Exclusive: More than a dozen women raise concerns about different men – with one woman alleging she was raped at staff party
More than a dozen women claim to have been victims of various forms of sexual misconduct by senior figures at the Confederation of British Industry, including one who alleges she was raped at a staff boat party on the River Thames.
The women, who all work at the CBI or worked there in recent years, approached the Guardian with fresh concerns about what they describe as a toxic culture at Britain’s most influential business lobbying organisation.
An attempted sexual assault by a manager at the same staff boat party in 2019.
A senior manager sending explicit images to junior female staff over several years.
Other senior managers behaving unprofessionally and inappropriately towards much younger female colleagues: alleged instances include a former board member touching a female employee’s bottom and making what was seen as a sexualised remark to another woman in earshot of several colleagues.
A manager propositioning women after they felt he pushed them to drink more alcohol, while they were already drunk.
Widespread use of cocaine at official CBI events.
