In August of 2009, a scandal was discovered at Hewlett-Packard CO involving the CEO Mark Hurd and one of his employees, Jodie Fisher. The unfolding began when Fisher filed a sexual harassment claim against Hurd. The investigation of this claim then led to the findings of expense reports that had been falsified by Hurd. Here is a link to the full article:


 http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2010/08/08/tech/main6755021.shtml


Because HP is such a popular company and has usually been in good standing, this situation begs the question on how this could have been avoided.  Is there anyway to prevent him from falsifying the reports? What policies can the company put into place to avoid this problem again? 


Also, who was responsible for keeping Hurd accountable in his business ethics? It is apparent that he was able to hide the truth from the people that were checking the reports, but what other checkpoints could the company put into place to prevent others from writing off illegitimate expenses?

Posted by: Casey Zimmerman