Employers are overly protective if charges have not been filed and litigated due to the reputational impact it might have.
It can also potentially mean the employer is liable as well for not protecting the victim - such as the case being litigated in the article, where Blumberg Capital is alleged to have tried to hush up sexual harassment allegations.
Furthermore, in relationship heavy fields like Entrepreneurship, power politics can and do happen - look at what David Sacks did to Parker Conrad.
Sacks only stopped because PG and sama both threatened to blackball A16Z. Now imagine if you are a less connected founder like Parker Conrad - you don't have many options and if you go public, you might be blackballed despite being the victim.
It can also potentially mean the employer is liable as well for not protecting the victim - such as the case being litigated in the article, where Blumberg Capital is alleged to have tried to hush up sexual harassment allegations.
Furthermore, in relationship heavy fields like Entrepreneurship, power politics can and do happen - look at what David Sacks did to Parker Conrad.
Sacks only stopped because PG and sama both threatened to blackball A16Z. Now imagine if you are a less connected founder like Parker Conrad - you don't have many options and if you go public, you might be blackballed despite being the victim.