Harleyman Posted July 27, 2010 Share Posted July 27, 2010 You must have heard of Union Carbide and Bhopal..? 8,000 deaths....he was the Chairman at the time..should he have taken the rap as you seem to want Hayward to do..should the US have sent him back to India to face the charges? Don't you see any similarity? The man is hiding out somewhere as far as I know. Not in the US Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottsmith Posted July 27, 2010 Share Posted July 27, 2010 The man is hiding out somewhere as far as I know. Not in the US He's not hiding out, the USA refused to extradite him in 2009 when an arrest warrent was issued. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
truman Posted July 27, 2010 Share Posted July 27, 2010 The man is hiding out somewhere as far as I know. Not in the US As I understand it he's in the 'states but they have declined to extradite him, citing a lack of evidence... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harleyman Posted July 27, 2010 Share Posted July 27, 2010 It's a damn site lot different than being President, Prime Minister or Top Military General, as they are all Public Sector jobs. The CEO of BP is a private sector job. Hayward took the slack for it, he got battered around by Senators and Obama, but they couldn't leave it at that could they? No, they had to come out with tripe like Obama saying if he would sack Hayward if he could, but he couldn't. But it looks like in the end the pressure paid off and they got what they wanted. Question is, if Hayward wasn't in charge, would this have still happened? Yes, it would. You also said that he was pictured on a boat, so what? Obama was pictured on a Golf Course wasn't he? Poor kid he must be weeping crocodile tears on the way to the bank with that 18 mil in his pocket. Nasty old Obama tut tut Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grandad.Malky Posted July 27, 2010 Share Posted July 27, 2010 Poor kid he must be weeping crocodile tears on the way to the bank with that 18 mil in his pocket. Nasty old Obama tut tut Its no good being childish about it if those where the terms of his contract what as he done wrong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Posted July 27, 2010 Share Posted July 27, 2010 A CEO of a giant corporation is no different than a president, a prime minister or a top military general. When things gp wrong the buck has to stop somewhere. What's the problem with understanding that simple logic? Would Obama say it's all Hillary's fault if there was some big diplomatic screw up? Course he wouldnt. He'd face the press, face the critics and take whar's coming It's called Leadership Could you remind us of the last president that "faced the critics and took what's coming" beyond a press conference? Which one lost his job and why? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
back2basics Posted July 27, 2010 Share Posted July 27, 2010 When you're "The Man" you take the glory and you take the arrows and slings The way this works is like this; 1) When things are going well its all down to you, so you get the big bonus. 2) When things are going badly, its down to the minions. It has nothing to do with you. Minions get the blame. Its not a loaded game at all Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taxman Posted July 27, 2010 Author Share Posted July 27, 2010 The way this works is like this; 1) When things are going well its all down to you, so you get the big bonus. 2) When things are going badly, its down to the minions. It has nothing to do with you. Minions get the blame. Its not a loaded game at all and either way you get a whopping great severance package Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boyfriday Posted July 27, 2010 Share Posted July 27, 2010 He's described his experiences as like 'being hit by a bus', he must have been flagging down the Securicor escort to Fort Knox at the time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mister M Posted July 27, 2010 Share Posted July 27, 2010 Nice work if you can get it eh? He can draw his £600,000 pension straight away, no waiting until aged 65 for him, he gets a nice lump sum, keeps his shares and will be given a new job at a BP subsidiary. I'm sure this will be welcome news to our friends on the US Gulf Coast. This is exactly the kind of CEO that politicians of all hues won't increase a high rate of income tax for, for fear of driving abroad. Like Fred Goodwin and Adam Crozier - the creme de la creme Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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