adminbullying was not “pervasive or endemic” at the British Broadcasting Corporation but was nonetheless “visible, frequent and consistent”.
The review was ordered into BBC policies on sexual harassment after revelations that late presenter Savile had abused children throughout his career, including on BBC premises. It was later widened to include behaviour in the workplace.
A police investigation concluded in January that Savile was one of Britain’s most prolific sex offenders.
The 80-page “Respect at Work” report, compiled by lawyer Dinah Rose, found evidence of some sexual harassment at the BBC “but it is now very rare”. Many of the submissions it received dated back to “10, 20 or more years ago”.
It said: “There have been 37 formal complaints of sexual harassment over the past six years, an average of only six per year, out of a population of approximately 22 000 staff and 60 000 freelancers.
Sexual harassment was not a common theme of the experiences of unacceptable or inappropriate behaviour reported by contributors.” The report did find evidence of inappropriate behaviour and bullying at the corporation. — AFP.
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