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Could the Uber case dilute `bro culture' in tech? Uber's chief executive Travis Kalanick has resigned after investor pressure. Under his watch Uber was thought to exemplify `tech bro culture' ¬ covering up sexual harassment at the workplace, evading regulation and cutting ethical corners, including mishandling medical records of a woman raped in an Uber cab in India. Silicon Valley has been singled out for promoting tech bro culture because its emphasis on youth, disruption and radical chic talk doesn't translate into gender parity. Until a few years ago the tech force at Twitter was 90% male, Facebook was 85% male and Apple 80%. This happens because engineering is dominated by men, and there have been allegations that these sought-after companies have made no effort to hire women or minorities. Meanwhile, in startups with at least one female founder, women make up almost half of the workforce. Diversity is emphatically not a favour, it makes for more robust decisions and all-round sensitivity. It is this male monoculture that has bruised companies like Uber. In India, we are all too familiar with tech bros ¬ some of our startups and big companies have also seen sexual harassment incidents, which have been met with either obliviousness or impunity . Women in tech have testified to the implicit and explicit bias they face. But the Uber case might help women and men in tech push back against sexism, goad HR into taking these issues seriously , and make a wider case for more diverse hiring. One lives in hope.
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