Activision creates workplace-culture committee as game industry faces reckoning


Activision, known for hit video games like Call Of Duty and World Of Warcraft, has been been in turmoil since the summer, when it was sued by California’s Department of Fair Employment and Housing over allegations of sexual harassment, unequal pay and retaliation. — Reuters

Activision Blizzard Inc said it’s creating a workplace responsibility committee to oversee efforts to improve its corporate culture after multiple lawsuits and investigations over allegations of sexual misconduct and discrimination.

The video game company’s two women board members will make up the committee: Dawn Ostroff, who has been on the board since last year, and Reveta Bowers, who joined as an independent director in 2018. The company is also working to add a new, diverse director to the 10-member board, it said in a statement.

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