'Deeply disturbing.' Rio Tinto says bullying, sexism and racism are rife at the company
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Rio Tinto has found disturbing patterns of racism, sexism, harassment and sexual assault across the company, according to a new investigation.
On Tuesday, the mining giant published the findings of an external review it commissioned last year after months of scrutiny about how workers were being treated.
According to the report, which was overseen by Australia's former sex discrimination commissioner Elizabeth Broderick, "bullying and sexism are systemic across Rio Tinto worksites, with almost half of the people experiencing bullying."
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