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How Masculinity Contests Undermine Organizations, and What to Do About It

Harvard Business Review

For example, Susan Fowler’s 2017 blog about Uber detailed not only her recollections of being repeatedly harassed, but what she described as a “game-of-thrones” environment, in which managers sought to one-up and sabotage colleagues to get ahead. Organizations rely on cooperative teamwork to succeed.

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Uber Is Finally Realizing HR Isn’t Just for Recruiting

Harvard Business Review

Uber CEO Travis Kalanick and prominent board members, with the cooperation and support of the head of HR, have initiated an investigation. All of this indicates that Uber leaders prioritized immediately useful services like recruitment over, for example, legal compliance systems, audits, and leadership development.