Uber Technologies — Ethics Grade D

Uber Technologies receives an overall ethics grade of D (28/100) on CancelCo's corporate accountability database. Sector: Social Media. Market cap: Large Cap.

Category scores

• labor: 15
• privacy: 10
• consumer: 30
• environment: 40
• humanRights: 25

Documented incidents (3)

• The Uber Files Leak (high, 2022) — A massive leak of internal documents revealed that Uber systematically broke laws, misled police, and lobbied world leaders secretly to expand into new markets. The documents showed 'kill switches' used to hide data from police raids.
• Gig Worker Classification Fight (high, 2021) — Uber spent hundreds of millions on Proposition 22 in California to prevent drivers from being classified as employees, effectively denying them benefits like healthcare, minimum wage, and workers' compensation.
• Concealed Data Breach Payoff (high, 2017) — Uber paid hackers $100,000 to delete stolen data of 57 million users and kept the breach secret for a full year. The company's former security chief was later convicted of federal crimes related to the cover-up.

Documented good deeds

• Zero Emissions Commitment — Announced plans to transition to a 100% zero-emissions platform by 2040, with massive subsidies for drivers to switch to EVs.

Ethical alternatives

• The Drivers Cooperative — A driver-owned ride-sharing platform where profits go to the workers and labor standards are higher.