'Victim blaming' | Head of HR wades into workplace racism row with 'coward' email

Not everyone in HR will follow cricket – that is, HR Grapevine readers, completely okay – but there’s been a growing workplace racism row in the world of sport that has been making headlines for the past week or so.

Headlines that bear all the hallmarks of a culture-issue and disciplinary row that many in the people function will likely have seen, in a perhaps less extreme form, before. Headlines that have also seen an ex-England captain deny involvement and the Health Secretary for the UK call for sackings as a result of.

And now HR has got involved - but not in a way that shines the best light on the function.

What we know so far?