Bobby Kotick says there has never been a 'systemic issue with harassment' at the company...
), shows that the company received 114 reports of harassment, discrimination, or retaliation by its employees last year, which Activision attributes to greater scrutiny of the issue following the lawsuits."Even one instance of harassment, discrimination, or retaliation is one too many," Activision's board said in the report."We have robust procedures in place to resolve workplace concerns in a neutral and fair manner and to take appropriate corrective action.
Last year, the Communications Workers of America assisted Raven Software's QA testers with unionizing, as well as filed charges against Activision Blizzard for firing two QA testers and violating a number of workplace laws, putting Kotick in the hot seat as an anti-union CEO."I am not like other CEOs that are anti-union," Kotick told Variety."I'm the only Fortune 500 CEO who's a member of a union.
Amid the initial wave of lawsuits filed against Activision, Microsoft revealed that a deal had been struck to acquire the publisher for a whopping $69 billion, which Kotick believes is"by far the best place for us to be.
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