India, April 20 -- There are some brands you trust without thinking. And then some events force you to question why you trusted them at all. This is exactly what this writer felt when details emerged about alleged instances of sexual harassment from the Nashik unit of Tata Consultancy Services (TCS). Of course, this is not the first case of sexual harassment that the corporate world has witnessed over the last few years. There have been many horrifying accounts. Yet, this case has actually sent shock waves across the country. It certainly goes against a carefully woven or cultivated belief that some organisations are fundamentally safer, more ethical, more "humane" than others.

When a company that has a long-standing tradition of being e...