Managers can remind the whole team of its responsibility for building a good workplace culture.

Managers can remind the whole team of its responsibility for building a good workplace culture.

Bullying, racism and sexual harassment should have no place in the modern Australian workplace, yet bad behaviour is all too ­common.

In 2016 research by Lindsay McMillan, managing director of Reventure, 14 per cent of Australian workers described their workplace environment as “toxic”, and 20 per cent had experienced significant problems in communication with a co-worker or boss. A staggering 50 per cent had experienced serious conflict or negative conduct at work.