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Victims of Bullying, Harassment, and Victimisation in the CSIRO
About
This intention of this blog site is to provide a point of contact and information for current and former employees of the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) who have experienced bullying, harassment, victimisation or other forms of anti-social behaviour as a result of their employment with CSIRO.
Who Are We?/Our History
The Victims Of CSIRO group was formed in mid-2011 as a result of conversations between a number of former CSIRO employees who all shared common experiences of bullying, harassment and/or coercive behaviour whilst employees of the CSIRO. It soon became apparent from the large body of information between the former employees that this was a significant issue requiring a coordinated approach to address effectively.
A number of our members have previously approached CSIRO at both Senior Executive and Board level to address these issues without success.
Our Purpose
Our purpose is to some provide support and advocacy for those who have experienced inappropriate workplace behaviour. We feel that effective communication and collaboration between affected parties and a focused approach in pursuing and addressing the damaging workplace culture within the CSIRO is the only way to effect positive change within the organisation.
Our group is made up of members with long-standing affiliations with the CSIRO (in some cases spanning decades) who are passionate about public standing and integrity of this much loved and respected Australian public institution. Similarly we are highly dismayed by the apparent dilution of the integrity and standing of the institution as a result of the purely selfish interests of a number of very highly placed individuals who do not have the best interest of the CSIRO at heart.
Our intentions have not been, are not, and never will be to diminish or damage the reputation of the CSIRO.