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The article reports the controversies confronting Barney Harford as chief operating officer of ride-hailing company Uber as of July 2018. Also cited are the alleged criticism by Harford of a new advertisement (ad) featuring a mixed-race couple, the informal and formal complaints filed by Uber staff against Harford due to his alleged insensitivity about race, and the gender discrimination and harassment in the workplace that previously hit Uber.

The article reports that the U.S. Supreme Court has included two new employment discrimination cases to a docket. It is reported that one of the two cases deals with protection for employees against retaliation for reporting the discriminatory actions of a supervisor, while the other one involves age discrimination suits.

Discusses bias against women executives on Wall Street. Reference to settlements of sex discrimination lawsuits by Morgan Stanley, Merrill Lynch, and Smith Barney; How Wall Street is still dominated by white males, according to data from the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and the Securities Industry Association; Statistical figures, which show that women are particularly underrepresented in more specialized occupations; Outlook for more complaints of sexual and racial discrimination; Background on the Morgan Stanley case, which stemmed from a complaint by bond saleswoman Allison K. Schieffelin; Attitudes of the executives who run the biggest Wall Street firms. INSET: On Wall Street, Men Still rule.