Sexism Is Systemic In Tech Summary

Uber has suffered from more than one discriminatory act. Choosing to repress this issue, they continue to give their company a bad name. Levin, in his article “Uber Manager told female engineer that ‘sexism is systemic in tech’” speaks of a software engineer Kamilah Taylor and her correspondence with Uber. Uber looking to recruit Taylor for a development position had responded to Taylor’s deny to work for the company with much disgrace. Due to the light of sexual harassment and sexism occurring in the company Taylor responds “that this is a terrible time to try and recruit women in tech to join Uber.” The manager (a women as well) disappointed with Taylor’s decision replied “I just want to say that sexism is systemic in tech and other industries.”
Instead she chose to comment as if she felt disrespected by Taylor’s refusal to work for Uber. In the message she portrayed that she “understood” Taylor’s refusal and went as far as to thank her for it. This interaction between Uber and Taylor, shows that Uber has no moral conduct or code of ethics when it comes to their business. They lack Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) presented in Chapter 4 of the text, and have no moral and ethical values discussed in Discussion 1. They also have a weak Social Environment discussed in Chapter
For such a large company, They should have a strong internal social environment. If anything derogatory comes to light, they should be able to take care of it and stop the issue from reoccurring. Management needs to increase their corporate responsibility when it comes to the work environment. Not getting involved, and setting no ethical code of conduct or moral clause allows the workers to do as they please. This will bring a decline in customers as well as new workers. If Uber doesn't reform, the company will suffer and continue to get a lot of backlash from the public. Their supporters and sales will take a