“ I ’m in it to get my hands dirty , ” Uber ’s newfangled CEO Dara Khosrowshahitold Bloombergon Tuesday . favourable for Khosrowshahi , he could have a foreign graft scandal on his hands . Sounds plenty dirty to me .
fit in to the Wall Street Journal , Uber is get together with the Department of Justice on a preliminary probe into whether the ride - share company violated theForeign Corrupt Practices Act . The federal practice of law interdict the graft of foreign officials . The Wall Street Journal ’s sources did not know how many or which country were involved in the probe . A Department of Justice interpreter correct to comment on the reported investigation to Gizmodo , aver that “ as a affair of policy , the department more often than not neither confirms nor denies the existence of an probe . ”
Reports of the probe come just hour keep abreast Khosrowshahi ’s first public statement on the CEO job at Uber .
“ Uber is a company that is redefine the transportation industry on a global basis ; to be part of that story is something that is interesting and would be a material exclusive right , ” Khosrowshahi told Bloomberg . “ Are there difficulties ? Are there complexities ? Are there challenges ? Absolutely , but that ’s also what makes it fun . I am not in this to coast . I ’m in it to get my hands muddied and build a team and do something that citizenry will look back on with tons of expiation . ”
Khosrowshahi already has a phone number of scandals and number to grapple with coming in . The company is severely lacking in executives after it suffereda mass exodusjust this year . Khosrowshahi will need to hire raw grimace into leaders while also deal with the messyBenchmark CapitalandWaymolawsuits , as well as building amore diverse and inclusive work culture . It ’s surely not a recipe for coasting , but for inheriting these controversies , Khosrowshahi is about tomake bank .
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