Source: BBC News published on this website Tuesday 29 April 2025 by Jill Powell
The report into the review was published on the 28 April 2025 and has been undertaken on the BBC’s behalf by Change Associates in response to the guilty pleas of Hugh Edwards into inappropriate behaviour at work.
This follows the earlier Respect at Work Review 2013 following the Jimmy Savile scandal.
In the Introduction of the 2025 report it states:
“The creative industries are not alone in being under the microscope when it comes to scandals involving people behaving inappropriately. The attention this generates may be because of the newsworthiness of the people involved as they are on our screens or radios daily. Or it may be because of the pressures involved in being ‘live’, where exacting production standards apply. We do know that in the past, egos, reputations and the perceived quality of output were considered more important than behaviours and standards of leadership and management. We also know that the BBC operates under intense scrutiny, from itself as much as others, and subjects itself to forensic and public examination. Since our involvement in the Respect at Work review in 2013, we have been told many times that things are changing for the better in the industry. This is against a backdrop of higher behavioural expectations in society. It is also, though, because of activity undertaken within organisations to handle issues more effectively. So, how has this impacted the BBC’s culture?”
To read the full report
To read the BBC’s responses to the report
