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<p class="MsoNormal">You are such a *<b>treasure</b>*, 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.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> ATTW-L <attw-l-bounces@attw.org>
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Dragga, Sam<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, October 20, 2021 1:50 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> attw-l@attw.org<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [ATTW-L] Activision Blizzard's message on "Creating A More Accountable Workplace"<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">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
<span style="border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">Executive Vice President for Corporate Affairs Fran Townsend<i>
</i></span>regarding remedies for a corporate culture notorious for claims of <span style="background:white">
sexual harassment and discrimination (see, for example,</span></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#202020;background:white">
<a href="https://www.wired.com/story/activision-blizzard-employees-walk-out-after-allegations-of-rampant-sexism/">
https://www.wired.com/story/activision-blizzard-employees-walk-out-after-allegations-of-rampant-sexism/</a>) .
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black;background:white">The message was published yesterday on the corporate site at
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#202020;background:white"><a href="https://www.activisionblizzard.com/content/atvi/activisionblizzard/ab-touchui/ab/web/en/newsroom/2021/10/creating-a-more-accountable-workplace.html">https://www.activisionblizzard.com/content/atvi/activisionblizzard/ab-touchui/ab/web/en/newsroom/2021/10/creating-a-more-accountable-workplace.html</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black;background:white">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.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">Sam<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Sam Dragga<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Professor Emeritus<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Texas Tech University<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="mailto:sam.dragga@ttu.edu">sam.dragga@ttu.edu</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">1-806-543-6099<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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