Hurd: HP's founders would be appalled

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Hurd is Ethically Bankrupt, HR is Criminally Liable: Rep DeGette Questions Hurd

Hurd: At the time I agreed with the content of the email. ..In hindsight I wouldn't do it again.

DeGette: All of these techniques....so you agree none of these are ethical?

Hurd: I agree there is a difference between legal and ethical.

Commentary: Hurd is clearly unfit to serve HP. Here, before the world, he won't tell the congress person his ethical position. He is telling the world that he is uncomfortable with this question and this is probably because he believes that unethical conduct that is not "illegal" is acceptable. That is the only reason you would say what he said.

Should somebody with major problems communicating his ethical position -- on the most important investigation HP has ever faced -- be in charge of HP?

This might be additional evidence that he was involved with the illegal spying, and the nonsense about him not reading an email critique of the spy project, or not attending key (portions) of a critical meeting -- is simply not credible.

Hurd needs to step down. Because the HP board has not called for his resignation in light of his public display of moral bankruptcy, the HP board needs purging. This company is about to go out of business and they still won't clean house.

This same board watched their general council remain in her job until minutes before she was to appear before the U.S. Congress! HP's board of directors has approved a severance package including $3.7 million in stock options for this scum-bag lawyer who OK'd everything. This board is also permitting the continued employment of the HR rep who handed over the SS# to the investigators. Amazing and unacceptable!

There is still a criminal working inside of HP as this thing opens up. We all know that the HR department has a special responsibility to protect the privacy of all employees. There are state and federal laws making it a crime to provide social security numbers to unauthorized parties. HR Employee X is handing out socials like starbucks hands out lattes. Makes you wonder, "Who's social is being sold to the highest bidder today?" Why are they stil at HP and why are they not being prosecuted? To me, they violated many laws: 1)state privacy 2)federal privacy 3)state laws requiring HR to contact law enforcement 4)state laws requiring notification of the employees who were violated 5)state laws protecting phone company customers.

HR is perhaps the last defense for privacy, and they are still running a department that has responsibility over tens of thousands of employees.

The board must go. HP is compromised. HP is rogue.; Posted by: author20@... Posted on: 10/02/06 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use