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it's been a bumpy ride for over the past few months with one scandal after another now ubers founder and CEO Travis kalanick is out for an unknown period of time his duties may be reviewed and possibly reallocated by the board they're saying he needs to grow up he needs to become more professional more businesslike kalanick announced his leave of absence as 47 recommendations from former US Attorney General Eric Holder were made public Holder oversaw an internal investigation into sexual harassment accusations and the company's party culture the report recommends implementing processes to improve leadership and accountability creating a more professional environment increasing diversity and adding training courses it says uber needs to reformulate its company values and quote it is vital that they reflect more inclusive and positive behaviors ubers recent problems began in February when former employees Susan Fowler blogged about alleged sexual harassment a few weeks after kalanick was caught on camera yelling at an uber driver the company is also being sued over claims it stole self-driving car technology from Google Cal an acknowledged the ongoing problems quote I also need to work on Travis 2.0 to become the leader that this company needs he also said he would use time away to grieve the recent death of his mother and he's he's really the face of the business his brains behind the business it's unclear if uber could be over without him uber already fired more than 20 employees last week senior vice president of business Emile Michael also resigned the changes are unlikely to affect Hoover drivers and customers though ubers rivals like lyft could reap the benefits in San Francisco Lexus Avedis cnet.com for CBS News