The How HR Departments Repeatedly Cover Up Abuse of Workers by Management
Executive Summary
HR departments have not been able to stop sexual harassment when the harassment is from high-status individuals in the company.
This calls into question how effective HR departments are in stopping what they say is unacceptable behavior.
Introduction
When the enormous number of sexual harassment cases surfaced in 2018 and 2019, what is curious is how powerless HR departments were in stopping sexual harassment.
The Pattern of Covering Up Sexual Harassment by HR
The very high-profile cases of sexual harassment have come from powerful men like Russell Simmons, whose influence overwhelms the HR controls put into …