Sex and the CEO

Representative Anthony Weiner, a six time democratic congressman from Brooklyn, New York was caught sending links to sexual pictures to a college student from Seattle over Twitter. After repeatedly denying the story, Weiner finally confessed to sending sexually suggestive pictures to several women he met online. He was later asked to resign by the Democratic National Committee.CEO Mark McInnes of David Jones, an upscale Australian department store chain, resigned after a sexual harassment complaint by a 25 year old female staff member. "As a chief executive officer and as a person I have a responsibility to many, and today I formally acknowledge that I have committed serious errors of judgment and have inexcusably let down the female staff member. I have also let down my partner, my family, all my staff, the board and our shareholders. I apologise to everyone I have let down,” said Mark Mcinnes. After the case was filed, several unflattering stories appeared in the press.Senator Bob Packwood, a former Oregon senator in the United States, allegedly sexually harassed a female who was 29 years of age through “groping, forced kissing and propositioning sex.” He was the chair of the Senate Finance Committee and resigned after the Senate Ethics Committee suggested expulsion for ethical misconduct.    The CEO of Penguin Books Canada, David Davidar, was terminated by the company allegedly for sexually harassing a woman colleague named Lisa Rundle, who asked for $523,000 in damages. His abrupt fall was due to the allegation of repeatedly sexually harassing and sexually assaulting her at the Frankfurt Book Fair where Rundle was fired for complaining to superiors about Davidar. Before the charges, Davidar was one of the most influential people in the Indian publishing industry.Mark Hurd, CEO of Hewlett Packard, repeatedly pressured and harassed Jodie Fischer, a female contractor who worked as a marketing consultant for HP. He resigned in August 6, 2010 as CEO. Hurd’s resignation came as a shock to Wall Street because Hurd had surpassed expectations when HP beat IBM as the world’s largest technology company. 

Correction: Article has been updated with spelling corrections for IBM