Activision Blizzard has committed to strengthen its culture to prevent sexual harassment, pregnancy discrimination, and retaliation under an $18 million settlement announced Monday with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC).

The agreement’s boilerplate terms in many ways mirror the terms ride-sharing company Uber reached with the EEOC in 2019—except its void of any accountability.

Jaclyn Jaeger is a freelance contributor to Compliance Week after working for the company for 15 years. She writes on a wide variety of topics, including ethics and compliance, risk management, legal,...