All Uber articles – Page 2

  • Rideshare
    Article

    Uber to strengthen culture against sexual harassment, retaliation

    2019-12-20T16:41:00Z

    Ride-sharing company Uber says it will clean up its act after agreeing to settle charges of sexual harassment and retaliation with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.

  • TPRM2
    Article

    Guide for practitioners: How to effectively monitor anti-corruption compliance

    2019-12-05T19:28:00Z

    In a guest column for CW, Uber’s senior counsel for global compliance helps to outline a best-in-class compliance monitoring program. 

  • Uber London
    Article

    Uber stripped of London license for ‘pattern of failures’

    2019-11-26T18:53:00Z

    Uber has been stripped of its London operating license after the city’s transportation regulator identified a “pattern of failures” by the company, including several safety breaches that placed passengers at risk. It is appealing the ruling.

  • Uber
    Article

    Uber, Lyft among companies trying to stymie California employment bill

    2019-09-11T20:48:00Z

    As legislation that would classify many freelance workers as employees instead of contractors nears passage in California, a few companies that would be most impacted are trying to preserve the gig economy.

  • Uber
    Article

    Uber discloses its bribery and corruption risk

    2019-04-15T17:38:00Z

    In its first-ever filing with the SEC, ride-sharing company Uber discussed its bribery and corruption risks, including an ongoing investigation by the Department of Justice into potential violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act.

  • Blog

    Why HR compliance is critical to creating trust

    2018-07-16T18:30:00Z

    The recent departure of Uber’s head of human resources suggests the company’s new speak-up cultural might not be all it’s cracked up to be.

  • Blog

    Uber promises to ‘move forward,’ but still doesn’t have CCO

    2018-05-14T12:45:00Z

    Uber launched a new ad campaign in which it vows to “move forward” and “always do the right thing,” but the company still does not have a chief compliance officer (CCO) to make sure it delivers on that message.

  • Article

    Regulators skeptical of Uber’s work to fix breach processes

    2017-12-18T13:30:00Z

    A look at the trials and tribulations of taxi-app company Uber: data breaches it tried to keep hidden, how they were exposed, what Uber is doing to fix operations.

  • Blog

    Unsealed letter: Uber engaged in fraud, theft, espionage, more

    2017-12-17T16:30:00Z

    Uber’s former manager of global intelligence, Richard Jacobs, claims to have observed a laundry list of illegal activities at Uber, including fraud, theft, espionage, and more.

  • Blog

    Uber seriously needs some compliance

    2017-12-05T07:15:00Z

    After all of the misfirings at Uber this year, the company needs to appoint a chief compliance officer, who reports directly to the CEO, and works to change the values while putting in the infrastructure to support the backbone of a best practices compliance program. Sooner, rather than later.

  • Blog

    For Uber: what else? Not: where else?

    2017-11-26T13:15:00Z

    Another Uber reveal, this time the fact that the company make a $100K payment to hackers who broke and stole confidential data of some 57 million Uber customers and drivers, leaves many wondering what else the transportation company has kept in the dark.

  • Blog

    Culture, compliance, and the board

    2017-10-24T12:30:00Z

    Companies need to beware of two debilitating types of corporate culture, according to Uber board member Arianna Huffington, “the cult of the top performer” and “the culture of burnout and stress.”

  • Blog

    Has Uber turned a page?

    2017-10-03T10:45:00Z

    Uber may finally be changing its tune and, this time, in a very public way, writes The Man From the FCPA.

  • Blog

    Uber works on its leadership and teamwork

    2017-09-17T18:15:00Z

    Uber is taking steps to clean up its act. The company has hired Frances Frei as head of leadership and as the unofficial cheerleader for the company, whe will be teaching management skills at all levels and how to work as a team and lead an effort on business strategy.

  • Blog

    Mnuchin, KPMG, and RPMs

    2017-09-15T10:45:00Z

    In case you missed it this week, the Mnuchins are wishing the internet could forget a few things, KPMG might be the latest victim of the #GuptaCurse, and in the wake of devastating hurricane action to hit the southwest, companies are showing just how unprepared they really were. And Uber. ...

  • Blog

    Uber and “Hell”

    2017-09-10T16:30:00Z

    The hits keep coming to beleaguered transportation firm Uber; reports have surfaced that an internal company program called “Hell” utilized software that allowed it to illegally interfere with Lyft, an Uber competitor.

  • Blog

    SeaWorld, Mueller, and Congress

    2017-09-01T10:00:00Z

    In case you missed it this week, Mueller sidles up to a new lawyer involved in Paul Manafort's probe, politicians are eyeing a particular bribery-related trial, and SeaWorld get's a criminal investigation

  • Blog

    Will Uber change its toxic culture?

    2017-08-28T14:30:00Z

    The Man From FCPA explores what the future has in store for Uber Technologies under new chief executive Dara Khosrowshahi.

  • Blog

    Coinbase, Nawaz Sharif, and Uber (again)

    2017-08-11T09:30:00Z

    In case you missed it this week, Uber's former CEO is going to have a hard time paving his way back to his old job, former PM Nawaz Sharif is under fire for lying about his income, and Coinbase reaches unicorn status.

  • Blog

    The power of social media

    2017-06-26T12:15:00Z

    Last week saw the resignation of Uber CEO Travis Kalanick, and it all began with a blog post.