Addressing the Gap Between Reporting and Prevalence of Bullying
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Bullying and harassment remain significant challenges across education and workplace environments, yet reporting levels continue to fall far below actual prevalence. In many cases, people do not stay silent because reporting routes are unavailable, but because they are unsure whether they will be believed, supported, or safe after speaking up.
In this on-demand webinar, Gemma McCall and Vicki Baars explore the complex relationship between reporting, trust, culture, and psychological safety. The session examines why organisations can have policies and processes in place, but still struggle to create environments where people feel confident coming forward.
Drawing on insights from higher education and broader workplace culture practice, the discussion looks at what organisations can do to better understand barriers to reporting and take meaningful, proactive steps to address them.
Throughout the webinar, Gemma and Vicki discuss:
- Why bullying and harassment are often underreported
- The impact trust and organisational culture have on reporting behaviour
- How data and reporting insights can help organisations identify patterns and areas of concern
- The role of consistent, everyday actions in building psychological safety
- Practical ways to strengthen engagement, trust, and confidence in support systems
The session also explores how organisations are using data-led approaches to move beyond reactive responses and take earlier, more informed action to support their communities.
Whether you work in higher education, HR, safeguarding, EDI, people and culture, student support, or organisational leadership, this webinar offers practical insight into creating safer, more responsive environments where people feel heard and supported.
Watch the webinar on-demand to learn how organisations are closing the gap between the prevalence of bullying and the number of people who feel able to report it.
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Latest insights from the front lines of workplace culture.
Why Whistleblowing Protections Are Not Enough
The launch of the CIISA standards marked a significant moment for the creative industries, signalling growing recognition of the need for stronger protections around bullying, harassment and misconduct across film, television and wider media environments. But in a recent article for Broadcast Now, we highlight that whistleblowing protections alone will not solve the deeper cultural issues that have allowed harmful behaviour to persist for years.
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Speaking Up in the Creative Industries – Embedding Standards in Practice
With the CIISA Standards having been in place for a year and with the introduction of the Employment Rights Act, expectations around creating a healthy and effective speak up culture are shifting. Organisations being asked to move beyond policy and demonstrate how they are creating real, effective speak-up cultures.
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From the Conference Floor: Real-World Lessons for HR Leaders
Workplace misconduct is evolving, and many HR processes are struggling to keep up. At this year’s Culture Shift Annual Conference, one thing was clear: what worked even a year ago isn’t enough anymore. In this webinar join Gemma McCall (CEO) and Charlotte Taylor (Training Manager and ED&I Specialist) as they bring the most important conversations from the conference floor into a practical session for HR, People and Compliance leaders. You’ll hear what industry experts and legal professionals are seeing right now, and what it means for how you design, communicate and manage your approach to misconduct.
Feeling inspired?
Take the first step toward preventative misconduct management with a demo of our Report + Support™ platform. We can show you how to breakdown reporting barriers with anonymous 2-way messaging, and how to act before things escalate with name-matching and pattern-spotting across our analytics dashboard.
