tldr quotes: the expectation was.."The bodies will be examined, dismantled as necessary for donation or scientific purposes, possibly save current or future lives, and contribute meaningfully to societal understanding of anatomy and disease.

"Federal prosecutors indicted Cedric Lodge * for allegedly stealing, marketing, and selling body parts from corpses donated to Harvard. *"

"Superior Court Judge Kenneth Salinger wrote in his decision last year, the suits did not prove that Harvard failed to act in good faith in receiving or handling the donated bodies or that they are legally responsible for Lodge’s * actions."