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Originally Posted by Fbone
A reported case of sexual harassment by the CEO. How could they not fire him?
There is now zero tolerance for this type of alleged behavior.
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It's not the firing per se that led to this "spectacle" but the way it was carried out. Everything has a right way of being done and firing a CEO has a specific language that B&N itself used in firing the other CEOs; things about different visions, going in a different direction, exploring other options.
CEOs are hired to be fired.
Most often they are given the option to "resign" so they can quietly move on.
"Quietly" and "move on" being the key words.
Unless the guy plundered the company and is headed to jail you do not destroy his career with innuendo. That is not how the game is played. And it's not played that way precisely because it leads to this kind of lawsuit and back-and-forth scorched earth campaign.
This isn't the first time B&N top management (read:Riggio) acts unprofessionally in a common business situation. There was the silly fight with TimeWarner when the first Fire tablets launched with a handful of timed-exclusive digital graphic novels and the hysterical and stupid charges when Microsoft tried to get them to license their patents. And of course, there is the hypocrisy of boycotting AmazonPublishing books while they themselves own a publishing house.
I'm reminded of the classic SUNSET BOULEVARD, with Riggio in the Desmond role.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunset_Boulevard_(film)
He still doesn't get that the world has changed and he no longer can do anything he wishes with impunity. TimeWarner and Microsoft reacted professionally but this time he ran into somebody willing to be as unprofessional as him.
Pass the popcorn.