[ATTW-L] ATTW-L Digest, Vol 43, Issue 18
Alexandra Cata
ascata at ncsu.edu
Wed Oct 20 23:51:26 UTC 2021
As someone who has been following the ABK lawsuit, if you're going to teach
this I also encourage you to read up on the lawsuit overall.
I suppose it's a good thing that Townsend sent this out, but I'm kind of
shocked that she is the one who did it considering her initial response
gaslit so many workers and people who came forward in the lawsuit and
outside of it on Twitter especially.
As someone who works in and follows the game industry, it feels less
reassuring and more like "well, we'll wait and see what happens." Hopefully
it all turns for the better.
https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2021-08-07-under-fire-activision-blizzard-exec-frances-townsend-steps-down-from-companys-womens-network
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> 1. Activision Blizzard's message on "Creating A More Accountable
> Workplace" (Dragga, Sam)
> 2. Re: Activision Blizzard's message on "Creating A More
> Accountable Workplace" (Tharon Howard)
> 3. Re: [External] Re: Activision Blizzard's message on "Creating
> A More Accountable Workplace" (Timothy Giles)
> 4. Re: Activision Blizzard's message on "Creating A More
> Accountable Workplace" (Lettner-Rust, Heather)
> 5. Re: [External] Re: Activision Blizzard's message on "Creating
> A More Accountable Workplace" (Tharon Howard)
> 6. Re: [External] Re: Activision Blizzard's message on "Creating
> A More Accountable Workplace" (Johnson, Richard D)
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> Message: 1
> Date: Wed, 20 Oct 2021 17:49:56 +0000
> From: "Dragga, Sam" <Sam.Dragga at ttu.edu>
> To: "attw-l at attw.org" <attw-l at attw.org>
> Subject: [ATTW-L] Activision Blizzard's message on "Creating A More
> Accountable Workplace"
> Message-ID: <27433DC4-3785-4916-85E6-6989BC3CB107 at ttu.edu>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"
>
> 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
>
> Sam Dragga
> Professor Emeritus
> Texas Tech University
> sam.dragga at ttu.edu
> 1-806-543-6099
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> Message: 2
> Date: Wed, 20 Oct 2021 18:12:50 +0000
> From: Tharon Howard <tharon at clemson.edu>
> To: "Dragga, Sam" <Sam.Dragga at ttu.edu>, "attw-l at attw.org"
> <attw-l at attw.org>
> Subject: Re: [ATTW-L] Activision Blizzard's message on "Creating A
> More Accountable Workplace"
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> 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> 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"
>
> 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
>
> Sam Dragga
> Professor Emeritus
> Texas Tech University
> sam.dragga at ttu.edu<mailto:sam.dragga at ttu.edu>
> 1-806-543-6099
>
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> Message: 3
> Date: Wed, 20 Oct 2021 14:19:11 -0400
> From: Timothy Giles <tgiles at georgiasouthern.edu>
> To: Attw-l at attw.org
> Subject: Re: [ATTW-L] [External] Re: Activision Blizzard's message on
> "Creating A More Accountable Workplace"
> Message-ID:
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> 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.
> >
> >
> >
> > Thank you, my friend!
> >
> >
> >
> > Tharon
> >
> >
> >
> > *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"
> >
> >
> >
> > 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
> >
> >
> >
> > Sam Dragga
> >
> > Professor Emeritus
> >
> > Texas Tech University
> >
> > sam.dragga at ttu.edu
> >
> > 1-806-543-6099
> >
> >
> > _______________________________________________
> > ATTW-L mailing list
> > ATTW-L at attw.org
> > http://attw.org/mailman/listinfo/attw-l_attw.org
> >
>
>
> --
> Tim Giles, Ph.D.
> Professor
> Department of Writing & Linguistics
> Box 8026
> Georgia Southern University
> Statesboro, GA 30460-8026
>
> 912-478-0229
>
>
> tgiles at georgiasouthern.edu
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> Message: 4
> Date: Wed, 20 Oct 2021 18:24:58 +0000
> From: "Lettner-Rust, Heather" <lettnerrusthg at longwood.edu>
> To: Tharon Howard <tharon at clemson.edu>, "Dragga, Sam"
> <Sam.Dragga at ttu.edu>, "attw-l at attw.org" <attw-l at attw.org>
> Subject: Re: [ATTW-L] Activision Blizzard's message on "Creating A
> More Accountable Workplace"
> Message-ID: <1634754298221.17497 at longwood.edu>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"
>
> ?I second that, Tharon. My TW students just finished analyzing the Field
> Survey report from the Champlain Towers Collapse. Solid gold.
>
>
>
>
>
>
> Heather Lettner-Rust, PhD
>
> Director, Civitae Core Curriculum
>
> Associate Professor of English
>
> Grainger Hall G10
>
> English & Modern Languages Department
>
> (434) 395-2162
>
> [
> http://www.longwood.edu/fileshare/2021logo/Combined%20Logo%20RGB%20Black.png
> ]<https://www.longwood.edu/>
>
> ________________________________
> From: ATTW-L <attw-l-bounces at attw.org> on behalf of Tharon Howard <
> tharon at clemson.edu>
> Sent: Wednesday, October 20, 2021 2:12 PM
> To: Dragga, Sam; attw-l at attw.org
> Subject: Re: [ATTW-L] Activision Blizzard's message on "Creating A More
> Accountable Workplace"
>
>
> CAUTION: This is an EXTERNAL email. Do not click links or open attachments
> unless you recognize the sender and know the content is safe.
> 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> 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"
>
> 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
>
> Sam Dragga
> Professor Emeritus
> Texas Tech University
> sam.dragga at ttu.edu<mailto:sam.dragga at ttu.edu>
> 1-806-543-6099
>
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> Message: 5
> Date: Wed, 20 Oct 2021 19:34:29 +0000
> From: Tharon Howard <tharon at clemson.edu>
> 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"
> Message-ID:
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> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"
>
> 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
>
> Sam Dragga
> Professor Emeritus
> Texas Tech University
> sam.dragga at ttu.edu<mailto:sam.dragga at ttu.edu>
> 1-806-543-6099
>
> _______________________________________________
> ATTW-L mailing list
> ATTW-L at attw.org<mailto:ATTW-L at attw.org>
> http://attw.org/mailman/listinfo/attw-l_attw.org
>
>
> --
> Tim Giles, Ph.D.
> Professor
> Department of Writing & Linguistics
> Box 8026
> Georgia Southern University
> Statesboro, GA 30460-8026
>
> 912-478-0229
>
>
> tgiles at georgiasouthern.edu<mailto:tgiles at georgiasouthern.edu>
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> Message: 6
> Date: Wed, 20 Oct 2021 20:21:32 +0000
> From: "Johnson, Richard D" <rjohnso at purdue.edu>
> To: Tharon Howard <tharon at clemson.edu>, 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"
> Message-ID: <0A35E601-4B3A-41AD-91A2-A30D0BA81453 at purdue.edu>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"
>
> 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!
>
> %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
> Professor Richard Johnson-Sheehan
> Department of English
> Purdue University
> 500 Oval Dr.
> 428 Heavilon Hall
> W. Lafayette, IN 47907
> rjohnso at purdue.edu<mailto:rjohnso at purdue.edu>
> %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
>
>
> 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
>
> Sam Dragga
> Professor Emeritus
> Texas Tech University
> sam.dragga at ttu.edu<mailto:sam.dragga at ttu.edu>
> 1-806-543-6099
>
> _______________________________________________
> ATTW-L mailing list
> ATTW-L at attw.org<mailto:ATTW-L at attw.org>
> http://attw.org/mailman/listinfo/attw-l_attw.org
>
>
> --
> Tim Giles, Ph.D.
> Professor
> Department of Writing & Linguistics
> Box 8026
> Georgia Southern University
> Statesboro, GA 30460-8026
>
> 912-478-0229
>
>
> tgiles at georgiasouthern.edu<mailto:tgiles at georgiasouthern.edu>
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