Top Riot Games executive suspended without pay

It is being reported that earlier this week, Scott Gelb, the COO of Riot Games has been put on a two months suspension without pay and is to receive training, after being accused of sexual harassment. 

Kotaku reported in August that after an eight - month investigation, in which it interviewed dozens of Riot Games employees, Gelb's name kept coming up. Employees reported that he was “ball-tapping (flicking or slapping testicles), farting on employees or humping them for comedic effect" , and that this behaviour was well known across the board. It also reported that the company has fostered a culture of sexism in which a "bro culture" was in place where sexual misconduct and bathroom humour was the norm.

After Kotaku's findings, Riot games had put out a statement, saying that:

We are prepared to make big changes and have begun taking action against specific cases, including removal of Rioters, though we aren’t likely to get into those details publicly on a case-by-case basis for legal and privacy reasons

However, after this press release it looked like not much was being done, and "Gelb remained at the company while other employees whom sources allege also participated in Riot Games’ so-called “bro culture” had left.  It was looking like Riot Games was all talk but no action, with Kotaku again releasing another statement saying that "Riot games says it wants to clean up its mess, but the people who made it are still there".  It is now known that Riot Games had in fact investigated Gelb by law firm Seyfarth Shaw and overseen by a special committee from its Board of Directors. This board has also decided that Gelb is to remain in the company but given a 2 month no pay punishment, which some may argue is nothing, considering that he has a senior role in a company in which last year made 21.9 billion dollars in revenue.  

Needless to say, some employees are also not so happy with the decision made, saying that this is not enough to stop or discourage others from following Gelb's behaviour. In a time when these sexual allegations are coming out every day, maybe it would be more wise and just to give harsher penalties if we are truly serious in eliminating them once and for all.