Time to change: Lessons for HR professionals from #MeToo movement

Sifting of bad candidates from the good ones thus becomes vital but tough. Background checks are one way out and companies are doing them routinely but there are hurdles

Beyond the barrage of retrospective sexual harassment allegations against some of the most successful names in the media and entertainment industry are unanswered questions on how India’s #MeToo disclosures can spark a sea change in workplace safety.
 
Predatory male behaviour is not confined to any sector or strata but a recent poll conducted by social networking site LocalCircles, where the respondents were mainly from urban areas, revealed that nearly 80 per cent such cases at workplaces go unreported. So how can this change? When Business Standard tried to find out from a cross-section of India Inc. the lessons that