Ethisphere’s Erica Salmon Byrne, EVP and Executive Director of Business Ethics Leadership Alliance (BELA) recently joined The Diane Rehm Show to discuss “The Lawsuit Against Former Fox News Chairman Roger Ailes and Sexual Harassment In The Workplace”.
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In 2005, Gretchen Carlson began working for Fox News. She rose through the ranks to become host of her own show, “The Real Story.” But in June, Fox News declined to renew her contract. A few weeks later, Carlson sued Roger Ailes, alleging the Fox News chief fired her because she refused his sexual advances. Ailes denies the allegations but has since left the network. Since then, more than 20 women have come forward with stories about Ailes sexually harassing them on the job. And investigators are now looking at what other Fox News executives knew about Ailes’s behavior. Diane and guests discuss the case against Roger Ailes and the challenges of confronting sexual harassment in the workplace. Read more on Diane Rehm’s website.
Guests
- Emma Coleman Jordan professor of law, Georgetown University; co-author (with Anita Hill) of “Race, Gender, and Power in America: The Legacy of the Hill-Thomas Hearings”
- David Folkenflik media correspondent, NPR; author of “Murdoch’s World: The Last of the Old Media Empires”
- Gabriel Sherman national affairs editor, New York Magazine; author of “The Loudest Voice in the Room: How the Brilliant, Bombastic Roger Ailes Built Fox News–and Divided a Country”
- Erica Salmon Bryne executive vice president, governance and compliance, Ethisphere
- Maureen Sherry former managing director, Bear Stearns; author of the novel “Opening Belle”
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Now: @EconomicJustice, @davidfolkenflik, @ESalmonByrne & @gabrielsherman discuss sexual harassment in the workplace https://t.co/3g7fyKaBFW
— Diane Rehm: On My Mind (@drshow) August 8, 2016
This was an awful lot of fun with a great panel! https://t.co/tv3m9K89pN
— Erica Salmon Byrne (@ESalmonByrne) August 8, 2016
.@ESalmonByrne @drshow "It's up to the companies to commit themselves to doing something when someone has the moral courage to step forward"
— Lisa Dunn (@LisaZDunn) August 8, 2016
Listening to @drshow segment on Roger Ailes. Disturbing that systemic sexual harassment can continue so long at the highest levels @FoxNews
— Heather Youmans (@HC_Youmans) August 8, 2016
