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When crises come, ethically challenged firms such as Uber are most vulnerable, Wharton prof says

Uber's flaws are an extreme version of a blind spot pervasive in Silicon Valley, epitomized in Facebook's longtime internal motto: "Move fast and break things."

In this September,  2016, file photo, a self-driving Uber sits ready to take journalists for a ride during a media preview in Pittsburgh. Uber was refuting claims that its expansion into self-driving cars hinges on trade secrets stolen from a Google spinoff, one of many ethical charges leveled against the company.
In this September, 2016, file photo, a self-driving Uber sits ready to take journalists for a ride during a media preview in Pittsburgh. Uber was refuting claims that its expansion into self-driving cars hinges on trade secrets stolen from a Google spinoff, one of many ethical charges leveled against the company.Read moreGene J. Puskar / AP File