“As employees we support the principle that Netflix offers a diversity of stories, even if we find some titles counter to our own personal values,” the company’s culture document states.
Netflix NFLX, +7.65% has created an “artistic expression” section of the company’s workplace culture guidelines, indicating that employees may have to work on or alongside content they think is harmful.
“As employees we support the principle that Netflix offers a diversity of stories, even if we find some titles counter to our own personal values,” the culture document states. “Depending on your role, you may need to work on titles you perceive to be harmful. If you’d find it hard to support our content breadth, Netflix may not be the best place for you.”
It’s unclear when exactly Netflix updated this company guideline, but a previous version of Netflix culture document from April 23 did not have an “artistic expression” section and had little to no mention of how employees should or could address feelings about content that Netflix creates.Last year, Netflix faced some criticism from transgender people over comments made by comedian Dave Chappelle on his Netflix special The Closer.
Shares of Netflix Inc. were up 6.09% during Friday’s trading. However, Netflix is down 62.51% over the past 12 months, compared with a 4.3% drop for the S&P 500 SPX, +2.39% Index over that same period.
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