‘Codes of conduct’ mean little when the culture of silence remains the same. Indeed, they are a problem because they provide a false sense of security. ‘Wanting’ to prevent, address, and remedy abuse is clearly not enough to actually prevent, address and remedy abuse.

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… Even the confidential advisers played along: their annual reports from 2019 onwards repeat by rote a recommendation to those lagging behind to get in line.’

… However, this self-imposed, strong-sounding obligation on members was immediately flouted. Year after year, long after the statutory deadlines had passed, the board and general meetings found that groups of members had still not fulfilled this obligation. …

… henceforth, all members had to introduce a code of ethics and refer to the BUN’s external confidential advisers on their websites.’

‘In 2019, four years after widespread publicity shook the BUN out of its obvious unwillingness to act as a “moralist,” the members imposed a new obligation on themselves in its statutes and by-laws: ….