ã€Global Science and Technology Report】 According to reports from the US media on June 6, Uber is conducting a full-scale internal investigation in order to prevent the negative impact of sexual harassment scandals from continuing to ferment. Recently, the company has fired 20 employees, and 7 employees have received written warnings from the company. A Uber spokesperson stated that employees were dismissed or warned because of sexual harassment, internal discrimination, and retaliation.
The survey was conducted jointly by Covington & Burling, a law firm founded by Perkins Coie and former US Attorney General Eric Holder. The former reviewed 215 complaints received by Uber's human resources department and conducted in-depth investigations into 57 of them. The latter was commissioned by Uber to conduct an independent investigation and has now submitted detailed investigation results to the Subcommittee under the Board of Directors. However, according to insiders, the survey summary report will not be announced until the next week.
The cause of the investigation goes back to Susan Fowler, a former Uber employee. The woman wrote in a blog that she was sexually harassed at the company, but the company’s human resources department and senior management did not properly handle the matter. This scandal has caused Uber’s corporate image to suffer. Afterwards, Uber ushered in the “departure tide†of executives, and the image of its CEO, Travis Kalanick, was compromised because of its dispute with Uber drivers.
Faced with a series of negative public opinions, Uber has taken many measures to save the company's image. Currently, Kalakick has commissioned a headhunter to find the right COO. In addition, the company also hired two female executives - former Apple executive Bozoma Saint John and Harvard Business School professor Frances Frei - as senior vice president, to participate in Uber's strategy formulation and brand promotion. (Internship compilation: Zhang Qian reviewer: Liu Yang)
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