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What started as criticism over errors in recent YouTube videos has escalated into allegations of sexual harassment, prompting the company to hire an outside investigator. (www.theverge.com)

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Linus Media Group CEO Terren Tong also responded via email, saying he was “shocked at the allegations and the company described” in Reeve’s posts. He went on to note that “as part of this process, beyond an internal review we will also be hiring an outside investigator to look into the allegations and will commit to publish the findings and implementing any corrective actions that may arise because of this.”

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[–] unscholarly_source@lemmy.ca 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Of course, there are many "learn-on-the-job" organizations that have gone forward and done amazing things.

However, while I agree that these issues don't naturally manifest themselves and stem from unprofessionalism and basic respect, I would argue that specialists and professionals in those functions (HR, Finance, Ops, etc) can help establish policies that mitigates and discourages such behaviors. If people can't do that voluntarily, then policies and consequences are enacted to enforce it.

This is why many companies (and I've worked in a few in the tens/hundred thousands of employees) have clear business conduct guideline policies and enforcement, because people who lack professionalism and basic respect for fellow humans are actually quite prevalent in any and every company. I've witnessed a few myself that led to immediate termination of my colleagues.

[–] MotoAsh@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Oh I agree in that all those things help. I just want to push back against the idea that this is expected in a small business. It should not be.

This only happens when unqualified people become the boss of too many others. Regardless of the sequence of events, unqualified people are in charge of far, far too many businesses.

[–] unscholarly_source@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

If I implied that this was expected in a small business, I apologize as that wasn't my intended message. I was referring to the current maturity of LMG. LMG is worth $100M, with 100+ employees, putting it in the midsize business category.

And in that league and above, it is not just expected, but required. The stakes are just too high for an unstructured/informal approach to running the business, which is what LMG is learning/about to learn, hopefully.

The sad thing is that many orgs go through these exact transitional problems, the only difference is that LMG is under the scrutinizing lens of the internet.