Ku-2014, umgibeli we-Uber eNdiya wadlwengulwa ngesihluku ngumshayeli wemoto futhi manje, eminyakeni emithathu ngemuva kwezigameko ezimbi, isisulu sifake isimangalo ku-Uber esola inkampani ngokuthi itholile futhi yadalula imininingwane yakho yezokwelapha.
Ngokusobala, abaphathi be-Uber babandakanyekile, babecabanga ukuthi lo wesifazane odlwenguliwe wayenze uzungu ngokucekelwa phansi kwensiza ezweni ukonakalisa inkampani.
I-Uber ihlale isemaphethelweni ezindaba, futhi yize kulokhu le ndaba imayelana nabantu kunezinkampani, iqiniso ukuthi liyalithatha ikhekhe. Owesifazane owadlwengulwa ngumshayeli wakhe eNdiya ngo-2014 usemangalele le nkampani ngokuthola ngendlela engeyiyo nokwabelana ngamarekhodi akhe ezempilo, konke okusolwa ukuthi kunjalo.
Ezingeni lesikhungo, I-Uber ikhombise konke ukwesekwa kwayo kumuntu ohlukunyeziwe futhi ukubeke esidlangalaleni ukuthi uzokwenza "konke ukusiza ukuletha [umgulukubi] enkantolo." Khonamanjalo, umsolwa ngokudlwengulwa, ongambona esithombeni esikhombisa lokhu okuthunyelwe, washushiswa wagwetshwa udilikajele.
Icala lisuselwa entweni yezindaba eshicilelwe ku- lisuselwa ku- Ukuthola kabusha futhi ku I-New York Times ekuqaleni kukaJuni, lapho kwembulwa khona ukuthi Umphathi we-Uber u-Eric Alexander wayethole imibiko yokuhlolwa kwezokwelapha okwenziwe kumuntu ohlukunyeziwe ngemuva kokuhlukunyezwa ngokocansi. Okwamanje akukacaci ukuthi leyo mibiko wayithola ngokusemthethweni noma cha, kodwa kuthiwa wayihlanganyela nomphathi wenkampani uTravis Kalanick kanye no-Emil Michael.
Bobabili u-Alexander noMichael basanda kuxoshwa, kanti uKalanick okwamanje usekhefini; ngesikhathi esifanayo, inkampani yenza ukubuyekeza okujulile ngesiko layo lomsebenzi ngemuva kokusolwa ngokukhuthaza indawo enobuthi nobulili. Abaphathi abathathu kubikwa ukuthi baqagela ukuthi isisulu sakha uzungu nembangi enkulu ka-Uber eNdiya, e-Ola, ukuhlela lesi sigameko nokucekela phansi insizakalo.
Ngesikhathi ecelwa ukuba aphawule ngamaqiniso, okhulumela i-Uber uthe "Akekho umuntu okufanele adlule kokuhlangenwe nakho okubuhlungu njengalokhu, futhi siyazisola impela ngokuthi bekufanele akusho emasontweni adlule."