'Loose standards' | Staff battle execs over new sexual relations policy after manager-intern scandal

One of the biggest media firms in Europe is to force staff to disclose in-work relationships after a senior manager was told to go after a romantic and professional misconduct scandal.

Axel Springer, which publishes Germany’s most popular newspaper and owns Business Insider, is introducing the rules in efforts to forestall another round of unwanted attention and internal dispute.

It has made headlines in recent weeks after it was discovered that an Editor, Julian Reichelt, had a string of affairs with interns and subordinates who he then promoted into senior positions.

As a result, Mathias Dopfner, Chief Executive at the company, said that he wants the whole business to inherit stricter US rules on corporate culture, rather than mirroring the more relaxed approach taken across Europe.