The misconduct presents as a pattern of interrelated poor decisions and erodes trust. Just the basis of what we know already has serious economic consequences for the company and its stakeholders because it creates the appearance of impropriety which is what makes it fireable.

It’s not just the affair(s), it’s with who, and the subsequent appearance of conflict of interest, and the appearance of national security implications, and the appearance of lobbying the government on behalf of a foreign agent, and the appearance of enabling smuggling to get around trade sanctions, and the implications for employee morale in an unfair workplace, and and and…