"It doesn't sound like they're committed to adhering to enforcement issues," she said.

Today, President Neil L. Rudenstine is scheduled to participate in a conference call with presidents of other Ivy League schools to discuss the formation of an Ivy League-wide policy on sweatshop labor.

"There is clearly widespread agreement that we ought to do something," Ryan said.

"The question is what can we do that is effective, that uses our resources to the best of our abilities and that gives us some assurance that we are making a difference to the men and women who sew T-shirts and sweatshirts," he added.

Ryan would not say when an official policy would be announced and did not say when a clearer decision about an outside monitor would be made.

"Writing the code itself is pretty simple," he said. "It's getting the details on monitoring and enforcement that's difficult."

Indeed, Ryan said he did not know how much--if any--of Harvard apparel is manufactured by sweatshop labor.

"I have not spent enough time figuring out what the [labor] market is and what the conditions are like," Ryan said.