> do people genuinely believe HR rules plays as a role here when it's regarding CEO

At most companies it does. HP. Intel. McDonald’s.

The only consistent exception is Musk.

That said, I disagree this is why Jensen was fired. The national-security cover-up is a far bigger deal.

MiSeRyDeee a day ago | parent | next [-]

Those are just your average CEOs. Jensen is the founder and CEO of NVDA for 30 years and has been seen as one of the backbone of this AI era. No one at this level ever faced this level of scrutiny and consequence.

Even Bill Clinton faced relatively minor consequences, considering presidents should be held to a higher moral standard

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		The Board had a choice. Ask him to resign now. Or wait for the Congress and potentially White House to turn the screws on Nvidia. > considering presidents should be held to a higher moral standard They’re not. They haven’t been since John Adams.
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flowerlad a day ago | parent | prev [-]

> The national-security cover-up is a far bigger deal.

Could be, but that requires time to investigate. Banging employee is different because the board would just have to ask Jensen if the reports are true.

	▲	JumpCrisscross a day ago \| parent [-]
		> that requires time to investigate. Banging employee is different True. The combination probably did him in. But I don't think he'd have been fired if he only slept with an employee. Or had a couple affairs. That's just speculation, though.