Offensive Behaviour at Work | Anonymous Workplace Survey

Why it mattersOffensive behaviour has a cost. Most of it goes unaddressed.

The cost of not addressing it: sickness absence rises, turnover increases, productivity drops. Organisations that measure it systematically build safer workplaces and prevent isolated incidents from escalating.

Less harmful behaviour

Teams with high psychological safety experience substantially fewer incidents of bullying, harassment or unwanted sexual attention.

Source: Peoplexact Insights

Lower sickness absence

In units where offensive behaviour is rare, work-related sickness absence is significantly lower — showing a direct link between a safe culture and a healthier workforce.

Source: Peoplexact Insights

Built for hones answersAnonymous screening captures what formal reporting misses

The threshold for reporting offensive behaviour is high — and most cases never reach HR at all. Some go unreported because people fear the consequences. Others because the incident feels too small to escalate — but not too small to affect how people feel at work. Peoplexact is designed to capture both.

See what's really happening

Anonymous screening reaches the employees who would never file a formal report — giving you an accurate picture of what's actually happening, not just the cases that made it through.

Accurate data you can act on

When employees trust the process, they respond honestly. Higher response rates and a higher confidentiality threshold mean the data reflects reality rather than what people felt safe enough to say.

A clear framework for follow-up

The survey maps prevalence across the organisation. Individual cases are handled through separate channels — so everyone knows what the survey is for, and what to do next.

Know where, what and how serious

Follow-up questions give HR insight into where in the organisation the challenges are, where the behaviour originates, whether the affected person has spoken up — and whether the situation is still ongoing.

Designed for action

Intuitive for leaders. Powerful for HR.

For HR

Organisation-wide overview reported at the level where preventive action is possible

Data you can bring directly to leadership — and use in compliance and policy work

Clear documentation if a case escalates through formal channels

Built-in guidance on preventive follow-up — so results lead to action, not just awareness

For leaders

Identify the conditions that allow offensive behaviour to develop, from role clarity to work pressure and team dynamics

See what's happening in your team — wherever there's enough data to report on it

Concrete reflection questions for follow-up — even when your unit doesn't have its own report

Know what a speak-up culture looks like in practice and how to build one

A connected approachOffensive behaviour rarely exists in isolation

Teams affected by offensive behaviour typically also show lower engagement, weaker psychological safety and higher work pressure. And the behaviours rarely appear alone — they tend to co-occur and reinforce each other. Measuring across dimensions in Peoplexact reveals those connections, so you can address root causes.

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Safe to answer. Reliable to act on.

Peoplexact tracks teams, not individuals. Your data stays in Denmark, and every survey is built to protect anonymity — so your employees feel safe to answer honestly, and you get results you can actually rely on.

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