Shareholders sue Uber’s board over sexual assaults, other incidents
Shareholders sue Uber’s board over sexual assaults, other incidents
股东起诉 Uber 董事会：涉及性侵及其他安全事件
A lawsuit led by a Detroit pension fund accuses Uber management and its board of putting profits ahead of compliance and safety, decisions that have exposed the company and its shareholders to risk. 由底特律一家养老基金牵头的一项诉讼指控 Uber 管理层及其董事会将利润置于合规与安全之上，这些决策使公司及其股东面临风险。
The lawsuit, which was filed Monday in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California in San Francisco, alleges that Uber is a “serial compliance offender” that has “knowingly” cut corners. 该诉讼于周一在旧金山的美国加州北区联邦地区法院提起，指控 Uber 是一个“惯性合规违规者”，并称其“明知故犯”地在合规问题上走捷径。
This lack of compliance culture has led to thousands of lawsuits by victims who have alleged sexual assault and harassment by drivers, according to the complaint. 诉状称，这种缺乏合规文化的现状导致了数以千计的诉讼，受害者指控遭到司机的性侵犯和骚扰。
The lawsuit, which names CEO Dara Khosrowshahi, claims board members breached their fiduciary duty to the company and its shareholders by ignoring repeated warnings of compliance and safety failures. 该诉讼将首席执行官 Dara Khosrowshahi 列为被告，声称董事会成员无视关于合规和安全漏洞的反复警告，违反了对公司及其股东的信托责任。
The plaintiffs want Uber’s leaders to personally compensate the company for alleged harm, return certain compensation they received, and implement stronger oversight and compliance measures. 原告要求 Uber 的领导层就所指控的损害对公司进行个人赔偿，退还其获得的部分薪酬，并实施更严格的监督和合规措施。
“The victims of this lack of compliance culture include sexual assault and harassment victims, customers with disabilities, and unwary consumers looking to subscribe to Uber One,” the complaint reads. 诉状写道：“这种合规文化缺失的受害者包括性侵和骚扰受害者、残障客户，以及希望订阅 Uber One 的不知情消费者。”
Uber pushed back on the accusations in the lawsuit. “This suit ignores important facts and is based on misleading, false narratives from other meritless lawsuits that we have already addressed publicly and in the courtroom,” an Uber spokesperson wrote in an emailed statement. Uber 对诉讼中的指控进行了反驳。Uber 发言人在一份电子邮件声明中写道：“这起诉讼忽略了重要事实，其依据是来自其他毫无根据的诉讼中的误导性虚假叙述，我们此前已在公开场合和法庭上对此做出过回应。”
It’s not unusual for companies like Uber to face derivative lawsuits, when a shareholder sues the company’s directors on behalf of the corporation. Shareholders have filed such lawsuits against Adobe, Apple, and Intel this year, for instance. 对于像 Uber 这样的公司来说，面临派生诉讼（即股东代表公司起诉公司董事）并不罕见。例如，今年股东们也对 Adobe、苹果和英特尔提起了此类诉讼。