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另外名记者Sam Amick自己也有写一篇 措辞更加强烈 但我只有手机懒得翻了XD
内容:
The NBA punished Robert Sarver Tuesday after the conclusion of a 10-month-long i
nvestigation of the Phoenix Suns and Mercury owner. Sarver has been suspended fo
r one year from having any role with the two organizations, and has been fined $
10 million.
NBA在长达10个月的调查之后星期二惩罚了太阳与水星队老板Robert Sarver。他被从两队的
管理层停权一年并罚金10M。
The suspension came after the NBA hired a law firm to look into allegations of r
acism and misogyny by Sarver in an ESPN article published last November. The inv
estigation, performed by white-shoe law firm Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katzn N
ew York, looked into his 18-year tenure at the helm of both franchises. The leag
ue published a 36-page report of its findings, documenting a long list of transg
ressions by Sarver.
这个处罚是在NBA在去年11月一篇ESPN文章指控Sarver种族歧视与仇女后委托法律事务所调?
的。这是由纽约白鞋所(指精英级别的法律事务所)Wachtell, Lipton与Katz事务所接手了Sa
rver长达18年份、2支球队的拥有历史的调查。联盟出版了一个36页的报告并记录了Sarver?
满的踰矩。
Sarver, the report found, used the N-word “at least five times in repeating or
purporting to repeat what a Black person said — four of those after being told
by both Black and white subordinates that he should not use the word.” He dispa
raged women in the workplace, including telling a pregnant woman she would not b
e able to do her job after she became a mother, and engaged in “unequal treatme
nt of female employees.”
Sarver如同报告发现的一般,使用N-Word”至少5次重复或恶意模仿黑人讲这个字-4次是在黑
人或白人下属叫他不要讲了之后。”他在工作场合轻视女性,包含了告诉孕妇他在生下小孩?
将会被开除并涉入了”对女性员工不平等的待遇。”
The investigation painted a picture of a hostile workplace, headed by Sarver, wh
o would embarrass employees and make them feel uncomfortable with behavior that
ranged from what the investigation called “sophomoric” to discriminatory. But
fault did not lie with Sarver alone; the investigation found that the Suns organ
ization was a “difficult place for women to work, particularly if they have you
ng children” and that executives occasionally treated women differently there t
han men.
“Sarver believed workplace norms did not apply to him and viewed common convent
ions as to what language he should use and what conduct he should avoid as a for
m of challenge,” the report found. Additionally, the report notes that “witnes
ses said that Sarver’s workplace actions often seemed intended solely to provok
e a reaction from employees — to embarrass them or assert dominance over them.?
这个调查刻画出了Sarver所领头的高敌意工作环境。他会作弄员工并用报告指称的”二年级
小朋友”至歧视性的行为来使员工不舒服。不过这并不只是Sarver的错;调查指出太阳队是?
”对于女性,尤其是已经有小孩的女性来说很艰难的职场”且管理层经常性的对女性有差别?
遇。调查指出”Sarver认为一般职场的规矩对他并不适用且对于正常的规范嗤之以鼻并认为
刻意违反他们是一种挑战。”另外,报告说”目击者证实Sarver的职场动作常常是为了引发?
工的反应—借此使他们难堪并展现自己的高高在上。”
Here is an FAQ as to what we know so far about Sarver and the Suns, as a result
of the NBA’s investigation.
这里是关于NBA调查结果的FAQ
What did the NBA find in its investigation?
NBA在调查中发现了什么?
The report, commissioned by the league, outlined a troubling pattern of behavior
by Sarver that included his use of racial epithets; that he “used language and
engaged in conduct demeaning of female employees;” that he made crude jokes ab
out the physical appearance of women — including female employees of the Suns;
that he twice made male employees uncomfortable by getting naked or showing his
genitals; and that more than 50 “current and former employees reported that Sar
ver frequently engaged in demeaning and harsh treatment of employees… that on o
ccasion constituted bullying under workplace standards.”
这份由联盟认证的调查细数了Sarver很有问题的行为模式,其中包含了他对于种族歧视性绰?
的使用;他”用言语及涉入一些羞辱女性员工的行为”;他会对女性外表开一些很粗糙的玩笑
—其中包含了太阳的女性员工;他曾经借由裸露与秀出生殖器2次造成男性员工的不适(抱歉
我停一下 呕呕呕呕呕呕);并超过”50名现任与前任员工检举Sarver曾对他们有过羞辱以及?
薄的对待…这构成职场标准下的霸凌行为。
The report did not deduce a definitive reason for his actions, but its authors w
rote that “Sarver often acted aggressively in an apparent effort to provoke a r
eaction from his targets; Sarver’s sense of humor was sophomoric and inappropri
ate for the workplace; and Sarver behaved as though workplace norms and policies
did not apply to him. Witnesses observed that Sarver “lacked a filter” and“
thrive(d) off” saying and doing things to make others uncomfortable.”
报告并没有明确的指出他这些行为的原因,但作者写道”Sarver时常积极的要引起他目标的?
应;Sarver的幽默感对于职场极其幼稚与不适当;且Sarver的行为表现出职场规范与政策在他
身上并不适用。目击者观察到Sarver完全不过滤并不在意他的言论和做一些让其他人不舒服
的事。”
How did the law firm obtain this information?
法律事务所如何取得这些资讯的?
Investigators at Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz began work in Nov. 2021 and reac
hed out to every employee currently employed by the Suns, to more than 150 forme
r employees, and had 20 former employees reach out on their own. The investigato
rs ended up speaking with 320 people — including Sarver and 12 Suns minority ow
ners. The Suns waived any nondisclosure agreements in effect after being asked b
y the investigators. They reviewed more than 80,000 texts, emails, and documents
from Suns employees. They also watched 51 archived Suns employee meetings. The
Suns cooperated in full, the report said. “Early in the investigation, the inve
stigators learned that the Suns’ HR department had historically maintained poor
records, and, accordingly, the HR files received by the investigators were limi
ted in number, incomplete, and disorganized,” the report said.
律师事务所的调查于2021年11月开始,联络了每一位现任太阳员工,多于150位的前员工,且有
20位主动联系了律师事务所。调查者到最后与320个人聊过—其中包含了Sarver与12位太阳?
东。太阳队在调查者要求之后也放弃了所有保密协议。他们审视了80000份太阳员工的短信,
email与文件。他们也看了51份太阳会议的存盘。太阳队完完全全地配合。报告指出”调查?
期,调查者意识到了太阳人资部门有不好的历史纪录,并指称太阳人资给出的档案数量有限,?
缺且紊乱。”
Sarver was interviewed and his work and personal emails were reviewed. As was hi
s phone, which was “forensically imaged and reviewed for materials responsive t
o the investigators’ requests.”
Sarver有被访问且他的工作与个人ema都有被检视过。也如同他的手机,”法医式的投射并负
责任的依照调查者的要求检视这些证物。
Why does the NBA have the authority to punish Sarver?
为什么NBA有这个权威可以处罚Sarver
The investigation found that Sarver’s actions were in violation of the Suns wor
kplace policy and the NBA Constitution. The latter gives commissioner Adam Silve
r the power to investigate issues that could impact the NBA in a negative way to
impose punishment in the best interest of the league.
调查发现Sarver的行为违反太阳与NBA机构的职场政策。后者给主席Adam Silver以他造成NB
A负面影响为由处罚他的权力以获取联盟的最大利益。
What exactly did Sarver do?
Sarver实际上做了什么?
Sarver used the N-word at least five times, including in a 2004 recruiting meeti
ng with a free agent, during a team-building exercise, and at least twice retell
ing an incident with a player’s family member. “As early as 2004, Sarver was m
ade aware that he should not use the N-word even when repeating another perso’
s use of it,” the report said. After Sarver used the N-word during the 2012-13
team-building exercise in front of players and some coaches and front office sta
ff, summarizing what a player had said, a team representative told him he could
not say the word.
Sarver使用了N-Word至少5次,其中包含了于2004年与一名自由球员的招募会议(难怪没人要?
笑死)与球队建筑内运动并至少2次于一场与球员家人的事件中覆述。”早在2004, Sarver早
已被告知他不该在另一个人讲的时候复述。”报告指出。根据一个球员说, 在Sarver 12-13
年在球员与一些教练面前,在球队代表早告诉他不该讲这个字的状况下用这个字。
In October 2016, after a game against the Warriors, Sarver complained to a Black
Suns coach that a Black Warriors player was allowed to say the N-word without p
unishment. The report recounted the interaction: “Why does (the Warriors player
) get to say (N-word, N-word, N-word, N-word, N-word)?!” After the coach said,
“You can’t f—ing say that,” Sarver replied, “I can’t say (N-word, N-word,
N-word)?” Sarver then sent an email to the NBA league office complaining about
the officiating during game, mentioning several other instances, but also “he p
urported to quote the Warriors player as saying the N-word spelled out with an ?
a” at the end,” according to the report.
在2016年10月一场对决勇士的比赛后,他对太阳黑人总教练抱怨为啥黑人勇士球员可以说N-W
ord而不被处罚。报告回忆了互动情形:”为什么(某勇士球员)可以说(B B B B B太长了 我?
))?!”教练说”你他X的不准讲”Sarver回道”我不能说(B B B)?” Sarver接下来便寄了一
封email至联盟判决相关的办公室,翻出一些不相干的事,并”扭曲了该勇士球员原本是a结尾
的字至er结尾的N-Word。”
The investigation found that Sarver “engaged in inequitable and demeaning condu
ct toward female employees, including bullying.” He told one pregnant female em
ployee in 2008 that she could not continue in her role coordinating an event bec
ause when the event was to occur she would have already given birth. “Witnesses
recalled Sarver saying, in substance, that the employee could not perform the a
ssignment because she would be “breastfeeding” and her “baby needs their mom,
not their father,” the report said. The woman became upset and cried. Another
employee who had witnessed the event later told Sarver that he had not handled t
hat situation properly; Sarver and a lawyer later called that witness and the la
wyer told her Sarver didn’t do anything wrong and “Sarver then criticized the
witness for questioning Sarver’s judgment.” The pregnant woman kept her job.
调查发现Sarver”涉入对女性员工不平等且贬低性的行为,包含了霸凌。”他于2008年告诉?
名怀孕员工她不能再继续做她活动企划的职位因为活动举办时她已经生下来了。”目击者回
忆了Sarver的言论,实质上,那名女员工要”喂奶”且”婴儿需要他们的妈妈而不是爸爸。”
该名女员工难过并开始哭。另一名目击员工告诉Sarver他这样处理不恰当。Sarver与律师随
后叫来了该目击员工且律师告诉她Sarver没有做错任何事并”开始批评该目击员工不该质疑
Sarver的判断。”不过该怀孕员工成功保住了她的饭碗。
In 2011, a week after he screamed at a female employee because he was unhappy wi
th a video she had produced, causing her to cry, Sarver entered her office and c
losed the door and “said in substance, ‘Why can’t we get along? What’s wrong
with you?’ When the female employee began to cry, Sarver then said in a raised
voice, ‘Why do all the women around here cry so much?'” Soon after, Sarver he
ld a lunch for Suns and Western Alliance Bank employees (he is its CEO) and all
employees were women. “Two Suns attendees perceived Sarver’s arrangement of th
e lunch to be a response to the video incident described above, to reflect Sarve
r’s opinion that female Suns employees were insufficiently tough and/or “cry s
o much,'” the report said. “And was intended to enable the female bank employe
es to explain to the female Suns employees how to handle Sarver’s demands. The
same attendees perceived the lunch as uncomfortable and demeaning.” Sarver admi
tted the lunch was arranged but said it was to “facilitate networking between t
he entities,” according to the report. Investigators wrote that they believed t
he lunch was for the purposes stated by witnesses, not Sarver.
2011年时在Sarver因为对一名女员工制作的影片不满意对她大吼并让他哭的一周后, Sarver
进入她的办公室并关门,实质上的说”为什么我们处不好?你有什么问题?”当女性员工开始?
之后, Sarver随即提高音量”为什么这些女人总是那么爱哭?”随即,Sarver与阿莱恩西部银
行的员工(他是CEO)且所有员工皆为女性开午餐会。其中银行的2名员工反映了上述的影片事
件并指出Sarver认为女性员工都很烂且很爱哭。且想要让银行的员工去跟该女员工解释如何
处理Sarver的要求。这两位午餐会的参与者叙述该餐会为”不舒服”且”贬低性”的。Sarv
er承认该餐会的存在但他说那只是他要”促进实体上的人际网”。调查者采信餐会参与者的
意见,而非Sarver。
The report outlines six times when Sarver made vulgar or sexual jokes to employe
es. It found he sent around pornographic material to male Suns executives, inclu
ding a video and photos of a naked woman.
报告指出Sarver至少6次对员工开了低级或是色情的玩笑。他被发现会给太阳男性管理层传?
情物品,其中包含一支与多张裸露女性的影片与照片。
He made male employees uncomfortable, as well. While a male employee was on his
knees giving Sarver a fitness check, Sarver dropped his underwear and exposed hi
s genitals. In 2016, the report said, Sarver stood naked in front of an employee
after taking a shower in the coaches shower.
他也造成男性员工的不适。当男性员工在他的膝盖上帮他试衣服是否合身,Sarver脱下他的?
裤来让该男性员工看他的生殖器(呕呕呕呕呕呕呕呕呕呕)。2016年时,报告指出, Sarver在?
练浴室洗完澡后于一名员工面前脱光衣服的站着
On several instances, the report found that Sarver made demeaning or inappropria
te comments about women in the Suns organization, including about the bodies and
attractiveness of Suns dancers.
在多个状况下,报告发现Sarver对太阳女性员工开羞辱性与不恰当的评论,其中包含了太阳女
舞者的身体与吸引度。
Sarver commented about the “sex lives, bodies, and sexual orientation” of play
ers, including at least once about a player’s partner. “In another instance, w
hen the Suns were recruiting a free agent in 2015, Sarver made a joke that the t
eam should have players impregnate local Phoenix strippers so they would feel co
nnected to the area, giving the Suns a potential edge in free agency recruitment
.”
Sarver还会对球员的”性生活,身体与性取向”,其中至少一次是对于球员的伴侣。另一个状
况下,当太阳于2015要招募自由球员时, Sarver说出了队员应该要让凤凰城地方的脱衣舞孃?
孕才能让他们觉得与当地有连结才能给他们自由球员潜在优势的玩笑。
More than 50 employees said Sarver yelled or cursed at employees as a way to man
age them, including in a way that would be considered bullying under the Suns wo
rkplace policy, according to the report. Sarver denied yelling at employees to i
nvestigators but admitted he may have “raised his voice” after they gave him s
pecific examples.
超过50名员工说Sarver对他们大吼大叫甚至是诅咒来管理他们,这也是太阳职场政策被定义?
霸凌行为的其中之一。Sarver否认大吼大叫但在调查者说出详细情况后承认他可能”大声了
一点点”。
The report states several times that there was “no finding that Sarver’s condu
ct was motivated by racial or gender-based animus.”
报告多次坦言Sarver的行为是被种族与性别敌意所驱动
Employees expressed concerns and issues with the Suns organization as a whole, t
ying some of them to Sarver’s leadership, but to which the report said it could
not directly find a connection. The Suns’ human resources department had poor
record keeping and the report said that investigators had trouble corroborating
allegations of racial and gender discrimination in the organization’s hiring be
cause of this.
员工表达了他们对太阳与Sarver领导有关的疑虑与问题,但报告没有发现直接关系。太阳的?
资部门资料保管得非常差所以调查者在调查球队的雇佣上有种族与性别歧视的指控时遭遇了
困难。
“The investigation finds that the Suns organization has been a difficult place
for women to work, particularly if they have young children, and that Suns execu
tives have on occasion treated female employees differently because of their gen
der and/or pregnancy. The investigation also identified a few reports of unwante
d touching and sexual harassment by or of Suns employees, some of which were mis
handled by the team.”
调查发现太阳球团对于女性,尤其是那些有小孩的女性来说非常困难,且太阳高层对待女性员
工因为他们的性别与怀孕而有差别待遇。调查也发现太阳员工数个非礼与性骚扰案件都处理
得不恰当。
The investigation also found instances of executives engaging in “anti-gay sent
iment.”
调查也发现太阳高层数次涉入”反同言论”
The report outlines the ways in which the Suns’ HR department has been overhaul
ed since 2021 after it undermined the trust of Suns employees and broke their co
nfidence in previous years.
报告细数了太阳人资部门自2021年起因太阳员工过去几年来对其信任的崩坏的重建方式。
What do the Suns say?
太阳队的声明
大意就是太阳与水星全力配合并有在改善工作环境
Phoenix Suns
https://i.imgur.com/YBcPBsW.jpg
What does Sarver say?
Sarver的声明
大意就是我尊重联盟判决 我道歉 但这些我都没有做错且否认部分报告。
https://i.imgur.com/HTCc3oF.jpg
Why didn’t Sarver get fined more?
为什么Sarver只被罚这样的钱
The $10 million is the most that the NBA could fine him under its rules.
1000万美金是nba可以对他裁罚的法定上限
What happens next?
接下来还会发生什么
Sarver can’t have anything to do with the NBA or WNBA, the Suns or Mercury, or
his duties as a team governor for the next year. He can’t even attend games. He
has to undergo a training program for respect and appropriate workplace conduct
.
Sarver下一年不能与NBA或WNBA以及他球队拥有者的身分有任何关系。他不能出席比赛。他?
要接受职场尊重与恰当行为的训练。
What does Adam Silver say?
Adam Silver说了什么?
He released a statement with the NBA’s ruling.
他释出了NBA判决的声明
“The statements and conduct described in the findings of the independent invest
igation are troubling and disappointing,” Silver said.
Silver说“独立调查中发现的言论与行为是有问题且令人失望的…
“We believe the outcome is the right one, taking into account all the facts, ci
rcumstances and context brought to light by the comprehensive investigation of t
his 18-year period and our commitment to upholding proper standards in NBA workp
laces. I am hopeful that the NBA community will use this opportunity to reflect
on what this great game means to people everywhere and the values of equality, r
espect and inclusion that it strives to represent. Regardless of position, power
or intent, we all need to recognize the corrosive and hurtful impact of raciall
y insensitive and demeaning language and behavior. On behalf of the entire NBA,
I apologize to all of those impacted by the misconduct outlined in the investiga
tors’ report. We must do better.”
…我们相信有考量晒在阳光下的事实,状况与前后文,全面调查18年来的纪录以及NBA维持恰?
职场标准的努力所得出的结果是正确的。我希望nba社群能用这个机会来反响这些伟大比赛?
所有地方人们的意义与其代表的平等,尊重,包容。无论职位,权力还是意图,我们都必须直视
种族不敏感及羞辱性语言与行为所造成的损害性影响。我代表全NBA对这些遭调查者所列出?
行为所影响的人道歉。我们必须做得更好。”
Why didn’t the NBA strip the Suns away from Sarver like they did with Donald St
erling?
为什么NBA没有对Sterling一般把太阳从Sarver手中拿走呢?
That’s a good question. It seems now that the Sterling incident might have been
a one-time case, impacted by the large amount of attention paid to the very pub
lic nature of what Sterling said and all the attention it brought down on the le
ague, especially during the playoffs. It was clear in the aftermath that Silver?
s decision was not universally supported by other NBA owners. This time, the NBA
handed down a penalty in line with what the NFL gave Daniel Snyder last summer
— $10 million and taking away day-to-day control — after the Washington Comman
ders faced allegations of sexual harassment and workplace misconduct.
这是一个好问题。现在看来Sterling的事件可能会是前无古人后无来者,因为他被大量的对?
Sterling的公众注意力以及当时季后赛期间的关注度所冲击。很显然的Silver的决定并不受
所有NBA球队老板所待见。因此这次,NBA比照NFL去年夏天给Daniel Snyder的处分—10M罚款
并停权—在华盛顿司令面临性骚扰与工作场合不当行为指控之后。
注:华盛顿司令老板2009年时问女员工是否能性交并企图脱掉女员工衣服。对,就这么一件。