Japanese video games large Sega is taking somebody to court docket for his or her “extreme slanderous and insulting feedback” in direction of one among their members of employees.
In a submit on its web site – noticed by Eurogamer – the corporate mentioned that it thought of harassment of its employees to be a violation of their human rights. Sega hoped to resolve the matter, however the unhealthy actor continued.
Sega says that it has reached a settlement with the individual harassing its employees and they are going to be paying damages to the worker affected.
“We now have been coping with an individual (hereinafter known as the “topic”) who has made extreme slanderous and insulting feedback on social media in opposition to one among our staff for a very long time, however as there was no enchancment, we’ve been compelled to take authorized motion, and our request for disclosure of the sender’s info has now been granted by the court docket. After figuring out the topic and negotiating, we’ve reached a settlement by which the topic can pay damages to our worker, delete the slanderous and insulting feedback, and chorus from such actions sooner or later. As it is a case associated to a court docket continuing, we ask that you just chorus from making any inquiries relating to this matter.
“We contemplate slanderous acts in opposition to staff, resembling bulletins of violent acts, threats, and intimidation, to be severe human rights points that harm the dignity of staff and result in a deterioration of the work surroundings. We don’t tolerate any harassing habits, and so as to respect all staff and shield their human rights, we’ll proceed to take applicable motion primarily based on our Buyer Harassment Coverage after we decide any habits to be malicious. Please evaluation our Buyer Harassment Coverage and chorus from any habits that damages the dignity of staff.”
