Troubled to see people acting against company interests: Zilingo co-founder

 

Singapore-based style innovation startup Zilingo has been in information for quite a while after the board terminated prime supporter and CEO Ankiti Bose over supposed inconsistencies in the organization's records.

Notwithstanding, Ankiti Bose prior supposed that she was suspended to smother her provocation grievance. In an email to Zilingo workers, Dhruv Kapoor, prime supporter and boss innovation and item official, said that he was stunned to hear "bogus charges" that there was a concealment of provocation grievance at Zilingo.

"You might have heard that there is a claim made that specific people at Zilingo 'smothered' grumblings of provocation. We've generally had a culture that doesn't endure lewd behavior, working environment provocation, tormenting or terrorizing, and been profoundly disheartening to hear things are so in opposition to the sort of culture we've assembled," Kapoor wrote in the email.

Media reports had recommended that the lewd behavior grumbling was smothered. In his email, Kapoor expressed: "Tragically, throughout the course of recent days, there have been a few things said in the media that don't reflect either the sort of organization that we've needed to construct, nor the sort of culture that I've seen around me in my time here. Perusing this feels unsettling and each of this feels counterproductive to the organization's objectives, to our representatives and our clients. We're upset to see certain individuals in the group act against the interests of the organization, in some cases such that harms Zilingo's standing or the standing of different individuals in the association."...READ MORE

Uber says 3000 sexual assault claims reported in US rides last year

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Uber Technologies Inc. found more than 3,000 allegations of sexual assaults involving drivers or passengers on its platform in the US last year, part of an extensive and long-awaited review in response to public safety concerns.
The ride-hailing company released an 84-page safety report Thursday, seeking to quantify the misconduct and deaths that occur on its system and argue that its service is safer than alternatives.
US customers took about 1.3 billion trips last year, Uber said. About 50 people have died in Uber collisions annually for the past two years, at a rate about half the national average for automotive fatalities, according to the company. Nine people were killed in physical assaults last year, Uber said.
Uber drivers reported nearly as many allegations of sexual assault as passengers, who made 56 per cent of the claims. There is little comparable data on assaults in taxis or other transportation systems, and experts have said the attacks are widely under-reported. The assault claims reported to Uber ranged from unwanted kissing to forcible penetration.
“Uber is very much a reflection of society,” said Tony West, Uber’s chief legal officer who helped spearhead the two-year research effort. “The sad, unfortunate fact is that sexual violence is more prevalent in our society than people think. People don’t like to talk about this issue.”

Uber had committed more than a year ago to release a safety study, a promise Lyft Inc. made soon after. Lyft, the second-biggest ride-hailing provider in the US, has yet to publish a report. On Thursday, Uber said it would regularly share data with Lyft and other companies about drivers accused of serious safety lapses and continue publishing safety reports every two years.Uber has faced a steady stream of complaints in court across the country over driver misconduct, and Lyft has recently seen an explosion in legal claims by passengers...Read More

Madras HC judge installs CCTV in his chamber; wants govts offices to follow

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Quoting Mahathma Gandhi's dictum of practice is better than preaching, a Madras High Court judge ordered installation of CCTV camera in his chamber while recommending it for offices of all higher Tamil Nadu government officials to tackle sexual harassment at work places.

Justice S M Subramaniam directed the court registry to install the CCTV camera in his chamber within two weeks, while disposing of petitions from IPS officer S Murugan and a woman police superintendent who had made sexual harassment charges against the senior police official.
In his order, the judge referred to Gandhiji's quote "An Ounce of Practice is worth more than tons of preaching."

He gave the go ahead for a probe by an Internal Complaints Committee (ICC) and the CB-CID which had registered an FIR on the woman officer's complaint.

Justice Subramaniam recommended to the state Chief Secretary installation of CCTV cameras inside the official chambers and office rooms of all the higher officials in order to avoid all such allegations or complaints against higher officials and to safeguard the interest of women employees from sexual harassment.


 The judge tasked the state Chief Secretary to initiate action against the IPS officer under the service rules which it said was necessary under the facts and circumstances of the case.