Now that the attention of the press is on the privacy side of the Hewlett Packard (HPQ) scandal, the other side of the story of George Keyworth, an HP board member who unethically released information revealed in the board meetings, is being shoved aside.
While no one is saying whether he had signed a nondisclosure agreement, the great majority of board members are required to. If he did, he has more to answer to before this is over.
One other aspect of the overall story is the resignation of Thomas Perkins who alleged that Dunn had betrayed him by not going directly and privately to Keyworth. Why should she? Keyworth wrongly and consistently revealed private information to the public; it wasn't a situation that would have been able to be kept out of the public arena at all.
An odd thing that he also did was to request information on how Dunn found out it was Keyworth that was the source of the numerous leaks. Why would he truly care? What is he trying to deflect? Why didn't it bother him that Keyworth had broken confidences; whether legally or ethically?
This whole side of the story and a person whose behavior and actions were completely inappropriate, are not even be talked about anymore in that context, but rather in some strange logic he is being treated, in some cases, as if he is a victim.
Hopefully corporate America will remember George Keyworth, and others like him, and not allow him to participate in any type of business with their companies. In reality, his outrageous betrayal of a company he is supposed to be helping is the origin of the mess that Hp is facing.
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