New CBI boss says she raised sexual harassment concerns
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But Ms Newton-Smith, who has been appointed to save the group, said she didn't feel there was a toxic culture. An investigation by the law firm Fox Williams, commissioned by the group following the emergence of claims, found a failure to act allowed a "very small minority" of staff to believe they could get away with harassment or violence against women. The embattled lobby group has said it dismissed a number of people.
"I wouldn't be coming back into this job if I thought there were things that I had done or hadn't done or hadn't acted thoroughly on it. So that's what's really important to me."Dozens of the CBI's member firms have either terminated memberships or suspended any activity with the organisation.
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