Three French executives were convicted in the suicides of 35 of their workers – Washington Post
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Three former executives of a French telecommunications giant were found guilty on Friday of creating a corporate culture so toxic that 35 of their employees were driven to suicide in the 2000s. The charge in the historic case: “harcèlement moral institutionnel,” or “institutional moral harassment.”
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CFE-CGC Orange, a trade union that represents the company’s workers, has been tracking employee suicides since 2007, and its leaders said they welcomed Friday’s decision.
“Our thoughts are with the victims and the families of the victims of managerial violence put in place by Didier Lombard and his henchmen,” Sébastien Crozier, the shop’s president, said in a statement. “We hope that this judgment will serve as an example so that this type of situation never happens again. »
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Read more on :
the Washington Post – Reis Thebault – 21/12/2019
also on The Sydney Morning Herald
