What is the CBI and what have its members voted for?

The Confederation of British Industry (CBI) has survived a confidence vote by members over its future. Members met at the organisation’s London offices on Tuesday to vote on plans to reform the scandal-hit organisation. The lobbying group revealed that 93% of votes were made in favour of the CBI’s proposals at the critical confidence vote. But what went wrong at the group and what were members voting on? Below is a look at some of these issues. – What sparked the issues at the CBI? Allegations of misconduct against then-CBI director-general Tony Danker surfaced in early March. He stepped aside pending an investigation by the Fox Williams law firm into his behaviour. This sparked a series of other allegations, weeks later, against other staff at the CBI as more than a dozen women came forward to the Guardian newspaper. One of them alleged she was raped. – What happened next? There were small developments during the week between the stories, as ministers stopped interacting with the CBI and the body cancelled its annual dinner. But on April 21 the Guardian published a third story which contained a second allegation of rape. This sparked a deluge of businesses leaving the organisation....

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