Cheating employees is practically entry level stakes for being a CEO. Not only is it tolerated, it's celebrated(at least in the United States).

Cheating shareholders, esp large ones is a big no no since there are real consequences for CEOs engaging in such behaviour.

I certainly don't condone it but nonetheless the underlying motivations as well as the potential consequences of those behaviors seem almost entirely unrelated to me.

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It's myopic of you to assume that every marriage is the same and that having mistress would constitute a breach of confidential trust.

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"Cheating" is not cheating e.g. if it is a known arrangement. Marriages, cultures and people are different.

Using steroids in a professional bodybuilding is not cheating.

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That's overly general as by that logic nearly every action anyone takes is equivalent. Reliably show up for work? Self serving pursuit of a paycheck. Grocery shopping? Feeding oneself is also self serving.

Someone selling secrets (for example) I would generally assume to be motivated by pure greed coupled with a fairly blatant disregard for both criminal and financial risk.

In contrast, I understand affairs to commonly be motivated by any number of things ranging from lust, various relationship problems, the thrill of something taboo, etc. The risk is also typically more social than financial and certainly not criminal in nature (at least in the west).

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So how many of your Internet purchases do you report on your Sales and Use tax form with your income tax?

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Well he wrote that he was deeply sorry to his family, so presumably his relationship is not as libertine as yours.

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Please never visit East Africa.