Video game company Activision Blizzard reportedly encourages employees to participate in diversity, equity, and inclusion programs and has created a diversity officer to ensure DEI compliance for each video game.
Former Blizzard designer mark kern The studio behind popular titles like World of Warcraft and Call of Duty has posted purportedly leaked internal documents showing it forces its employees to do extensive DEI work.
“Together, we will build a future that embraces diversity, promotes inclusion, and empowers everyone.”
Mr. Khan also made other surprising claims that he said came from internal sources.
“I’m shocked that my former colleagues are talking to me about Activision Blizzard. It’s a completely different place than when the games were better and politics were ignored,” he told Blaze News. .
“Blizzard now holds struggle sessions where white developers talk about their privilege, DEI emails are sent weekly, clearly and openly mandated ‘non-enforcement’ meetings, and now DEI /We started reviewing forms that ask people to rate how good ESG is. ”
“I’ve heard that almost every game design decision at Activision has to be made by a DEI officer (official title) on the team itself. I hope that doesn’t get to Blizzard themselves, though. , I fear the worst,” he said. Added.
Activision representative Delaney Simmons did not address any of the above claims in response to questions from Blaze News. The spokesperson was asked about the alleged sessions and whether participation in the DEI program would affect an employee’s job status, among other questions. This article will be updated with any relevant answers.
In a leaked email said to be company-wide, Activision Blizzard shouts from the mountaintops about its DEI efforts.
The document was sent to Khan as a suspected internal leak, but Activision’s Simmons told Blaze News it was not a “leak” and later pointed to the contents of the company’s document. 2023-2024 Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Report.
In the document, the studio boasted about curating “meaningful learning opportunities focused on DE&I” and creating an “IGD Council.”
The acronym stands for “Inclusive Game Design,” and the company would later form the IGD team.
according to it, WebsiteThe Activision Blizzard IGD team is responsible for “embedding advocacy, best practices, and innovation” into all of the company’s games.
This is to “ensure our games are the most diverse, welcoming, and inclusive.”
Apparently the newsletter also boasted about working with “minority-owned businesses.” [sic] Enterprise,” thanked readers for their support of our commitment to “total inclusivity.”
“Together, we will build a future that embraces diversity, promotes inclusion, and empowers all,” the letter concludes. The document was signed by Casey Morris, the company’s director of diversity, equity and inclusion.
The DEI infusion didn’t end there by any stretch of the imagination. The company promoted a series of bizarre “employee networks” based on race and sexuality. These included the “Black Employee Network,” the “LGBT+ Employee Network,” and the “Multicultural Employee Network.”
The company even said in the report that it had introduced an “inclusion score” for its employees. This score is “a quantitative measure of how welcomed, valued, and included an employee feels within the organization.”
This was used to justify the company’s collection of “DE&I data,” meaning tracking of race, sexual orientation, and ethnicity. More than 60% are white and 79% are male, according to company data.
Only 1% identify as non-binary.
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