The City of London Corporation's decision will not inspire confidence at the CBI that its efforts to survive the crisis will succeed.
The CBI confirmed on Monday that a number of other members of staff had been dismissed for not meeting behavioural standards in the wake of the sacking of director general Tony Danker a fortnight ago.The body has suspended all membership activity until June as it fights for survival, aided by the appointment of its former chief economist Rain Newton-Smith as director general.
Members have, however, criticised the appointment as hasty and the CBI's handling of the affair more generally. The chief executive of pub company Adnams, Andy Wood, told Sky News the CBI brand was"probably damaged beyond repair". He said of the open letter:"I think a number of the things that are talked about in there should have been in place anyway. And I would have expected that of a representative organisation that is speaking for some of the largest and most well-known companies in the UK.
"So whilst I welcome the letter and the contrition, I'm not sure the, you know, zero tolerance of bullying and harassment, training leaders in recognising bullying and harassment and appointing a chief people officer, go quite far enough and not quite the root and branch reform that was talked about earlier in the week."
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