Activision Blizzard CEO ignored sexual misconduct allegations for years, WSJ reports

More than 1,500 Activision Blizzard employees are calling for the resignation of the company's CEO, Bobby Kotick. The calls come after a Wall Street Journal investigation revealed Kotick knew about multiple sexual assault allegations, including rapes, at the video game giant and failed to report them to the company's board. Ben Fritz, co-author of the article and the Wall Street Journal's West Coast bureau chief, joins CBSN to discuss the investigation's findings.

[CarrieV]

A more inclusive workplace? Start with stopping sexual assault at the company.

[krucible]

We need more mainstream news outlets like this to put pressure on Bobby to resign

[Pluvillion]

You know it's *_BAD_* bad when mainstream news starts talking about what's supposedly a niche. Tsk tsk tsk.

[ToanPham-ylhh]

Your too smart to know that you need to do the right thing

[mikej]

This is what bad management looks like kids. Multiple fires on multiple fronts means bad management, pure and simple.

[berz]

Please keep putting pressure on this issue bobby gotta go.

[missinggrey]

Blizzard as a whole by now seems pretty much rotten to the core. I sincerely doubt removing Kotick would change anything, although it would be the correct move.
It's pretty sad to see Blizzards fall from grace, but the higher you climb the further you fall I suppose. They have nothing left to offer. Their games are hollow shells of what they once were, sales department now in charge of the company wholesale leaving no voice for innovation.
Are the sexual harassment cases bad? Yeah, but they weren't necessary to spell the doom of Blizzard - that ship sailed some time ago.
I would tell you to take your business elsewhere, but there's a reason Blizzard is the way it is, perhaps maybe excluding the most scandalous cases: the industry. Everything is monitized and stripped clean of soul, Blizzard just happens to be the most egregious case to date.
R.I.P.

[joe.oneill]

This is an endemic issue throughout the industry. CBS, NBC, ABC, FOX...
Funny how none of you report on your own in-house stuff like you do the competition. Other than a quick 1 minute blip to say we reported on ourselves.

[henrykuhn]

More like making Activision Blizzard the most unwelcoming and devilish place in the world while the board has been obeyed by the devil.

[selwynjsilk]

So sir how do you plead? Your honor I plead not guilty! Bill denied 🙅‍♀️…….

[movo]

This makes all gaming companies look bad

[jasonprivately]

Kotick (kotex) has blood on his hands.

[hangender]

Is Bobby finally going down? Find out on the next episode of dragon ball z.

[benedibrava]

apply gender roles on your company tradition of hiding, nothing this will happen
women and men beside husband and wife were never meant to be in the same place for too long

[erichkorman]

Aw, give the poor guy a break. He looks like he has to sneak up on a glass of water to get a drink. Add his primitive ideas about women and he can't even get sympathy sex. He may yet if somebody likes him in jail. Luckily he already understands the only one who has to like it is the one doing him

[benedibrava]

what misconduct
look at you once? ask you for a dinner? compliment you on your dress? say you are beautiful?

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[tima]

Love Diablo 2 it's the best game ever

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