TECH Microsoft shareholders vote for the company to publish sexual-harassment report, in rare win for activists

By Jordan Novet, November 30, 2021

Microsoft shareholders on Tuesday approved a proposal asking the board to publish a report on the effectiveness of its workplace sexual harassment policies in a rare vote of support for an activist initiative. The board of the software and hardware maker had recommended that shareholders vote down the proposal, but it received 77.97% of all votes, according to a regulatory filing.

The decision comes a year and a half after Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates stepped down from his seat on the company’s board following a report that Gates had tried to start a relationship with an employee in 2000, prompting a board investigation.

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