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周五，一场操守丑闻让惠普公司(Hewett-Packard Co.)首席执行官马克•赫德(Mark Hurd)宣布下课。周日，“性骚扰门”的女主角终于露面，她就是现年50岁的朱迪•费舍尔(Jodie Fisher)。她曾出演过几部电影，如《亲密诱惑》(Intimate Obsession)和《感化2》(Body of Influence 2)等。
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惠普“性骚扰门”女主角费舍尔（一名演员和真人秀选手）说，她从没想让赫德失去工作。
惠普公司8月6日表示，董事会要求赫德辞去首席执行官一职在很大程度上是因为调查过程中发现的费用报销问题，调查并没有发现赫德违反了公司针对性骚扰问题的相关政策。
费舍尔说：马克和我并没有婚外情或性关系。我已经跟他私下解决了这个问题，没有提出法律诉讼，也不打算就此做出进一步的评论。”据另一位知情人士透露，赫德已与费舍尔在8月5号达成和解协议。
费舍尔的律师格洛丽亚.埃尔瑞德(Gloria Allred)表示，她的客户是一位需要抚养年少儿子的单身母亲，近期在一家商业房地产公司担任副总裁。
这一丑闻给马克•赫德的首席执行官任期划上一个令人吃惊的句号，赫德本人一直非常重视提高惠普公司的道德规范标准。2006年，惠普董事会对时任董事长帕翠西亚.杜恩(Patricia Dunn)进行调查，导致杜恩最终离职。赫德接任后，曾立志要提高惠普公司的商业行为准则。
知情人士说，惠普的董事们对于行为规范的严格规定非常看重，面对调查所揭露出的各种细节，他们逐渐失去了对赫德的信任。
据一名知情人士说，董事会成员还担心，如果他们不对赫德采取惩罚性措施，费舍尔的律师可能将其信件公开。
另一位知情人士说，赫德没有提交自己的费用报销明细，并愿意偿还共计2万美元的问题款项。这位知情人士还说，直到上周三四，赫德还不相信调查工作会以他的辞职而结束。
惠普董事会的决定令硅谷(Silicon Valley)和惠普的投资者感到震惊，公司治理方面的专家们正在争论，董事会让赫德辞职的决定属于当机立断，还是过于仓促行事。
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The woman at the center of the ethics scandal that cost Mark Hurd the top job Hewett-Packard Co. identified herself Sunday as Jodie Fisher, a 50-year-old sometime actress whose film credits include 'Intimate Obsession' and 'Body of Influence 2.'
Ms. Fisher, whose June 29 letter accusing Mr. Hurd of sexual harassment triggered a board investigation, said through her lawyer that she was 'surprised and saddened that Mark Hurd lost his job over this. That was never my intention.'
H-P said Friday that its board asked Mr. Hurd to resign as chief executive in large part because of expense irregularities uncovered during an investigation. It said he hadn't violated the company's policy regarding sexual harassment.
'Mark and I never had an affair or intimate sexual relationship,' Ms. Fisher said. 'I have resolved my claim with Mark privately, without litigation, and I do not intend to comment on it further.' Mr. Hurd reached a settlement with her Thursday, according to another person familiar with the matter.
Ms. Fisher's lawyer, Gloria Allred, said her client is a single mother, raising a young son, who had worked recently as the vice president of a commercial real estate company.
The scandal brought to a surprising end the tenure of a CEO who had placed great emphasis on upgrading H-P's ethics standards. Mr. Hurd had pledged to make company's code of business conduct stronger following a 2006 boardroom investigation that triggered the departure of then-HP chairwoman Patricia Dunn.
Directors, mindful of the company's strict policy on ethics violations, began losing trust in Mr. Hurd as details emerged from their investigation, according to people familiar with the matter.
Board members also feared Ms. Fisher's lawyer would publicize her letter if they didn't take punitive action against Mr. Hurd, according to one person familiar with the situation.
Mr. Hurd didn't fill out his own expense reports and offered to pay back the amounts involved, which totaled about $20,000, another person familiar with the situation said. He didn't believe that the investigation would end with his resignation until the middle of last week, this person added.
The board's decision stunned Silicon Valley and H-P investors. Analysts and corporate-governance experts now are debating whether the board acted decisively, or too rashly, in removing Mr. Hurd.
Ben Worthen / Joann S. Lublin
Ms. Fisher, whose June 29 letter accusing Mr. Hurd of sexual harassment triggered a board investigation, said through her lawyer that she was 'surprised and saddened that Mark Hurd lost his job over this. That was never my intention.'
H-P said Friday that its board asked Mr. Hurd to resign as chief executive in large part because of expense irregularities uncovered during an investigation. It said he hadn't violated the company's policy regarding sexual harassment.
'Mark and I never had an affair or intimate sexual relationship,' Ms. Fisher said. 'I have resolved my claim with Mark privately, without litigation, and I do not intend to comment on it further.' Mr. Hurd reached a settlement with her Thursday, according to another person familiar with the matter.
Ms. Fisher's lawyer, Gloria Allred, said her client is a single mother, raising a young son, who had worked recently as the vice president of a commercial real estate company.
The scandal brought to a surprising end the tenure of a CEO who had placed great emphasis on upgrading H-P's ethics standards. Mr. Hurd had pledged to make company's code of business conduct stronger following a 2006 boardroom investigation that triggered the departure of then-HP chairwoman Patricia Dunn.
Directors, mindful of the company's strict policy on ethics violations, began losing trust in Mr. Hurd as details emerged from their investigation, according to people familiar with the matter.
Board members also feared Ms. Fisher's lawyer would publicize her letter if they didn't take punitive action against Mr. Hurd, according to one person familiar with the situation.
Mr. Hurd didn't fill out his own expense reports and offered to pay back the amounts involved, which totaled about $20,000, another person familiar with the situation said. He didn't believe that the investigation would end with his resignation until the middle of last week, this person added.
The board's decision stunned Silicon Valley and H-P investors. Analysts and corporate-governance experts now are debating whether the board acted decisively, or too rashly, in removing Mr. Hurd.
Ben Worthen / Joann S. Lublin
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