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

[Johnson, Richard D]

Hey Tharon,

You said out loud what many of us were thinking. This stuff is fantastic.

Thanks, Sam, for discovering and sending out these ethics-related stories. Now I just need to figure out how to get permission to reprint these materials in a book!

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From: ATTW-L <attw-l-bounces at attw.org> on behalf of Tharon Howard <tharon at clemson.edu>
Date: Wednesday, October 20, 2021 at 3:38 PM
To: Timothy Giles <tgiles at georgiasouthern.edu>, "Attw-l at attw.org" <Attw-l at attw.org>
Subject: Re: [ATTW-L] [External] Re: Activision Blizzard's message on "Creating A More Accountable Workplace"

Yipes!  Sorry y’all.  I meant to send that email directly to Sam, but I was bitten by the dreaded “Reply-To” bug.  But like you, Tim, I keep a folder of Sam-gems as well as other terrific suggestions and materials that folks in this community share.  Tharon

From: ATTW-L <attw-l-bounces at attw.org> On Behalf Of Timothy Giles
Sent: Wednesday, October 20, 2021 2:19 PM
To: Attw-l at attw.org
Subject: Re: [ATTW-L] [External] Re: Activision Blizzard's message on "Creating A More Accountable Workplace"

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<mailto: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.

Thank you, my friend!

Tharon

From: ATTW-L <attw-l-bounces at attw.org<mailto: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<mailto:attw-l at attw.org>
Subject: [ATTW-L] Activision Blizzard's message on "Creating A More Accountable Workplace"

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/) .

The message was published yesterday on the corporate site at
https://www.activisionblizzard.com/content/atvi/activisionblizzard/ab-touchui/ab/web/en/newsroom/2021/10/creating-a-more-accountable-workplace.html

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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