Activision Blizzard shareholders vote on whether to prepare an annual harassment report, Activision Blizzard recommends a negative vote



A shareholder vote on whether

Activision Blizzard , a major gaming company swayed by sexual harassment and sexism , will produce an annual report to stop workplace abuse and harassment on June 21, 2022 local time. The we.

Activision Blizzard shareholders vote for public harassment report --The Washington Post
https://www.washingtonpost.com/video-games/2022/06/21/activision-blizzard-shareholder-meeting-vote/



Activision Investors Ignore Board, Approve Annual Abuse Reports
https://kotaku.com/activision-board-harassment-abuse-report-stockholders-v-1849090137

On June 21, Activision Blizzard held a 20-minute meeting to document the company's ongoing efforts to stop workplace abuse and harassment and to visualize various complaints about sexual harassment and sexism issues. We held a shareholder vote on the draft of the annual report.

Activision Blizzard encourages shareholders to oppose the preparation of annual reports, and since there is no obligation to prepare annual reports in the first place, it also suggests that the request may be completely ignored. It has been.



The first person to ask Activision Blizzard to produce an annual report on internal harassment was Thomas DiNapoli, New York State Audit & Supervisory Board Member. He asked Activision Blizzard to submit a harassment report in February 2022, citing the reason for creating this type of report as 'regaining investor confidence' and 'needing to be more transparent.' '.

This is due to the California Fair Employment and Housing Department's suit against Activision Blizzard for 'continuing unfair treatment of female employees such as sexual harassment and wage inequality.'

What is the content of the open letter signed by about 1000 employees in a lawsuit for sexual harassment and abuse by the game company 'Activision Blizzard' with Call of Duty? --GIGAZINE



The reason for having Activision Blizzard produce an annual report on internal harassment is to see if the company is actively working to improve the workplace. The annual report will also clarify how much compensation Activision Blizzard is paying for victims of harassment and sexism.

It has been reported that Activision Blizzard does not want to produce an annual report, a spokeswoman for the company said, 'The board does not devote energy and resources to producing an annual report. We would like to devote ourselves to directly addressing employee concerns. '

In addition, when Kotaku of overseas game media confirmed whether there was a shareholder vote for Activision Blizzard, the company admitted that there was a vote, but whether or not the annual report will be released is I haven't made it clear.

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