CBI apology is too little too late, says Baroness Morrissey
City boss Helena Morrissey tells Radio 4's Today programme that CBI actions 'too little, too late'City boss Helena Morrissey has agreed that the CBI is "finished" after it admitted failing to fire staff who sexually harassed female workers.after a series of allegations including two rapes.
Other firms have said they are "pausing" their engagement with the lobby group while many more called by the BBC are yet to comment on their standing with the organisation. Baroness Morrissey, who campaigns for female inclusion within company management, also criticised firms who have yet to publicly leave the CBI.
But Andy Wood, chief executive of brewing company Adnams, which has cancelled its membership of the CBI, said he had not heard anything so far that "reassures me that I should become a member of the CBI again"."Zero tolerance of bullying and sexual harassment - that has to be a given in a modern organisation," Mr Wood said.But Michael Plaut, the former chairman of CBI Wales, said: "I just think nobody gains if we simply cancel the CBI. Letting the CBI die is really easy.
The CBI campaigned against Brexit. Once the UK voted to leave the European Union, it lobbied the government to secure a trade and co-operation agreement. As well as having offices across the UK, the CBI has overseas sites in Washington DC, Brussels, India and China.
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