Activision Says There’s ‘No Widespread Harassment’ at the Company
Activision Blizzard has certainly used up a significant amount of goodwill over the last 12 months. Between the sexual harassment lawsuits, employee walkouts, and alleged union-busting, Blizzard is the latest studio to land itself in hot water for its toxic internal culture.
However, Activision Blizzard is pushing back against some of these allegations. While the company acknowledges that there were multiple credible sexual harassment and misconduct cases, it denies accusations that those are company-wide problems. It also denies that executives were aware of or covered up any inappropriate activities, citing the results of an internally-conducted investigation.
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“While there are some substantiated instances of gender harassment,” says Activision, “those unfortunate circumstances do not support the conclusion that Activision senior leadership or the Board were aware of and tolerated gender harassment or that there was ever a systemic issue with harassment, discrimination or retaliation.” Activision further states that its internal audit found no evidence that executives ignored or downplayed reports of sexual harassment. Activision also claims that the investigation found no evidence of executives or employees concealing information related to the harassment allegations. The report also alleges that “media criticism of the Board and Activision Blizzard senior executives as insensitive to workplace matters is without merit.”
Activision also recruited former Equal Employment Opportunity Commission chair Gilbert Casellas to conduct a separate investigation. His findings were included in the report and allegedly matched that of Activision Blizzard’s internal review, uncovering
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