{"id":33120,"date":"2020-06-27T11:19:00","date_gmt":"2020-06-27T11:19:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/2020\/06\/27\/ubisoft-places-multiple-employees-on-leave-following-allegations-of-misconduct\/"},"modified":"2020-06-27T11:19:00","modified_gmt":"2020-06-27T11:19:00","slug":"ubisoft-places-multiple-employees-on-leave-following-allegations-of-misconduct","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/ipsnews.net\/business\/2020\/06\/27\/ubisoft-places-multiple-employees-on-leave-following-allegations-of-misconduct\/","title":{"rendered":"Ubisoft places multiple employees on leave following allegations of misconduct"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"119\" height=\"40\" src=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/4000-logo.jpg\" class=\"webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"display: block; margin-bottom: 5px; clear:both;max-width: 100%;\" link_thumbnail=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"image1\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.vox-cdn.com\/thumbor\/u1lOOWJNMujJyA0i07Xww0iimfA=\/0x0:2040x1360\/1310x873\/cdn.vox-cdn.com\/uploads\/chorus_image\/image\/66989250\/acastro_190528_1777_ubisoft_0002.0.0.jpg\" width=\"897\" height=\"598\" data-pre-sourced=\"yes\" data-sourced=\"yes\" data-original=\"https:\/\/cdn.vox-cdn.com\/thumbor\/u1lOOWJNMujJyA0i07Xww0iimfA=\/0x0:2040x1360\/1310x873\/cdn.vox-cdn.com\/uploads\/chorus_image\/image\/66989250\/acastro_190528_1777_ubisoft_0002.0.0.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.vox-cdn.com\/thumbor\/u1lOOWJNMujJyA0i07Xww0iimfA=\/0x0:2040x1360\/1310x873\/cdn.vox-cdn.com\/uploads\/chorus_image\/image\/66989250\/acastro_190528_1777_ubisoft_0002.0.0.jpg\" \/><small>Illustration by Alex Castro \/ The Verge<\/small><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Multiple employees at Ubisoft, including two executives, have been placed on administrative leave as the company conducts a corporate investigation following allegations of professional misconduct,&nbsp;<em>Bloomberg<\/em>&nbsp;reports.<\/p>\n<p>The two executives placed on leave are Tommy Fran&ccedil;ois and Maxime B&eacute;land, two employees that serve as vice presidents in a division overseeing worldwide development of the company&rsquo;s games,&nbsp;<em>Bloomberg&nbsp;<\/em>reports. Both men face numerous allegations that surfaced after multiple accusers came forward on Twitter.<\/p>\n<div>\n<aside><q>Many allegations have been made against several employees at Ubisoft<\/q><\/aside>\n<\/div>\n<p>In the last week, the video game industry has faced a #MeToo reckoning with an&nbsp;outpouring of stories&nbsp;on social media. Many in the Twitch and YouTube creator spaces, as well as employees of large game developers and publishers, have come forward online about abuse, sexual harassment, and other misconduct at the hands of high-ranking employees while working in the industry.<\/p>\n<p>Many allegations have been made against several employees at Ubisoft, including&nbsp;<em>Assassin&rsquo;s Creed Valhalla<\/em>&nbsp;creative director Ashraf Ismail, who recently&nbsp;stepped down from his role in the game&nbsp;and took a leave of absence after allegations of sexual misconduct with fans surfaced online. In response to the multiple allegations made against several of its employees, Ubisoft announced in a&nbsp;statement last night&nbsp;that it would be launching investigations. The company has also brought in external consultants as part of its investigation into the abuse and bullying.<\/p>\n<p class=\"tags\">\n<div><strong>See Campaign: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2020\/6\/26\/21305018\/ubisoft-multiple-employees-administrative-leave-sexual-misconduct\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2020\/6\/26\/21305018\/ubisoft-multiple-employees-administrative-leave-sexual-misconduct<\/a><br \/><b>Contact Information:<\/b><br \/>Taylor Lyles<\/p>\n<p><b>Tags:<\/b><br \/><a href=\"\"><\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/category\/news-category\/artificial-intelligence-newswire\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Artificial Intelligence Newswire<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/category\/news-category\/wire\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Wire<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/category\/global-regions\/united-states\/\" rel=\"category tag\">United States<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/category\/language\/english\/\" rel=\"category tag\">English<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\" alt=\"image\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" class=\"cwdfimg\" \/><\/div>\n<div>\n<h3>Contact Information:<\/h3>\n<p>Taylor Lyles<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"119\" height=\"40\" src=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/4000-logo.jpg\" alt=\"\">Illustration by Alex Castro \/ The Verge &nbsp; Multiple employees at Ubisoft, including two executives, have been placed on administrative leave as the company conducts a corporate investigation following allegations of professional misconduct,&nbsp;Bloomberg&nbsp;reports. The two executives placed on leave are Tommy Fran&ccedil;ois and Maxime B&eacute;land, two employees that serve as vice presidents in a division &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/2020\/06\/27\/ubisoft-places-multiple-employees-on-leave-following-allegations-of-misconduct\/\">Continue reading <span>Ubisoft places multiple employees on leave following allegations of misconduct<\/span><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/ipsnews.net\/business\/2020\/06\/27\/ubisoft-places-multiple-employees-on-leave-following-allegations-of-misconduct\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue Reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":46,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21,3,22,54],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-33120","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-artificial-intelligence-newswire","category-english","category-united-states","category-wire"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Ubisoft places multiple employees on leave following allegations of misconduct - Business<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/ipsnews.net\/business\/2020\/06\/27\/ubisoft-places-multiple-employees-on-leave-following-allegations-of-misconduct\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Ubisoft places multiple employees on leave following allegations of misconduct - Business\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Illustration by Alex Castro \/ The Verge &nbsp; Multiple employees at Ubisoft, including two executives, have been placed on administrative leave as the company conducts a corporate investigation following allegations of professional misconduct,&nbsp;Bloomberg&nbsp;reports. 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