Activision’s latest internal investigation at the company’s request denies “widespread harassment”

The company, led by Bobby Kotick, has been sued several times for harassment and discrimination.

It’s been almost a year since the press made a splash. big discussion At the offices of Activision Blizzard: the company was accused of promoting a culture hostile to women. harassment and layoffs unsuitable. After this information came to light, the well-known video game company faced lawsuits by both individuals and the state of California, as all tests confirmed its offices for toxicity.

The report acquits executives and claims that they were unaware of the reported harassment cases.However, Activision wanted to face all these accusations with a new investigation. at the company’s request. According to the results of the report (via PCGamesN), Activision is not seen as a company with “general harassment” because “although there are some proven instances of gender harassment”do not support the result Activision senior management or the Board of Directors are aware of and tolerate gender-based harassment or that there is a systemic issue of harassment, discrimination or retaliation.”

“Contrary to many claims,” the report continues, “the Board and its external advisers, no tests This shows that Activision Blizzard’s senior executives deliberately ignore or try to downplay reported incidents of gender-based harassment.”

In addition, there has been collaboration with research. Gilbert Casellas, former member of the United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. In his observations appended to the final report, “Mr Casellas concluded that, based on the number of complaints, the amount of misconduct reflected reached the following conclusion: Relatively low for a company the size of Activision Blizzard“.

You can get it here your own results. However, it’s important to note that Activision Blizzard has already had to pay a millionaire sum to victims of workplace and sexual harassment, but continues to fight to get its name out of the discussion, and is pressing its shareholders not to report on the matter. harassment and discrimination in the company.