[ATTW-L] [External] Re: Activision Blizzard's message on "Creating A More Accountable Workplace"

[Timothy Giles]

Indeed! In my Gmail, I have a folder full of emails from Sam!

Tim Giles

On Wed, Oct 20, 2021 at 2:17 PM Tharon Howard <tharon at clemson.edu> wrote:

> You are such a **treasure**, Sam.  I can’t thank you enough for these
> gems that you’ve so casually dropped over the years. I just wanted to let
> you know that I use them regularly in my Tech Writing courses, so you’re
> not wasting your time. You’ve saved me hours and hours of research looking
> for both good and bad examples of memo & technical report writing.
>
>
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> Thank you, my friend!
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> Tharon
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> *From:* ATTW-L <attw-l-bounces at attw.org> *On Behalf Of *Dragga, Sam
> *Sent:* Wednesday, October 20, 2021 1:50 PM
> *To:* attw-l at attw.org
> *Subject:* [ATTW-L] Activision Blizzard's message on "Creating A More
> Accountable Workplace"
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>
> If you are looking for a provocative example of corporate communication on
> the subject of ethics, consider the e-mail message distributed to
> Activision Blizzard employees by Executive Vice President for Corporate
> Affairs Fran Townsend regarding remedies for a corporate culture
> notorious for claims of sexual harassment and discrimination (see, for
> example,
> https://www.wired.com/story/activision-blizzard-employees-walk-out-after-allegations-of-rampant-sexism/)
> .
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> The message was published yesterday on the corporate site at
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> https://www.activisionblizzard.com/content/atvi/activisionblizzard/ab-touchui/ab/web/en/newsroom/2021/10/creating-a-more-accountable-workplace.html
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> I imagine a lively classroom conversation about the language,
> organization, and design of this message as well as of the likely/unlikely
> efficacy of the proposed remedies.
>
>
>
> Sam
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> Sam Dragga
>
> Professor Emeritus
>
> Texas Tech University
>
> sam.dragga at ttu.edu
>
> 1-806-543-6099
>
>
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