News business Activision-Blizzard: Sony PlayStation boss expresses concern about the situation
Yesterday the Wall Street Journal published a very lengthy Activision-Blizzard investigation into allegations of harassment and sexual assault within the company, as well as the actions of the company’s CEO, Bobby Kotick.
A case that shakes the entire industry
All of the information published by the Wall Street Journal can be found in our dedicated article, but here is a brief summary that will allow us to introduce our topic. According to our colleagues, a lot of people would have been guilty of “new” harassment and sexual assault
In addition, the article mentions the case of Jen Oneal, former co-director of Blizzardwho would have been marginalized, harassed, and exploited while they were paid less well than his male counterpart Mike Ibarra. Allegations that the company believes it is inaccurate and misleading, who regrets the article ignores Activision Blizzard’s initiatives and the Solving a number of problems
A situation that makes PlayStation react
The situation apparently caused a stir in the press and in the industry, This particularly sparked a reaction from Jim Ryan, head of Sony Interactive Entertainment. The latter would have sent an email to employees, the content of which was viewed by Bloomberg. Jim Ryan says to himself “discouraged and stunned to read” the Activision would have “Not doing enough to combat a deeply ingrained culture of discrimination and harassment”
A concern that is in addition to the intentions expressed by many executives to make the industry a safer place to work, that of the In the last few years, there have been close commercial ties between manufacturer and publisher, all about licenses like call of Duty. As of this Tuesday, more than 100 employees stopped working to to request Bobby Kotick’s resignation.
By MalloDelic, Write to igamesnews.com
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