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- A report from Sports Illustrated details allegations of a “hostile work environment” within the Dallas Mavericks organization.
- The allegations include years of inappropriate behavior by the team’s former president and CEO, and accusations that the head of human resources did little when women complained.
- The report also details allegations of domestic violence made against the team’s in-house beat writer, who was allowed to remain employed after he was accused of hitting a fellow Mavs employee he was dating.
- Mark Cuban fired the team’s head of HR and the beat writer after learning of the SI report.
Mark Cuban has fired the Dallas Mavericks’ head of human resources and in-house beat writer in response to a report from Sports Illustrated that details allegations of a “hostile work environment” and “real life ‘Animal House.’“
SI interviewed more than a dozen former and current Mavericks employees. According to the report, those interviews painted a picture of “a corporate culture rife with misogyny and predatory sexual behavior; alleged public fondling by the team president; outright domestic assault by a high-profile member of the Mavs.com staff; unsupportive or even intimidating responses from superiors who heard complaints of inappropriate behavior from their employees; even an employee who openly watched pornography at his desk. “See the rest of the story at Business Insider
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