Employee Suit Points to Dysfunctional FCC Culture, Tech Knowledge's Campbell Says
A workplace retaliation lawsuit brought by an FCC employee (see 1609300016) raises red flags about "the prevailing institutional culture" there, with the agency seemingly unconcerned about pornography viewing in the workplace, said Tech Knowledge Director Fred Campbell in a piece…
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in Forbes Thursday. "When the head of the FCC office responsible for promoting business opportunities for women condones loud and conspicuous porn watching by a group of males in a cubicle adjacent to a female employee and admits to using his own office in the FCC as a location for sex, there is evidence of a problem that should be addressed by more than an aggressive legal defense." According to an ongoing suit, the head of the Office of Communications Business Opportunities turned a blind eye to such workplace porn watching, with an employee who complained about it suffering discipline. That same boss, OBCO Chief Thomas Reed, reportedly also had sex in his office with a Washington Post reporter (though not one covering the FCC) who later became his wife. Reed reportedly was not disciplined. Reed and the FCC didn't comment.