Rising cases of sexual harassment at workplaces, Ravi Venkatesan's take on entrepreneurship, and cricket's entry into the Olympics are some of the stories that piqued the interest of our readers this week
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1) Risk of being employed
Ravi Venkatesan has held quite a few titles in his career. Former chairman of Microsoft India and Bank of Baroda are some of them. Now, the founder of the Global Alliance for Mass Entrepreneurship (GAME) is promoting entrepreneurship in India and believes it is the country's future. According to Venkatesan, the concept of a stable job is endangered, and the closest thing to stability is starting a business. In this exclusive conversation with Forbes India, Venkatesan discusses the state of entrepreneurship in India and the state of women entrepreneurs and makes a case for why a mass movement would benefit. Read more
2) Rise of sexual harassment cases
Compliance has become the latest buzzword for corporates in India and the world since big names in the startup world saw a public fall over not meeting the standards. Everyone is scrambling to tighten disclosures, compliance and governance norms so investors can be attracted to the promise of clean and transparent business. Does this also include creating a safe working environment for employees? The answer might be no. Because according to the data compiled by anti-sexual harassment advisory firm Complykaro.com, there is a massive backlog of pending sexual harassment cases at workplaces in India's most prominent companies—it shows an alarming rise of 101 percent in the year ending March 2023. Here is the analysis of the concerning data and its effect on ESG ratings. Read more
3) Changing the pecking order