What is going on in the boardrooms of Silicon Valley?

Last week Uber CEO Travis Kalanick needed to temporarily step away from the company he founded because of unruly conduct at the firm, where the pervasiveness of inappropriate behaviors was confirmed by former Attorney General Eric Holder’s report.

The Uber report showed the board allowed a total lack of “very basic Human Resource functions…” In other words, nobody at Uber gave a damn.

Pretty much anybody with common sense can figure out you shouldn’t consume alcohol or illegal drugs at work.

And pretty much anybody with a working brain knows you shouldn’t solicit sex from someone who reports to you at work.

When the board finally got around to getting a handle on the matter, one of its members, private equity giant David Bonderman, ended up having to step down after making a sexist slur about female board members.

For starters, one needs to understand the incestuous relationship between Silicon Valley’s boards and their company’s executives.

Generally speaking, there are two currencies used to get a board seat at many prominent Silicon Valley companies: money, and the credibility lent by fame. Most board members of tech firms are the executives, along with early stage investors. That’s how TPG co-founder Bonderman found himself in the hot seat.

If this were a one-off, I would not be so incensed — but it’s not.

Look at Theranos, where chief exec Elizabeth Holmes essentially duped the world with her “new” blood testing system — until two states pulled its license.

Where was her board?

Not only did it include investors, but it had two former secretaries of state — Henry Kissinger and George Shultz — and more military brass than an Army-Navy game. For all of their connections, clearly none knew the technology.

It’s time for directors in Silicon Valley to act like the adults in the room, not just billionaire enablers.