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Originally Posted by Ankh
Compliance culture and training? Steve was CEO, he knew. Quod licet Iovi, non licet bovi, that's what this e-mail demonstrates, IMHO.
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A compliance culture is more than just whether or not the CEO knows something is wrong in a particular instance, it's about whether everyone in a management position both knows and respects laws that the corporation needs to comply with.
In any event, my comment wasn't a defense of Apple or Steve Jobs, because really it's irrelevant whether or not he knew what he was doing was illegal. Although if he didn't, then Apple's in-house lawyers failed at their jobs; saying that Apple's lawyers failed does not mean I"m absolving Steve Jobs of anything.