UK Anti-Bullying Body CIISA Unveils Standards To Help TV & Film Employees Report Bad Behavior “Without Fear Of Being Victimised”

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The UK’s new anti-bullying reporting body for TV and film has unveiled the standards it will uphold when it becomes fully operational.

The Creative Industries Independent Standards Authority (CIISA) will work from four standards, which were drawn up after an eight-week consultation that concluded last month.

The body is in the process of securing its financial future in order to become fully operational. The standards are: ‘Safe Working Environments’, ‘Inclusive Working Environments’, ‘Open and Accountable Reporting Mechanisms’ and ‘Responsive Learning Cultures’.

The first standard stresses that those working in the TV and film industries should be “free from exposure to psychological, sexual and physical harm,” while the third notes that “everyone should feel confident that any concerns they raise will be taken seriously and resolved at the earliest opportunity without a fear of being victimised.” The final one stresses it should “enable those working in the creative industries to see concerns raised as an opportunity not just to address harmful behaviour, but also to capture learning and to act on it.” The standards were put together following in-depth chats with contributors from the industry between December 2 and January 27, during which time high-profile allegations made against the likes of Gregg Wallace were put out in the open (Wallace denies he engaged in behavior of a “sexually harassing nature”).