The results of an investigation into the Mavericks organization and allegations of workplace misconduct were released Wednesday, and as a result, team owner Mark Cuban has reached an agreement with the NBA to donate $10 million to organizations that promote women in leadership roles and combat domestic violence.

“The findings of the independent investigation are disturbing and heartbreaking, and no employee in the NBA, or any workplace for that matter, should be subject to the type of working environment described in the report,” NBA Commissioner Adam Silver said.

The league issued a statement Wednesday with the findings of a seven-month investigation that included 215 interviews with current and former Mavericks employees who worked with the organization over the past 20 years, in addition to the evaluation of more than 1.6 million documents.

The investigation found numerous instances of sexual harassment and other improper workplace conduct over a span of more than 20 years. The probe also revealed that the former team president and CEO Terdema Ussery displayed improper workplace conduct toward 15 female employees with "inappropriate comments, touching, and forcible kissing," according to the report.

There were two other instances of workplace misconduct with ticket sales employee Chris Hyde and Mavs.com reporter Earl Sneed. The report shows Hyde's misconduct included "inappropriate comments to women of a sexual nature, the viewing and sharing of pornographic images and videos, unsolicited and unwanted sexual advances, and violent and threatening outbursts toward co-workers." Sneed was found to have committed two acts of domestic violence, one of which was against another team employee.

The report found Mavericks management to be ineffective, but did not find any evidence that Cuban knew of Ussery’s misconduct. 

Cuban, in an interview on ESPN's "The Jump," said the probe's findings were "disturbing and heartbreaking."

The investigation was launched Feb. 21 after a Sports Illustrated report that revealed claims of sexual harassment and inappropriate conduct toward women over two decades in the NBA team's front office. SI found in its months-long investigation a "corporate culture rife with misogyny and predatory sexual behavior."

“We appreciate that Mark Cuban reacted swiftly, thoroughly and transparently to the allegations first set forth in Sports Illustrated — including the immediate hiring of Cynthia Marshall as CEO to effect change, but as Mark has acknowledged, he is ultimately responsible for the culture and conduct of his employees," Silver said. 

"While nothing will undo the harm caused by a select few former employees of the Mavericks, the workplace reforms and the $10 million that Mark has agreed to contribute are important steps toward rectifying this past behavior and shining a light on a pervasive societal failing — the inability of too many organizations to provide a safe and welcoming workplace for women.”

The team acknowledged the Sports Illustrated report in February and claimed it did not know of the misconduct until recently.

Marshall, a leadership, diversity and inclusion expert hired the week after the investigation began, said in August the results of the investigation wouldn't affect her 100-day plan for the franchise, a blueprint that was concluded in the summer and marked by massive changes in top positions.

Marshall has worked with the organization to change not only to the culture in the front office, but also among many high-ranking positions, according to a report from  The Morning News.

"We are moving forward," she said in August. "Welcome to the future."