogen: Many thanks for your excellent comments and kind support. The EEOC has historically been under funded and understaffed comparative to its caseload. Thus the agency is always trying to do more with less, or at least strike a strategic balance between enforcement/litigation on one hand and outreach/education on the other. EEOC does hold news conferences and issue press releases on litigation filings and settlements against companies. However, most cases are voluntarily resolved without litigation and the parties are protected under strict confidentiality provisions within the laws enforced.

Nevertheless, the agency can always do a better job in publicizing bad actors in corporate America and elsewhere via shaming in media coverage, as you suggest. I know from my experience that most companies are more concerned about negative PR causing damage to their brand, than with payouts to victims as part of settlement agreements — as you wisely noted above.