Sack all sex pests, says Sandberg
Sheryl Sandberg: And I think this is a leadership challenge. As a leader of a company, there needs to be no tolerance for it
Facebook's chief operating officer Sheryl Sandberg said no one should have to go to work fearing sexual harassment, and one way to eliminate that fear is for companies to have a zero-tolerance policy for such behaviour. "I think it's great when people lose their jobs when it happens, because I think that is what will get people to not do it in the future," Sandberg said in an interview with Bloomberg Television. "And I think this is a leadership challenge. As a leader of a company, there needs to be no tolerance for it." Sandberg, one of the technology industry's highest-profile female executives, spoke out as Silicon Valley grapples with an increasing number of harassment scandals - leading to the firings of venture capitalists and executives at Uber and other companies. "It's abominable that it still exists in this day and age," Sandberg said - though she added that it didn't mean the companies involved were beyond saving. Uber, which has come under fire for a culture that some sa...
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