Keira Knightley, Cara Delevigne and Ruth Wilson are among those who have signed an open letter to firms.
Stars including Keira Knightley and Ruth Wilson have signed an open letter calling on firms to support a crackdown on bullying and sexual harassment.creative organisations to help fund a new watchdog, the Creative Industry Independent Standards Authority , which will investigate complaints in the music, film, theatre and TV industries.It added that the new body is "very necessary" to help to drive change.
"So many of us in this industry would have loved to have an objective outside body that we could go to for advice, for mediation and in the very extreme circumstances, that we might need some outside body to hold people accountable for the bad behaviour or bad practices that sometimes happen on our sets, on our stages, behind the scenes."
"We want to thank those organisations that have already taken the bold step to make the final financial commitment, and we urge those that have yet to do so, to join us so that we can turn Ciisa into a reality."Last week, the trade union Bectu published research suggesting that 92% of creative workers have witnessed or experienced bullying or harassment at work.
Ms Childs said that while a lot of "warm words" have been heard, it was clear that "a radical step-change" is needed for the sector to meaningfully tackle the issue.
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