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by dantheman0207 2863 days ago
It seems like the startup was still pretty small, but the plaintiff was hardly the only employee there. If you're working in an environment like this, I think you have a very real responsibility to speak up. If that doesn't work you should leave. Anyone working in tech, especially in SV, has alternatives. You have a moral responsibility to squash out this kind of behavior by making it clear it's not an acceptable workplace - even (especially) if you're not the target of harassment.
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No, you don’t.

Since startup executive culture (to name one, there are many others) is a friends and family business, the whistleblower employee is more likely to be branded a crazy person and blackballed.

You may have meant "ethical responsibility". Viewing porn as immoral doesn't sound very 2018.
The sum of the alleged behaviors here is immoral IMO. Simply watching porn is a world apart from this situation.
There are plenty of people in 2018 that consider supporting an industry rife with abuse, extortion, and even sex trafficking of vulnerable people to be immoral.