Monthly Archives: November 2012

Former BBC Head’s Payout Adds to Network’s PR Woes

George Entwistle, the BBC’s former director general , resigned under fire recently over a two-pronged scandal involving the network’s handling of child abuse charges. The circumstances of the case are disturbing enough,but the BBC Trust, the broadcaster’s governing body, made it worse by giving Entwistle an overly generous payout when he left. That’s a blatant violation of Ahmad’s First Rule of Resigning Under Fire: Don’t let your severance package cause more troubles for you or your former employer.

Continue reading

Posted in CEOs, Complaints Against Executives, Executive Compensation, Severance Packages | Tagged , , | Comments Off on Former BBC Head’s Payout Adds to Network’s PR Woes

Trade Secret Theft Just As Problematic in Asia

The trade secret theft issues that plague U.S. companies are apparently just as bad in other countries, as a recently filed Japanese lawsuit illustrates. On October 25, Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corp. sued its South Korean rival, Posco, and … Continue reading

Posted in CEOs, Complaints Against Executives, Executive contracts, Litigation, Trade Secrets | Tagged , , , , | Comments Off on Trade Secret Theft Just As Problematic in Asia