The Confederation of British Industry has admitted it failed to “filter out culturally toxic people” from its ranks, leading to “terrible consequences” including allegations of sexual harassment.
The CBI president, Brian McBride, said in a letter to its members that the organisation had “made mistakes” and “badly let down” its staff, after a series of revelations in the Guardian about alleged misconduct by employees, including two women who said they were raped.
The future of the organisation is now hanging in the balance, McBride said, saying he simply did not know if members would be able to “consider trusting us again”.
