Activision Blizzard to consider ‘likelihood’ of reporting harassment and discrimination

The company’s shareholders voted in favor of the annual release, but the vote was non-binding.

Activision Blizzard is dealing with this issue. cases of harassment and discrimination came to light today. Since then, the company has taken different actions to regain its credibility with the public and investors, although it didn’t help that its CEO was aware of the situation.

A few days ago, we learned that a proposal from the state of New York will be voted on. publication of annual reports About harassment and discrimination that Activision recommends voting against its shareholders. In the end they ignored the pressures and approved the offerAccording to the Washington Post.

Shareholders approve the annual publication of a reportHowever, because the vote is not binding, Activision Blizzard simply stated: “will evaluate the possibility” of realization. If they eventually agree to the shareholders’ requests, they must annually publish the total number of pending complaints regarding sexual abuse, harassment or discrimination, detail the progress of their actions, or publish the amount of money they have invested in resolution. this type of situation.

As we said, the proposal originally put forward by New York State Auditor Thomas DiNapoli was approved, but still only 5% voted in favor of hiring a worker representative to be a member of the board of directors.

All this happens in the middle of the acquisition process of Activision Blizzard by Microsoft. It should be noted that the operation has not been completed yet, as it has gone through different approval processes. Certainly the shareholders they approved the sale votes in favor, but there are still a few revisions.