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Business Times reports that gold producer Gold Fields is implementing the recommendations of a consultancy firm that found widespread workplace bullying at the company last year.
In its independent review into workplace culture at Gold Fields operations around the world, Elizabeth Broderick & Co found that half of the participants at the company were bullied, 23% of women and 7% of men had been sexually harassed, and 15% had experienced racism. The research followed a similar exercise at Rio Tinto in Western Australia a year earlier. Gold Fields' CEO Mike Fraser said it was a shock when the report was presented. “Clearly when the findings were released it was deeply disappointing that people were experiencing that kind of harassment and behaviour in the workplace. Change starts with leadership and the mining industry has its work cut out to address workplace behaviour. Tragically this is not a Gold Fields problem, it is a problem in our industry, and it is something that we have to stamp out if we truly want to be respected as an industry,” he commented. Delivering Gold Fields' financial results, Fraser also said the focus at the company’s South Deep operation was on ramping up safely and sustainably. He added that problems at South Deep were compounded by a shortage of key skills.
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