Ubisoft Is Going To Take A Step Further following Sexual Misconduct Allegations

There are a lot of game companies and individuals that have been accused of sexual misconduct but Ubisoft has been one of the more prominent one.

 

Just a week ago, the creative director of Assassin’s Creed Valhalla, Ashraf Ismail, has stepped down when he was accused of cheating on his wife. A tweet has exposed this. This is just one of the many allegations against their employees.

And now, Ubisoft’s CEO has stepped in. Guillemot has sent this letter to the employees of Ubisoft:

Dear all,

I am profoundly affected by what I have been reading the past few days on Mana. I would like to express my deep solidarity to all those who have been directly hurt and assure you that I will personally follow each of the situations that have been reported.

These actions are in total contradiction with our values?? and with what I want for Ubisoft. The company we hold dear must offer a welcoming and respectful environment, allowing everyone to flourish. I will not accept anything less.

I have gathered all of my direct reports to address this subject and your feedback. I would like us to thoroughly review all of our systems so that these types of situations cannot happen again. In addition to the first actions that Cécile has just shared with you, I’ve asked for a multidisciplinary working group to be set up across the company to take up these subjects. In particular, this group will have to come up with better solutions and tools to detect, report, and resolve any incident or serious problem without delay and in an impartial manner. To inform their proposals, this working group, aided by an external partner, will start by organizing focus group meetings to hear from you and get your points of view. I will regularly participate in these sharing sessions.

I am organizing a call on Monday with all your managing directors to discuss these subjects in more detail and to ask them for their full involvement and exemplarity on these important issues. I will come back to you soon with additional updates, and I want to say again that I am committed to safeguarding for each and every one of you a work environment of which we can be proud.

I am here to listen to you and am at your disposal via email or teams if you wish to contact me personally.

Yves

Letter is provided by VentureBeat. Mana is Ubisoft's internal network.

It has been reported before that Ubisoft was concerned of these allegations and it’s nice to see that they’re taking this a step further.

Cedric Pabriga,
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