It would be a convenient "accountability sink" to free them from having to examine the structural causes.

Imagine the world where the Epstein creeps and the Jensen creep could be held accountable for their actions.

Don't fuck subordinates. He did this in his company and a partner company. I'm sure we've all had the opportunity- just don't.

>I'm sure we've all had the opportunity

Not to derail your point, but, huh?

Speak for yourself. Most of us uggos never had the opportunity.

These weren’t random women. They were both involved in his business. One was an employee. You can never be say confidently that an employee consented. It’s the nature of the power dynamic. That’s why this is so serious.

I don’t know if billionaire pedophiles raping trafficked teenagers is a better power dynamic than affairs with consenting adults that you employ.

What do I know, I’ve never done either. I would say that the pedophiles are a more serious power dynamic issue, but you are entitled to pick the other side of the issue, I guess.

Let's try prosecuting the Epstein class instead of redacting so hard "don't" is blocked while victim names are allowed.

And private company boards can sort out the non-criminal matters themselves?

If Jenson used his power to pressure them to consent then there is an issue. The board should ask them rather than speculate. If the issue is that no one can consent if there is an imbalance of power, then most heterosexual relationships are a problem just from sexual dimorphism, because implications.

I think it's interesting that these affairs came up without an ounce of blame. Shouldn't there be at least a whiff of coercion/#metoo if that had actually happened? Because it could also be the opposite: these employees threw themselves at the big boss for favours/brag rights. And there's also still the possibility that it was just harmless attraction for all involved (well, possibly not as harmless for the wife, but still, who knows).

It isn't so much the morality of it. CEOs as a group aren't known for excessive scruples. It's the piss-poor judgment he exhibited. Even if everything was consensual, this is a blatant violation of corporate standards and inevitably diminishes his reputation and therefore his effectiveness at his job. He's not only borked his own career, he's lost a ton of money for everyone connected with Nvidia. The question really is, why was he so stupid to think that he wouldn't get caught or that it wouldn't matter?

It's his personal life. As long as he didn't coerce anyone or otherwise cause harm, then there's no problem here. Why should corporate care about what he does when he isn't making them money? Why should anyone at all care? If anything, this is solely between him and his wife, and he didn't marry Nvidia.

Anyway, of anything it's the company that's losing out, not him. He's rich enough to relive a few more lives without ever working, and he's at retirement age. Meanwhile Nvidia now has to handle not having his leadership.

Because it wasn't his personal life.

Having an affair with a spy/$8b customer who has targeted you and may make the company complicit in committing actual crimes is very much a problem for the board.

Having multiple affairs with employees that open the company up to reputational and legal liability is very much a problem for the board.

In other words, he was doing this while he was making them money in a way that can affect the bottom line, therefore it is - literally - their business.