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The report said "although serious issues like sexual harassment and substance misuse are less frequent, they remain a concern".

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While some behaviour is always unacceptable - sexual harassment or physical assault for example - the report also talks about grey areas, including colleagues being tetchy or rude, ridiculing ideas or using aggressive language.

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In December, Lively filed suit against Baldoni and his team — alleging, among other complaints, sexual harassment and a campaign to destroy her reputation — seeking punitive damages at “an amount to be determined at trial.”

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Kirk Burrowes, who co-founded Bad Boy Entertainment, also sued, accusing Mr Combs of creating a toxic and psychologically manipulative work environment filled with serial sexual harassment, physical aggression, and "forced compliance with degrading sexual acts".

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In the months following The Times’ investigation, nearly 400 women contacted the news organization with accusations of sexual harassment by him.

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