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Activision CEO Bobby Kotick comments on harassment allegations

Activision CEO Bobby Kotick comments on harassment allegations

photo: Scott Olson (Getty Images) Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick has one public comment addressed to all employees regarding the harassment lawsuit against his company. The full statement is as follows: This has been a difficult and troubling week. I would like to acknowledge and thank all those who have contacted us in the past ...

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Almost 1,000 Activision Blizzard employees sign letter supporting sexual harassment lawsuit against company – iGamesNews

Almost 1,000 Activision Blizzard employees sign letter supporting sexual harassment lawsuit against company – iGamesNews

It seems that the case of Activision Blizzard we were talking about some days ago continues its course. To our knowledge, some 1,000 current and former company employees have signed a letter calling the company’s responses to a recent discrimination lawsuit “abhorrent and insulting.” This comes after the California Department of Housing and Fair Employment ...

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Declaration against Harassment, Abuse and Inequality

Declaration against Harassment, Abuse and Inequality

Bungie makes a strong statement against harassment, abuse and inequality following litigation with Activision Blizzard. Following the latest allegations and the lawsuit against Activision Blizzard, Bungie has now spoken out. The company issued the following statement: “Bungie is built on empowering our employees, no matter who they are, where they come from, or how they ...

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Activision Blizzard: Sexual Harassment and Discrimination Charges

Activision Blizzard: Sexual Harassment and Discrimination Charges

Activision Blizzard has got something going on. The studio was sued by the state of California. As with Ubisoft or Riot Games, sexual harassment and discrimination against female employees are on the agenda. The State’s Department of Fair Employment and Housing (DFEH) is behind the lawsuit. The on Lawsuit filed Tuesday covers a range of ...

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Activision Blizzard charged with sexual harassment and discrimination

Activision Blizzard charged with sexual harassment and discrimination

The publisher Activision Blizzard is the subject of a lawsuit by a California authority. After two years of investigation, the Department of Fair Employment and Housing accuses the American giant of promoting a culture of harassment against the background of sexual discrimination against its employees. Worse still, the state agency claims that an employee’s suicide ...

Activision is suing Blizzard of California for harassment of women

Activision is suing Blizzard of California for harassment of women

photo: Rich Polk (Getty Images) Activision Blizzard, the publishing giant behind all of call of Duty to Overwatch, is being sued by the California Department for Fair Employment and Housing over a “frat boy” workplace culture that allegedly resulted in years of harassment and abuse against women in its workforce. Content warning: suicide, harassment, rape ...

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A collective complaint against Ubisoft and former company leaders aims to put an end to “institutional harassment”

A collective complaint against Ubisoft and former company leaders aims to put an end to “institutional harassment”

The internal problems at Ubisoft do not seem to end. A collective complaint filed accusing the company and its co-founder, Yves Guillemot, of “institutional harassment”, as reported from Kotaku. The Bobigny criminal court has been the place where the sindicato Solidaires Informatique and two former company employees have filed the lawsuit. Through a communicated on ...