Comments on: The HP Saga: Focus on Hurd, Hunsaker on Ethics http://www.robhyndman.com/2006/09/21/the-hp-saga-focus-on-hurd-hunsaker-on-ethics/ any technology distinguishable from magic is not sufficiently advanced Tue, 02 Dec 2008 22:07:35 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Pinhead's Progress http://www.robhyndman.com/2006/09/21/the-hp-saga-focus-on-hurd-hunsaker-on-ethics/#comment-17383 Pinhead's Progress Sat, 30 Sep 2006 00:46:18 +0000 http://www.robhyndman.com/2006/09/21/the-hp-saga-focus-on-hurd-hunsaker-on-ethics/#comment-17383 <strong>Massachusetts PI linked to HP scandal...</strong> ... Massachusetts PI linked to HP scandal…

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]]> By: Corporate and Securities Law Blog http://www.robhyndman.com/2006/09/21/the-hp-saga-focus-on-hurd-hunsaker-on-ethics/#comment-15745 Corporate and Securities Law Blog Thu, 21 Sep 2006 16:33:33 +0000 http://www.robhyndman.com/2006/09/21/the-hp-saga-focus-on-hurd-hunsaker-on-ethics/#comment-15745 <strong>HP Part XX -- Sucking Mark Hurd into the Net...</strong> I was just about to post on the latest emails which indicate that HP CEO Mark Hurd was more heavily involved than earlier acknowledged, when I came across Rob Hyndman's blog (see "The HP Saga: Focus on Hurd, Hunsaker on... HP Part XX — Sucking Mark Hurd into the Net…

I was just about to post on the latest emails which indicate that HP CEO Mark Hurd was more heavily involved than earlier acknowledged, when I came across Rob Hyndman’s blog (see “The HP Saga: Focus on Hurd, Hunsaker on…

]]> By: rob http://www.robhyndman.com/2006/09/21/the-hp-saga-focus-on-hurd-hunsaker-on-ethics/#comment-15705 rob Thu, 21 Sep 2006 12:23:44 +0000 http://www.robhyndman.com/2006/09/21/the-hp-saga-focus-on-hurd-hunsaker-on-ethics/#comment-15705 The WSJ and Washington Post are shocked someone in business wants to know who's leaking secrets that could cost the company and its thousands of shareholders millions if not billions of dollars?! Oh the poor media.... who will protect them from these evil corporate goons when all they want is some illicit information.... poor poor innocent media.... The WSJ and Washington Post are shocked someone in business wants to know who’s leaking secrets that could cost the company and its thousands of shareholders millions if not billions of dollars?! Oh the poor media…. who will protect them from these evil corporate goons when all they want is some illicit information…. poor poor innocent media….

]]> By: lindsay http://www.robhyndman.com/2006/09/21/the-hp-saga-focus-on-hurd-hunsaker-on-ethics/#comment-15692 lindsay Thu, 21 Sep 2006 11:34:30 +0000 http://www.robhyndman.com/2006/09/21/the-hp-saga-focus-on-hurd-hunsaker-on-ethics/#comment-15692 The behaviour of these so-called executives is absolutely unethical, but worse, extraordinarily immature, descending to the level of grade school intrigue. Not worthy of those claiming to be capable of running a huge public company. From the emails published recently the inept goings on (you can tell these clods were all pumped up and high fiving wildly over their little covert op) would _embarass_ the Keystone Kops. This mean spirited, juvenile thrill seeking is the most worrying feature of the piece. Going after the media gives them an excuse and plenty of motivation to take a piece of you back. It's a PR war that can't be won by HP now. On the most practical, shareholder value level, the result of this foolishness is months (years?) of adverse press coverage for HP without any means to counteract it. Articles on new HP products will have a tag at the end of them saying HP is embroiled in scandal over its hamfisted attempts to sting a reporter. If I was a shareholder, I'd be making noise to get anyone who touched this scheme sacked. It is disgusting. The behaviour of these so-called executives is absolutely unethical, but worse, extraordinarily immature, descending to the level of grade school intrigue. Not worthy of those claiming to be capable of running a huge public company. From the emails published recently the inept goings on (you can tell these clods were all pumped up and high fiving wildly over their little covert op) would _embarass_ the Keystone Kops. This mean spirited, juvenile thrill seeking is the most worrying feature of the piece.

Going after the media gives them an excuse and plenty of motivation to take a piece of you back. It’s a PR war that can’t be won by HP now. On the most practical, shareholder value level, the result of this foolishness is months (years?) of adverse press coverage for HP without any means to counteract it. Articles on new HP products will have a tag at the end of them saying HP is embroiled in scandal over its hamfisted attempts to sting a reporter.

If I was a shareholder, I’d be making noise to get anyone who touched this scheme sacked. It is disgusting.

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