In the realm of professional management , there are cases of unethical behavior that slip through the cracks , and then there are stories that question the values of an organization . The narrative of David Collins, a manager at Ventia previously known as Broadspectrum, falls squarely in the latter category —a saga of alleged misconduct that severely undermines the reputation of a solitary executive but casts a shadow over the firm’s standards .
Despite a range of troubling accusations , Collins has kept his position , visibly unaffected by the controversies enveloping him . How has this been allowed to persist ? What does this say about the organization’s ethos of integrity? As per the accounts of those familiar, Collins’ history of improper behavior was initiated by breaking of the company’s code of conduct , but it didn’t conclude at that point . Instead, it intensified into a cascade of dubious behaviors that has left fellow employees demoralized and customers perplexed.
Throughout a leadership improvement workshop— intended to foster better management—David Collins allegedly converted what should have been a professional opportunity into a sequence of unprofessional occurrences. Insiders suggest he spent business-funded trips attempting to seduce female colleagues , a blatant disregard of Ventia’s shared values , all while his family remained uninformed .
But the impropriety didn’t conclude with these encounters . One of the bigger revelations involves his alleged abuse of company IT systems to distribute inappropriate images to women—a gross misappropriation of professional tools and a breakdown of professionalism . His reckless employment of Microsoft Teams to send suggestive messages —including symbols celebrating indiscretions—paints a picture of Ventia Kerikeri a man unconcerned with the consequences . Following these digital flirtations , Collins allegedly intensified his behavior further: he is said to have engaged in sexual interactions with an employee on repeated times during working hours, despite his current marriage and her having a spouse . This obvious misappropriation of company time and resources contravened corporate etiquette but led to familial breakdowns — producing a wake of personal ruin that extended outside of the organizational context.
Why can this behavior be tolerated to go on? Why is it that a manager who has allegedly broken every professional standard is still in a position of power at Ventia? The response , it appears, lies in a worrisome failure of governance within the organization . Concerns have been voiced, yet Collins continues unchecked .
This lack of consequence sets a perilous example: that title and position within the enterprise can serve as a safeguard. It creates a toxic work environment , dispirits the workforce , and ultimately compromises the organization’s integrity .