{"id":3945,"date":"2020-02-19T16:40:05","date_gmt":"2020-02-19T16:40:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sportsnewsforyou.com\/?p=3945"},"modified":"2020-02-19T16:40:05","modified_gmt":"2020-02-19T16:40:05","slug":"survey-reveals-harassment-worries-at-eu-cyber-agency","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/?p=3945","title":{"rendered":"Survey reveals harassment worries at EU cyber agency"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"art\"><figcaption>\n<p>Many organizations&#039; record on harassment has come under greater scrutiny following the Harvey Weinstein scandal | Philippe Huguen\/AFP via Getty Images<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<header>\n<h1>Survey reveals harassment worries at EU cyber agency<\/h1>\n<p class=\"subhead\">Boss of Greece-based organization &#8216;very concerned&#8217; by findings.<\/p>\n<\/header>\n<footer class=\"meta\">\n<p>\n\t\t\tBy\t\t\t<span class=\"byline\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"vcard\">Jacopo Barigazzi<\/span>\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/p>\n<p class=\"timestamp\"><time datetime=\"2019-04-11T19:05:33+00:00\">4\/11\/19, 7:05 PM CET<\/time><\/p>\n<p class=\"updated\">Updated <time datetime=\"2019-04-21T05:24:35+00:00\">4\/21\/19, 5:24 AM CET<\/time><\/p>\n<\/footer>\n<p>More than 40 percent of workers surveyed at the EU&#8217;s cybersecurity agency reported concerns about\u00a0psychological harassment and almost a third were worried about sexual harassment, according to an internal report obtained by POLITICO.<\/p>\n<p>The staff survey at the European Union Agency for Network and Information Security (ENISA), which has offices in the Greek cities of Athens and Heraklion, found that 44 percent of respondents are concerned about \u201cemotional strain\u201d and 43 percent are concerned about psychological harassment. Forty-one percent expressed concern about \u201cfeeling safe\u201d at the agency, 32 percent cited mental strain and 30 percent voiced concern about sexual harassment.<\/p>\n<p>The agency\u00a0\u201cis very concerned about the results and is taking serious measures to detect, prevent and react to any type of harassment in the workplace,\u201d ENISA Executive Director Udo\u00a0Helmbrecht said in a statement to POLITICO.<\/p>\n<p>EU agencies are among many organizations around the world whose record on harassment has come under greater scrutiny following the Harvey Weinstein scandal.<\/p>\n<p>Last summer\u00a0the executive director of EASO, the EU&#8217;s asylum agency, Jos\u00e9 Carreira,\u00a0stepped down\u00a0amid allegations of staff harassment, including &#8220;psychological violence&#8221; and an investigation by the bloc&#8217;s anti-fraud office, OLAF.\u00a0POLITICO reported that OLAF\u00a0uncovered a range of wrongdoing at the agency, from breaches of procurement rules to harassment of staff members. Carreira rejected the allegations against him.<\/p>\n<p>Also last year, a POLITICO investigation\u00a0found that three male staff at the EU&#8217;s gender equality agency faced sexual harassment complaints in 2014. Two of the complaints were upheld and\u00a0resulted in departures from the organization.<\/p>\n<p>At ENISA, the management board were informed of the survey findings at a meeting last month, Helmbrecht said. &#8220;This is\u00a0being discussed with the staff and management,\u201d he added, noting that a number of measures had already been introduced, such as a\u00a0program of annual mandatory training, support from an external assessor to work with staff and management, and a dedicated page on the agency&#8217;s intranet with relevant information.<\/p>\n<p>A total of 41 people responded to the survey, out of 68 ENISA workers invited to take part. In the report, the Dutch firm that conducted the survey, GNKS, said the results \u201ccannot be considered representative for ENISA as a whole\u201d but \u201cthe group of respondents is big enough for the results to be indicative for appreciation or concerns relating to working for ENISA.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In March 2018, Helmbrecht joined other EU agency chiefs in signing up to a\u00a0joint declaration on harassment,\u00a0which states that \u201cwe cannot and will not accept harassment of any form in our agencies.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>ENISA was set up in 2004 and deals with network and information security within the EU. It advises EU member countries on issues such as the development of national cybersecurity strategies.<\/p>\n<p>The agency has faced criticism for having offices in two different cities. It was originally based solely in Heraklion, the main city on the island of Crete, but staff complained that jobs for partners and schools for their children were hard to find. The agency later opened a second base in Athens while still maintaining a Heraklion presence \u2014 an arrangement that cost the Greek government an extra\u00a0\u20ac1 million between 2013 and 2016 alone, according to a report quoting ENISA&#8217;s figures.<\/p>\n<p>A summary in the staff survey report said that overall \u201cthe organisation is &#8216;ok&#8217; with some points of excellence, and some areas where improvement is possible, or needed.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>To gauge concerns about various issues, staff were asked to respond to statements such as &#8220;I am not aware and have no concerns about sexual harassment at ENISA.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Another area of concern was that 41 percent of the staff surveyed do not agree with the statement &#8220;I am not afraid to speak my mind about issues at ENISA.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<footer class=\"content-credits\">\n<h6>Authors:<\/h6>\n<dl class=\"vcard\">\n<dt class=\"credits-author\"><span class=\"vcard\">Jacopo Barigazzi<\/span>&nbsp;<\/dt>\n<\/dl>\n<\/footer>\n<p>Click Here: <a href='https:\/\/www.shopskm.com\/rugby-Jerseys\/NRL-Telstra-Premiership\/NORTH-QUEENSLAND-Cowboys' title='cheap Cowboys jersey'>cheap Cowboys jersey<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many organizations&#039; record on harassment has come under greater scrutiny following the Harvey Weinstein scandal | Philippe Huguen\/AFP via Getty Images Survey reveals harassment worries at EU cyber agency Boss of Greece-based organization &#8216;very concerned&#8217; by findings. 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