LinkedIn co-founder and venture capitalist (VC) Reid Hoffman has spoken out against Silicon Valley’s apathy towards sexual harassment allegations – most recently levelled at Binary Capital’s Justin Caldbeck – blaming both the VC system’s lack of HR functions and its tendency to look away from such claims.
In a post (naturally) on LinkedIn, Hoffman called on the industry to “work on building a kind of industry-wide HR function”. This, he argued, would make sure VCs who engage in predatory behaviour “face the same sort of consequences that they would if their overtures were directed at an employee”.
He also laid Read full story ›
Source: The Drum
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