Letter to BS: Google needs to stop rewarding those guilty of sexual assault

Unless the senior managerial personnel detach lust from power and set good examples themselves, women will find the sword of Damocles hanging over their head

This refers to “Google paid $45 mn to former staff accused of sexual assault” (March 13). That Google, ranked as one of the best employers globally, chose to reward the accused, a senior vice-president there, with a hefty sum of $45 million instead of sacking him shows why sexual harassment of women at work will continue. The approach is to hush up the matter rather than punish the guilty. So it keeps happening — Uber there and Infosys here.
 
Also when bigwigs are complained against in India, cases linger on for a long time — such as those involving