From 2015 to 2022, the working environment at the TV 2 programme was characterised by an offensive tone and unwanted sexual attention. It appears that At long last of the independent investigation that the production company behind Toppen af Poppen, Mastiff, launched after the DR documentary Sexism in the Music Industry, in which several female artists and musicians described the problems with transgressive behaviour. 

The report states, according to Mastiff, that 'employees in management functions at Mastiff have not been able to take the challenges seriously and handle them professionally to a satisfactory extent.' 

The conclusion is stated in the letter sent by the production company to the participants in the survey. 

The course has had major consequences 

The Danish Artist Association has not seen either the study or the report, but has previously pointed out the work environment problems to Mastiff and has looked forward to the conditions being professionally and thoroughly investigated. 

Chairperson Sara Indrio emphasises that the poor working environment has had many personal costs for artists and musicians: 

"This case has had a huge human impact on the people involved without taking responsibility where it belongs," she says. 

It is the Danish Artist Association's assessment that the long wait for the survey has created insecurity for those who have come forward in sexism debatesand for those who have been waiting for the results. The suspicion has been very devastating, even in some cases for people who were not even employed on the production line.

"This case has had a huge human impact on the people involved without taking responsibility where it belongs," she says. 
Sara Indrio - Chairperson of the Danish Artist Association

Public debate was the consequence of poor work environment 

A year-long management failure and then a very long wait for the results of the investigation has had major consequences.  

"Once again, artists have been at the forefront of cultural change by making themselves and their public platform available, as we have seen happen in DR's documentary about sexism in the music industry. Experiences of sexism exist in many places and affect all workplaces. It's just that unreasonable Tough for everyone involved, when discussions about the work environment end up in the media. It's not right that it should be necessary and that it should take so long for those responsible to take action," says Sara Indrio.

Unreservedly a management responsibility 

The Danish Artist Association has contacted TV2 and Mastiff, most recently to follow up on the report, also regarding responsibility and rights for all artists and musicians involved. 

In the letter to the contributors, Mastiff writes: 

'Although the investigation concludes that individuals have been at the centre of this behaviour to a large extent, the investigation also shows that everyone on the production - including artists, band members, Mastiff executives and TV 2 - have been part of the inappropriate culture. No one is exempt from responsibility,' It reads. 

Sara Indrio is pleased that the production company Mastiff recognises that they did not act on the knowledge they had and that there must have been an unhealthy work culture. But this does not remove the responsibility from management as the primary responsibility, and TV2 and Mastiff should take full responsibility, she believes: 

"Everyone in a production needs to be involved to achieve a respectful culture of togetherness, and this can present new challenges for managers. But that doesn't change the fact that it is clearly a management responsibility to ensure a safe working environment - also for people who are hired for temporary productions. We are curious to see how management will now live up to the responsibility that is clearly pointing back at them, and what the repercussions will be." 

"It is unequivocally a management responsibility to ensure a healthy and safe working environment"
Sara Indrio - spokesperson for Dansk Artist Forbund