Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick is facing one of the most precarious times of his long reign at the video game publisher.
Now, the Activision Board has taken its own steps to try to quell the outrage, announcing a "Workplace Responsibility Committee" in a late night press release. Who's on it? How does it work? And why are some folks even more upset?
Perhaps its time to send Jar Jar in to solve this thing...in Virtual Legality.
#Activision #UnderFire #Committee
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Discussed in this episode:
"Activision Under Fire: A Legal View"
YouTube Playlist - Hoeg Law
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL1zDCgJzZUy9PBxr5dNcoQLh2erIt2XrZ
"Activision Blizzard Board of Directors Continues to Build Upon Its Ongoing Oversight With New “Workplace Responsibility Committee” to Ensure Implementation of Initiatives to Eliminate Harassment and Discrimination in the Workplace"
Activision Press Release - November 22, 2021
https://investor.activision.com/news-releases/news-release-details/activision-blizzard-board-directors-continues-build-upon-its
Activision Webpages
https://www.activisionblizzard.com/content/atvi/activisionblizzard/ab-touchui/ab/web/en/board-of-directors.html
https://investor.activision.com/by-laws-
https://activisionblizzard.com/content/atvi/activisionblizzard/ab-touchui/ab/web/en/leadership/claudine-naughton.html
https://www.activisionblizzard.com/leadership/frances-townsend
"Buffy was a toxic environment..."
Tweet - Februrary 10, 2021 - Amber Benson
https://twitter.com/amber_benson/status/1359555694098190337
"Activision Blizzard hires senior Disney and Delta execs"
GIBiz - September 15, 2021
https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2021-09-14-activision-blizzard-hires-senior-disney-and-delta-execs
"Activision Blizzard’s New ‘Solution’ Must Spur Actual Action From Sony, Microsoft And Nintendo"
Forbes - November 23, 2021
https://www.forbes.com/sites/paultassi/2021/11/23/activision-blizzards-new-solution-must-spur-actual-action-from-sony-microsoft-and-nintendo/?sh=2350b1da14af
"Activision's Damage Control Reaches Sad New Low"
Kotaku - November 22, 2021
https://kotaku.com/activisions-damage-control-reaches-sad-new-low-1848107710
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