Has #MeToo Changed Anything? Bosses Say Yes, Workers Disagree

  • Majority of executives say sexual harassment isn’t tolerated
  • Official reports of bad behavior are up, more goes unreported

A demonstrator holds a sign reading "#Me Too" during a rally against sexual harassment in Shinjuku.

Photographer: Noriko Hayashi/Bloomberg
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Ask employers how they’re doing on sexual harassment in the workplace and most will say pretty well. Employees have a different take.

Nearly 70 percent of leaders “strongly agree” that their workplace “does not tolerate harassment.” Fewer than half of workers outside of leadership roles say the same, finds a survey of 1,000 U.S. working adults. One in four said they saw or heard of an incident in the last year.