British charity Oxfam had a 'culture of tolerating poor behavior' among staff sent to help victims of the 2010 Haiti earthquake, and failed to address early warning signs of the sex scandal that rocked the charity sector last year, a new report finds
London British charity Oxfam had a"culture of tolerating poor behavior" among staff sent to help victims of the 2010 Haiti earthquake, and failed to address early warning signs of the sex scandal that rocked the charity sector last year, a new report has found.
Oxfam's mismanagement in Haiti prompted the UK regulator, the Charity Commission for England and Wales, to issue an official warning to the organization in a damning report released Tuesday.It found that allegations from 2011 of"serious problems with the culture, morale and behaviors generally" of some staff were not properly addressed, with senior members failing to escalate complaints of sexual misconduct.
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