{"id":315862,"date":"2025-10-17T02:43:51","date_gmt":"2025-10-17T02:43:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/article.php?article_id=2162594"},"modified":"2025-10-17T02:43:51","modified_gmt":"2025-10-17T02:43:51","slug":"activision-blizzard-shareholder-hits-out-at-inadequate-response-to-discrimination-lawsuit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/activision-blizzard-shareholder-hits-out-at-inadequate-response-to-discrimination-lawsuit\/","title":{"rendered":"Activision Blizzard shareholder hits out at &#8220;inadequate&#8221; response to discrimination lawsuit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/activision-blizzard-shareholder-hits-out-at-inadequate-response-to-discrimination-lawsuit.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>An Activision Blizzard shareholder has hit out at the company&#8217;s response to the recent discrimination lawsuit.<\/p>\n<p>As reported by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/activision-blizzard-shareholder-soc-scanda-eed23e62-e8b4-4cfa-bc0e-28cd80ea2f1e.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Axios<\/a>, SOC Investment Group&#8217;s executive director Dieter Waizeneggar issued a <a href=\"https:\/\/static1.squarespace.com\/static\/5d374de8aae9940001c8ed59\/t\/6112affe2aea584297c35a92\/1628614654961\/SOC+IG+to+Activision+8-10-21.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">letter<\/a> to Activision Blizzard&#8217;s lead independant director Robert J. Morgado, criticising the steps the company has said it is taking to address the ongoing culture crisis.<\/p>\n<p>Last week, Activision Blizzard executives such as boss Bobby Kotick <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/articles\/2021-08-03-activision-blizzard-boss-pledges-we-will-be-the-company-that-sets-the-example-in-our-industry\">insisted<\/a> &#8220;we will be the company that sets the example for this in our industry&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/articles\/2021-08-11-activision-blizzard-shareholder-hits-out-at-inadequate-response-to-discrimination-lawsuit\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/articles\/2021-08-11-activision-blizzard-shareholder-hits-out-at-inadequate-response-to-discrimination-lawsuit\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An Activision Blizzard shareholder has hit out at the company&#8217;s response to the recent discrimination lawsuit. As reported by Axios, SOC Investment Group&#8217;s executive director Dieter Waizeneggar issued a letter to Activision Blizzard&#8217;s lead independant director Robert J. Morgado, criticising the steps the company has said it is taking to address the ongoing culture crisis. Last week, Activision Blizzard executives such as boss Bobby Kotick insisted &#8220;we will be the company that sets the example for this in our industry&#8221;. 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