How Was HP's Extreme Form of Control Turned to Indictment

question 37

Essay

How was HP's extreme form of control turned to indictment on spying on the Board of Directors? The Board of Director's accounts were "hacked" and he claimed a record of his home phone calls were illegally obtained.Chairman Patricia Dunn defended this rather extreme form of control as legal,but the amount of damage to the firm's reputation from these charges led the firm to discontinue the practice.Medium;Knowledge

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