Google Parent Company, Alphabet, Is Investigating Sexual Misconduct By Executives

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New reports indicate that Alphabet's board of directors has opened an investigation into how executives handled claims of sexual misconduct. The news comes almost a year after stakeholders filed a suit against the company.

on Medium that detailed a 2004 relationship with Alphabet Chief Legal Officer David Drummond, resulting in a son. In the post, she alleges that she was moved from the legal department to sales. Despite facing heightened public scrutiny through all of these events, the company has remained mostly silent in recent months in regards to the allegations. Yesterday; however, CNBCthat the board of directors has opened an investigation into how executives handled claims of sexual harassment.

According to the report, Alphabet’s board has formed a Special Litigation Committee of independent directors and retained the law firm Cravath, Swaine & Moore to assist in the investigations of the allegations made. Seemingly in an effort do downplay the news, Alphabet released a single statement by an unnamed spokesperson: “As has already been confirmed in public court filings, in early 2019, Alphabet’s Board of Directors formed a special litigation committee to consider claims made by shareholders in various lawsuits relating to past workplace conduct.”

 

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