Karan Arora

281026
FMG 28-A

Tehelka in Crisis
1. Summary
Tehelka is an indian magazine known for investigative journalism and sting
operations. The Tehelka founder Tarun Tejpal was accused by a woman colleague of
sexually assaulting her in an elevator of a five-star hotel during the magazine’s
THiNK 2013 festival in Goa in November. Shoma Chaudhury received a complaint
from a female colleague, accusing Tarun Tejpal of sexual assault.November 19
Shoma sent a statement of regret composed by Tejpal, alluding to the strike as an
'untoward episode' and taking a suspension of a half year from Tehelka. This caused
open about how the episode was taken care of. November 25, the columnist that
charged Tejpal surrendered, not content with her apparent concealment of the
circumstances; Tejpal had alluded to the strike as an untoward occurrence. November
28 Shoma Chaudhury inevitably surrendered because of the blunder of the protest.
Shoma Chaudhury should now hold a question and answer session to address her
treatment of the circumstance.

2. PROBLEM
 Some serious problems included in this case are:-
 The blaming columnist's requests were not met
 Internal correspondence with representatives was missing at Tehelka
 There was no council in Tehelka to manage such circumstances
 What must be imparted through the public interview to rescue Shoma's picture

3. DECISION AREAS

 How to improve the revamping image of Tehelka

 Setting up a committee to handle sexual harassment claims
 Implementing policies and training employees to prevent further such incidents
 Holding a press release
4. OBJECTIVES

 To address the accusing journalist’s demands

 To improve the image of Tehelka
 To prevent reoccurrence of the harassment
 To improve Shoma’s Image

5. DEVELOP CRITERIA

 A positive reply from the accusing journalist

 Number of complaints received
 Time taken to resolve such complaints

6. GENERATE OPTIONS

 Set up a committee to handle such seriour complaints

 Apologize to the public for this issue
 Change the brand name of the magazine
 Sell the magazine to other company

7. EVALUATE OPTIONS

Choices that would get a positive answer from the denouncing writer incorporate
terminating Tarun Tejpal, saying 'sorry' to her and general society, setting up an
advisory group (with her sources of info) and advancing the objection to legitimate
specialists also Tehelka must apologize to people in general Preparing and setting up
of an unbiased advisory group could likewise decrease the quantity of grumblings and
time taken to determine them.

8. RECOMMENDED ACTION
Tehelka should initially apologize to the open by means of a public statement, trailed
by making a move against Tarun Tejpal (by terminating him and encouraging the
protest to lawful specialists if the blaming writer wants the equivalent). In the wake of
doing as such, the magazine should set up a panel to address future protests, to
prepare workers on business behavior and to set up a progressively point by point
onboarding process for new joinees.
 9. CONTINGENCY PLAN
Selling the company to a third party and changing the brand name as well.

PRESS RELEASE
To all concerned,
It is with overwhelming sadness that I step down as the Managing Director of Tehelka after years of
service to bringing justice.
I regret that I was unable to properly address the concern of the journalist. I would like to state that
my actions were always taken with the absolute best interests of the journalist in mind.
In any case, looking back I do trust I could've done as such in a superior manner and through an
increasingly real type of handling.
I will investigate internal to address these imperfections in myself, and offer my full help to the
casualty of Tejpal in the event that she would have it.
Sincerely,
Shoma Chaudhury