{"id":34034,"date":"2024-07-17T16:37:25","date_gmt":"2024-07-17T07:37:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/?p=34034"},"modified":"2024-07-17T16:37:27","modified_gmt":"2024-07-17T07:37:27","slug":"sega-takes-legal-action-against-individual-for-harassment-of-its-employee-and-warns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/sega-takes-legal-action-against-individual-for-harassment-of-its-employee-and-warns\/","title":{"rendered":"Sega takes legal action against individual for harassment of its employee and warns that a similar response awaits anyone else who tries\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Sega Corporation made an announcement on July 17 regarding their response to a specific case of \u201cslander and extreme acts of harassment\u201d towards one of their employees. The notice also warns users to heed the company\u2019s Customer Harassment Policy<\/a>, as they intend to remain firm in taking action against offenders. Sega\u2019s attitude towards the issue has earned praise from industry professionals.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to the announcement<\/a>, Sega has taken legal action against an individual who continuously made excessive defamatory and insulting remarks about one of its employees via social media. The company was granted disclosure of the perpetrator\u2019s identity by the court, and has requested damages on behalf of the victim. In addition, the individual has been ordered to delete all instances of insulting and slanderous remarks and to refrain from similar acts in the future.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sega states that it considers acts of harassment against its employees to be a \u201cserious human rights issue that damages the dignity of employees and deteriorates the work environment.\u201d Thus, the company intends to continue to take action against any malicious behavior towards employees.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While most companies generally have similar policies to Sega\u2019s, it is not so common to see them put into action nor spoken about so publicly. This has earned Sega some praise in online circles, as well as from industry professionals. In response to the company\u2019s post on social media, game developer Taira Nakamura commented<\/a>, \u201cHarassment is something I also suffered with when I was in the position of producer, and it\u2019s so reassuring to see a company take action in this way and talk about it publicly to deter others (from committing acts of harassment).\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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