Friday, October 13, 2017

Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke vows to end culture of harassment and intimidation in Park Service

Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke on Friday announced a plan to combat sexual harassment, bullying and intimidation of employees within America’s national parks system and to hold managers accountable if inappropriate behavior is ignored. The plan aims to change an embedded culture that Zinke said has allowed senior officials to downplay or stonewall complaints from mostly female workers of being physically threatened, propositioned for sex and inappropriately touched. The announcement follows a series of investigations and congressional hearings into allegations of hostile work environments and sordid incidents that a year ago led to the resignations of several senior Park Service officials, including the superintendents of Yosemite and Grand Canyon...more

 I can't help but wonder why it took eight months to produce an action plan? Even if you waited for the employee survey results, it took six months for a simple action plan?

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