Employment Law Conference Hears That Integrity Matters More Than Ever

High-profile cases in the international media relating to improper or inappropriate workplace conduct highlight the vital importance of individuals and organisations ensuring that they act with integrity in all aspects of how they operate, says Carey Olsen partner Elaine Gray.

Advocate Gray, who was speaking at a half-day conference on employment law issues hosted by Carey Olsen and the Guernsey Training Agency (GTA), said it was important to appreciate that unacceptable workplace conduct not only reflected on the individual employees who conducted themselves badly, but could also reflect systemic issues in organisations, with leaders setting the culture. As such, leaders have a responsibility to act in accordance with those standards and to enforce them if they see that the standards are not being upheld, not only when staff raise issues or complaints.