AICHI (TR) – Tokai TV this week held a press convention to announce that the chairman of the corporate had resigned from his place amid studies of sexual harassment, studies TV Asahi (Dec. 25).
Last month, weekly tabloid Shukan Shincho (Nov. 20) printed a photograph of Tokai TV chairman Hiroshi Kojima embracing feminine workers members at a cocktail party.
Tokai TV is an affiliate of Fuji TV. After the publication of the article, an investigation by a committee commenced. The outcomes of the investigation revealed that no harassment was discovered.
In the picture printed by the journal, Kojima is proven along with his arms round one girl with one other girl between the 2 of them.
“While the report did not find any harassment, we take seriously the fact that inappropriate behavior as a manager occurred,” stated president Yasutaka Hayashi. “As of December 23, chairman Kojima is no longer the director and representative director.”
“Never felt sexually harassed”
In reaching the conclusion that “sexual harassment was not found,” the committee cited statements from the ladies in query throughout interviews. One girl stated, “I never felt sexually harassed.”
Hayashi continued relating to chairman Kojima’s resignation, “Even if harassment is not recognized, there is no denying that he was naive about human rights issues as the head of a media organization.”
Hayashi was additionally current on the banquet in query. He mirrored on his failure to cease Chairman Kojima from embracing the ladies. “I was naive,” he stated.
When requested about whether or not being naive is a private matter or a associated to the company tradition at Tokai TV, Hayashi stated, “It is not based on corporate culture. It was a personal decision.”
“Take a long time”
The committee was made up of Tokai TV’s full-time auditor and three different folks, together with a lawyer.
Tokai TV managing director Tatsumi Fukagawa headed the committee. When requested why a third-party committee didn’t conduct the investigation, Fukagawa stated, “An investigation by a third-party committee would likely take a long time. We felt that the problem would be that the company’s response and comments would be delayed.”