One-third of girls in Hong Kong have been sexually harassed within the office over the previous three years however most of them do nothing about it fearing it’s going to have an effect on their job or as a result of they’ve accepted it because the norm, a survey has discovered.
Lawmaker Elizabeth Quat Pei-fan, whose celebration collectively carried out the survey, mentioned on Sunday that the problem of office harassment in Hong Kong appeared to not have improved in many years.
“We’ve been discussing this concern of office sexual harassment for greater than … 20 years already, and the media has been reporting on such issues always over time,” she mentioned.
“However not many corporations, not sufficient of them, truly take motion to guard ladies.”
She mentioned organisations that dedicated themselves to ESG, or “environmental, social and governance”, tasks usually neglected the facet of office sexual harassment.
ESG is a set of operational requirements for corporations that traders use to display potential investments.