HR recommended firing Bunting two years ago when the Journal inquired about the incident now, Bunting quit the company. The article’s lede makes the situation at Activision sound pretty bad, but much of the next page or so is about stuff that was already known by Activision’s board. Mr.īunting left the company after the Journal asked about the Bunting,īut instead to impose other disciplinary measures,” she said. Investigation, the company elected not to terminate Mr. “After considering potential actions in light of that

Spokeswoman said an outside investigation was conducted in 2020. Bunting didn’t respond to requests for comment. Several successful Call of Duty games, was given counseling andĪllowed to remain at the company, these people said. Bunting, who led Treyarch through the production of Kotick intervened to keep him, these people Launched an internal investigation in 2019 and recommended that heīe fired, but Mr. Night of drinking, according to people familiar with the incident.Īctivision’s human-resources department and other supervisors Needleman, reporting yesterday for The Wall Street Journal (emphasis added):ĭan Bunting, co-head of Activision’s Treyarch studio, was accusedīy a female employee of sexually harassing her in 2017 after a WSJ: ‘Activision CEO Bobby Kotick Knew for Years About Sexual-Misconduct Allegations at Videogame Giant’ ★

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