Paradox Report Notes Cases Of Harassment But Doesn't Fire Anyone

thegamer.com:

Paradox has published its third-party review of the company following allegations of sexual harassment and abuse that surfaced last year. A leaked internal survey previously reported that roughly half of employees and nearly 70% of women experienced some form of abusive treatment, while Swedish news media reported more specific and disturbing incidents.

Following the report, Paradox's union requested a few by Gender Balance, a Swedish firm that specialized in gender discrimination issues. Paradox recently published its report noting that there were "relatively few severe cases" of harassment and that those cases did not warrant "termination of employment" under Swedish law.

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“We believe that complete transparency is the best way to move forward and address the issues and behaviors that have been identified," wrote Paradox chief of staff Mattias Lilja. "On February 7th 2022, Gender Balance delivered the final report and recommendations from their audit; it was shared with all Paradox employees shortly after, and we’re now publishing it."

The report noted most cases of abusive behavior fell into a legal "grey zone" that defied current definitions but were still harmful for the victim. Those behaviors included "using harsh and demeaning language, ridicule, recurring mean-spirited criticism, unfairly questioning competence, interrupting or speaking over someone in meetings, and blaming and shaming."

Most of the perpetrators were male employees or managers. Other behaviors noted were unsolicited comments on a female employee’s appearance, having work questioned in ways which aren’t done with male employees, or recurring use of negative gender stereotypes. Many