Nine: “Active investigations underway… individuals will be held to account”
Nine management attempts to placate aggrieved staff with an email from the top.
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Acting Nine CEO Matt Stanton has emailed staff following the release of last week’s review by consulting firm, Intersection.
The review did not name any individuals whilst some staff were critical of a lack of action over individuals responsible for abuse of power, bullying, sexual harassment or inappropriate conduct.
“Since the release of the report, we can appreciate the strong desire to understand accountability for inappropriate behaviour that has occurred in our workplace,” Stanton wrote, according to The Australian.
“We currently have a number of active investigations underway into issues raised by employees, some of which are being led by an external investigator whom we have partnered with.
“No two cases are the same, and I’m sure you can appreciate these investigations need to be conducted in a manner that follows a just and proper process, which can take time.”
He also noted, “There is no place at Nine for the abuse of power, bullying, sexual harassment or inappropriate conduct outlined in the Intersection report or for people who behave that way.
“There will be change at Nine and individuals will be held to account for behaviour of this nature.”
Profile Nine personalities including Karl Stefanovic, Deb Knight and Tom Steinfort were reported last week as questioning what was being done about individual perpetrators, including whether the review was worth the pain some staff had been put through.
The report was also called out for publishing quotes which some individuals believe readily identifies them.
“Confidentiality is integral to building trust in our processes and identifying individuals involved in investigations or talking about them publicly undermines this trust,” Stanton told staff.
“We also consider the welfare of the people involved, with health, safety and wellbeing of them and everyone in the workplace a priority.
“This need for care and kindness further underlines the importance of confidentiality in our processes.”
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Watching 9 on the day of the NRL Grand Final my friends and I were gobsmacked by a pre-match commercial break: It started with a ‘feel good’ Community Service Announcement starring a bunch of earnest 9 presenters all encouraging Australians to stamp out domestic violence. No problem with that, DV, sexual harassment and bullying are all ugly elements of our culture that need to end. But then Nine play a promo for Love Island!!! In it we see Sophie Monk and a bevy of young women in bikinis and muscle-bound young men all showing off their perfectly tanned bodies. Suddenly there are close-ups of tongue kissing followed by Sophie cracking a dumb joke, and then Nine ran an ad for gambling!!!!!!
I think the problem is more complex than a few remnant knob-heads left over from the Packer-Leckie Gang Wars.
Terrible programs are produced by terrible people; but commercial FTA programming is controlled by the advertisers.
It’s a massive conundrum.
There’s nothing inherently wrong with a dating show and kissing, that’s not sexual violence or bullying etc. It’s about how far a show goes in its content and consent. I ran an article last year about the consent elements of LI.
Will this be an independent investigation or in house where results could be skewed or results not released?
The Age reports ‘Nine would consider a range of outcomes as an an external investigator, Enterprise Investigations, looked into complaints filed in conjunction with the independent Intersection Review.’