
A couple of weeks ago I wrote about rewarding bad behavior as it related to BP's departing CEO, Tony Hayward. Recently, HP announced CEO Mark Hurd was leaving with a $12.2 million severance payment and nearly 350,000 shares of stock worth about $16 million. His deadline to exercise options to buy up to 775,000 HP shares was also extended. All of this after a sexual harassment investigation led the HP Board to determine that, while he was not guilty of sexual harassment, he did