Feminist icon Gloria Steinem was among the women appointed Friday to a new Vice committee on conduct and inclusivity in the workplace. The committee was formed in the wake of a male Vice executive’s suspension for alleged inappropriate conduct and the start of an investigation into other allegations raised by a female former associate producer. (Deadline)
The committee is chaired by attorney Roberta Kaplan, who argued against the Defense of Marriage Act before the Supreme Court. Other members of the committee include former Vice COO Alyssa Mastromonaco, who now serves as president of global communications strategy and talent at Vice investor A+E; former Michelle Obama chief of staff Tina Tchen; a former senior policy adviser to Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign, Maya Harris; Vice’s new global chief human resources officer, Susan Tohyama; and Broadly publisher Ariel Wengroff, who will serve as board secretary. (THR)
Jason Mojica, head of Vice Media’s documentary films unit, was put on leave as the company looks into the allegations against him. (Variety)
The suspension follows a report in the The Daily Beast last week that a manager at Vice Media sexually harassed a female employee. The story, published Wednesday, said several current and former Vice employees claimed the millennial-skewing media company operated in a culture of harassing behavior. (Deadline)