“There is no mass bullying or systematic bullying at Activision,” according to a new survey conducted and released by Activision.
In the last 12 months, two major lawsuits have been filed against Activision alleging that some of its employees are victims of sexual and gender-based harassment and that certain directors of the company, despite being aware of several instances of misconduct, failed to take action. the appropriate measures. action action.action. In response, Activision launched its own internal investigation into the company’s practices and published the findings, claiming that the Call of Duty publisher does not have a “systemic problem of harassment, discrimination, or retaliation.”
“While there are confirmed cases of gender-based harassment,” says Activision, “these unfortunate circumstances do not support the conclusion that Activision’s senior management or board of directors knew of and tolerated gender-based harassment, or that ‘it never there was a systemic problem with bullying.’ , discrimination. or compensation.
“Contrary to many assertions, the Board of Directors and its outside advisors have determined that there is no evidence that Activision Blizzard’s senior management has willfully ignored or attempted to minimize the instances of gender-based harassment that occur, occur and have been reported. . ”
The original lawsuit against Activision, filed in July 2021 by the California Department of Fair Employment and Housing (DFEH), accused the company of promoting a “sisterhood culture” in which some employees were subjected to “continuous sexual harassment, unequal compensation and retaliation”. J. Allen Brack, then president of Blizzard Entertainment, was specifically named in the original lawsuit as being aware of the harassment and inactivity allegations.
Following these announcements, Brack resigned as president of Blizzard, and several high-ranking Activision-Blizzard employees were fired, including Diablo 4 lead designer Jess McCree and World of Warcraft senior creative director Alex Afrasiabi.
In September 2021, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) filed a second complaint. That suit was settled in a settlement in March for $18 million. Activision has also agreed to conduct unannounced reviews of its employees by the EEOC and to allow the Commission to review any pending claims of sexual harassment.
Activision has hired former EEOC Chairman Gilbert Casellas to help with its own internal investigation. His findings were also published in a company report:
“Based on his review, Mr. Casellas concluded that there was no pervasive retaliation, pattern or practice of retaliation, or systematic retaliation at Activision Blizzard or any of its business units during the specified period. Mr. Casellas also concluded that based on the volume of reports, the number of reported misconduct is relatively low for a company the size of Activision Blizzard.”
The original DFEH lawsuit against Activision-Blizzard is still ongoing, as is the investigation launched by the Securities and Exchange Commission in September 2021. You can keep up with all the developments in this ongoing story with this explanatory article.
Source : PC Gamesn
