{"id":10380,"date":"2022-01-10T12:44:40","date_gmt":"2022-01-10T17:44:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.silverlaw.com\/blog\/?p=10380"},"modified":"2022-01-10T12:44:40","modified_gmt":"2022-01-10T17:44:40","slug":"when-investigation-of-corrupt-corporate-cultures-reveals-other-problems","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.silverlaw.com\/blog\/when-investigation-of-corrupt-corporate-cultures-reveals-other-problems\/","title":{"rendered":"When Investigation Of Corrupt Corporate Cultures Reveals Other Problems"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-8523 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.silverlaw.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/CloseLook-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"For a bright shining moment, it looked like WeWork was going to be the Starbucks of office space\u2014a worldwide company offering shared drop-in workspaces that people could rent for short or long-term. But lawsuits relating to sexual harassment filed before WeWork\u2019s Initial Public Offering hurt the burgeoning company\u2019s reputation. More allegations began to follow, including charges of gender discrimination and wasteful spending by leadership. Then there were accusations that the workspaces being rented were unsafe: \u201cSome were found to have unsafe levels of formaldehyde.\u201d Soon the company\u2019s chief executive no longer had an office at WeWork.  Research has shown that sometimes when a company is dealing with issues such as sexual harassment, the perpetrators are also often involved in other wrongdoing. Workplaces that are high in sexual harassment may also be higher in other forms of discrimination or worker mistreatment.  In one dramatic example that arose during a due diligence investigation, investigators found a chairman and CEO of a company had a history of sexual misconduct, and, through further investigation, they discovered that he was also committing fraud and forgery.\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.silverlaw.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/CloseLook.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.silverlaw.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/CloseLook-180x120.jpg 180w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>For a bright shining moment, it looked like WeWork was going to be the Starbucks of office space\u2014a worldwide company offering shared drop-in workspaces that people could rent for short or long-term. But <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vox.com\/the-goods\/2018\/10\/12\/17969190\/wework-lawsuit-sexual-assault-harassment-retaliation\" target=\"_blank\">lawsuits<\/a> relating to sexual harassment filed before WeWork\u2019s Initial Public Offering hurt the burgeoning company\u2019s reputation. More <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2019\/09\/24\/business\/dealbook\/wework-ceo-adam-neumann.html\" target=\"_blank\">allegations began to follow<\/a>, including charges of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2019\/10\/31\/business\/wework-neumann-discrimination-complaint.html\" target=\"_blank\">gender discrimination<\/a> and wasteful spending by leadership. Then there were accusations that the workspaces being rented were unsafe: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/the-fall-of-wework-how-a-startup-darling-came-unglued-11571946003\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cSome were found to have unsafe levels of formaldehyde.\u201d<\/a> Soon the company\u2019s chief executive no longer had an office at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.silverlaw.com\/blog\/silver-law-group-is-investigating-wework\/\" target=\"_blank\">WeWork<\/a>. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.silverlaw.com\/blog\/when-investigation-of-corrupt-corporate-cultures-reveals-other-problems\/#more-10380\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading \u203a<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For a bright shining moment, it looked like WeWork was going to be the Starbucks of office space\u2014a worldwide company offering shared drop-in workspaces that people could rent for short or long-term. But lawsuits relating to sexual harassment filed before WeWork\u2019s Initial Public Offering hurt the burgeoning company\u2019s reputation. 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