February 2019 ойлик архив
Amnesty International leaders offer to resign over bullying culture
Letter from seven staff admits mistakes after report warns of ‘toxic’ work environment
Rebecca Ratcliffe
Amnesty International’s seven-member senior leadership team has offered to resign after a damning report warned of a “toxic” working environment and widespread bullying.
The Guardian: Amnesty ‘failed to support and value’ Paris worker who killed himself
Independent inquiry finds serious failure of management over Gaëtan Mootoo, who felt ‘abandoned’ by the organisation
Gaëtan Mootoo, west Africa researcher for Amnesty International, who killed himself in May 2018. Photograph: Courtesy of Minisma
Amnesty International failed to support a researcher who killed himself in his Paris office after feeling “abandoned and neglected” by the organisation, according to an investigation.
The independent inquiry commissioned by Amnesty into the death of Gaëtan Mootoo concluded that multiple failings to support the employee of three decades amounted to “a serious failure of management”.
The Guardian – Amnesty International has toxic working culture, report finds
Bullying, public humiliation and discrimination threaten rights group’s credibility
Amnesty International’s banner over the Thames, opposite the US embassy in London, against Donald Trump’s visit last July. Photograph: Chris Ratcliffe/Getty Images
Amnesty International has a “toxic” working environment, with widespread bullying, public humiliation, discrimination and other abuses of power, a report has found.
A review into workplace culture, commissioned after two staff members killed themselves last year, found a dangerous “us versus them” dynamic, and a severe lack of trust in senior management, which threatened Amnesty’s credibility as a human rights champion.
