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Re:Uber Fires More Than 20 Employees in Harassment Probe by tankenmate on Tuesday June 06, 2017 @06:21PM (#14501962)
HR is a business function, and the business is run by executives, so unless the HR function is run day to day by the CEO then HR needs to be enabled by someone. The HR function in a company the size of Uber is a deliberate structure that is guided by business goals set by the executive team, the executive team gives the HR function the authority within the framework (policy, implicit and explicit direction) provided.

If the story is true that HR dissembled and protected staff who were blatantly breaking the law then it is very reasonable to ask "who enabled HR?"

[EDIT] minor grammar fix

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Re:Uber Fires More Than 20 Employees in Harassment Probe by doktrin on Wednesday June 07, 2017 @03:52AM (#14504420)
I think the parent was saying that there's no point in really asking this question because the answer is that it obviously came from senior leadership, clearly including but probably not exclusively limited to the CEO.

This isn't the sort of stuff that I could single handedly prove in a court of law, but frankly none of this comes as much of a surprise. Anyone who's come within shouting distance of that company knows how it operates : heavy on kool-aid & low on self-restraint - an MO that comes straight from the very top.

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