Boeing Formally Protests US Air Force Tanker Contract Award

On Wed, 07 May 2008 19:52:20 -0400, Bob Noel
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In article ,
Larry Dighera wrote:

Well, you've got to give Boeing high marks for tenacity even if their
history of unethical/criminal behavior put them at a disadvantage in
this competitive bid for USAF tankers. Here's the latest:

"history of unethical/criminal behavior"? Aside from the Drunyan stuff,
what history are you thinking about?

(Note: I have no interest in Boeing and nothing against Northrup, I'm just
uncertain as to what history)


That's what I'm thinking about; isn't that enough? But there is the
issue with the CEO and something about sexual harassment that got him
fired, IIRC.

On Thu, 08 May 2008 00:27:38 GMT, Larry Dighera
wrote:

On Wed, 07 May 2008 19:52:20 -0400, Bob Noel
wrote in
:

In article ,
Larry Dighera wrote:

Well, you've got to give Boeing high marks for tenacity even if their
history of unethical/criminal behavior put them at a disadvantage in
this competitive bid for USAF tankers. Here's the latest:

"history of unethical/criminal behavior"? Aside from the Drunyan stuff,
what history are you thinking about?

(Note: I have no interest in Boeing and nothing against Northrup, I'm just
uncertain as to what history)


That's what I'm thinking about; isn't that enough? But there is the
issue with the CEO and something about sexual harassment that got him
fired, IIRC.
*********************************************

Are you talking about Clinton????? He didn't get fired did he?

Big John

On Thu, 08 May 2008 00:09:16 -0500, Big John
wrote in :

On Thu, 08 May 2008 00:27:38 GMT, Larry Dighera
wrote:

On Wed, 07 May 2008 19:52:20 -0400, Bob Noel
wrote in
:

In article ,
Larry Dighera wrote:

Well, you've got to give Boeing high marks for tenacity even if their
history of unethical/criminal behavior put them at a disadvantage in
this competitive bid for USAF tankers. Here's the latest:

"history of unethical/criminal behavior"? Aside from the Drunyan stuff,
what history are you thinking about?

(Note: I have no interest in Boeing and nothing against Northrup, I'm just
uncertain as to what history)


That's what I'm thinking about; isn't that enough? But there is the
issue with the CEO and something about sexual harassment that got him
fired, IIRC.
*********************************************

Are you talking about Clinton????? He didn't get fired did he?

Big John



http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...-2005Mar7.html
Boeing CEO Resigns Over Affair With Subordinate

By Renae Merle
Washington Post Staff Writer
Tuesday, March 8, 2005; Page A01

Boeing Co. announced yesterday that it forced its chief executive
to resign after an investigation uncovered that he had an affair
with a female employee.

Harry C. Stonecipher, 68, had rejoined Boeing from retirement 15
months ago to help repair the aerospace giant's reputation after a
string of military procurement scandals led to the resignation of
his predecessor.

Harry C. Stonecipher, 68, returned to Boeing on the heels of
scandal. (M. Spencer Green--AP)

Boeing officials said Stonecipher's ouster was a sign that the
company's board has little tolerance for missteps as it struggles
to regain its place as a leading global corporation. The board
used a code of conduct, adopted last year and proudly touted by
Stonecipher as evidence of Boeing's progress, to dismiss him.

"It's not the fact that he was having an affair" that caused him
to be fired, said Lewis E. Platt, Boeing's non-executive chairman.
"But as we explored the circumstances surrounding the affair, we
just thought there were some issues of poor judgment that . . .
impaired his ability to lead going forward."

It was another embarrassing blow for Chicago-based Boeing, whose
former chief financial officer Michael M. Sears was sentenced to
four months in prison last month for illegally negotiating a job
at the company for a former Air Force procurement official who
admitted showing Boeing favoritism for years. Boeing promoted
current finance chief James A. Bell to be interim chief executive
and launched an accelerated search for a permanent replacement.
...

Larry Dighera wrote in
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On Thu, 08 May 2008 00:09:16 -0500, Big John
wrote in :

On Thu, 08 May 2008 00:27:38 GMT, Larry Dighera
wrote:

On Wed, 07 May 2008 19:52:20 -0400, Bob Noel
wrote in
:

In article ,
Larry Dighera wrote:

Well, you've got to give Boeing high marks for tenacity even if
their history of unethical/criminal behavior put them at a
disadvantage in this competitive bid for USAF tankers. Here's the
latest:

"history of unethical/criminal behavior"? Aside from the Drunyan
stuff, what history are you thinking about?

(Note: I have no interest in Boeing and nothing against Northrup,
I'm just uncertain as to what history)


That's what I'm thinking about; isn't that enough? But there is the
issue with the CEO and something about sexual harassment that got him
fired, IIRC.
*********************************************

Are you talking about Clinton????? He didn't get fired did he?

Big John



http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...-2005Mar7.html
Boeing CEO Resigns Over Affair With Subordinate

By Renae Merle
Washington Post Staff Writer
Tuesday, March 8, 2005; Page A01

Boeing Co. announced yesterday that it forced its chief executive
to resign after an investigation uncovered that he had an affair
with a female employee.

Harry C. Stonecipher, 68, had rejoined Boeing from retirement 15
months ago to help repair the aerospace giant's reputation after a
string of military procurement scandals led to the resignation of
his predecessor.

Harry C. Stonecipher, 68, returned to Boeing on the heels of
scandal. (M. Spencer Green--AP)

Boeing officials said Stonecipher's ouster was a sign that the
company's board has little tolerance for missteps as it struggles
to regain its place as a leading global corporation. The board
used a code of conduct, adopted last year and proudly touted by
Stonecipher as evidence of Boeing's progress, to dismiss him.

"It's not the fact that he was having an affair" that caused him
to be fired, said Lewis E. Platt, Boeing's non-executive chairman.
"But as we explored the circumstances surrounding the affair, we
just thought there were some issues of poor judgment that . . .
impaired his ability to lead going forward."

It was another embarrassing blow for Chicago-based Boeing, whose
former chief financial officer Michael M. Sears was sentenced to
four months in prison last month for illegally negotiating a job
at the company for a former Air Force procurement official who
admitted showing Boeing favoritism for years. Boeing promoted
current finance chief James A. Bell to be interim chief executive
and launched an accelerated search for a permanent replacement.
...


So, according to you, a CEO of a corporation fooling around is bad, but it
is OK for the CEO of the United States, aka POTUS, to get a hummer from an
aide while in the Oval Office!

Larry Dighera wrote:


http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...-2005Mar7.html
Boeing CEO Resigns Over Affair With Subordinate

By Renae Merle
Washington Post Staff Writer
Tuesday, March 8, 2005; Page A01

Boeing Co. announced yesterday that it forced its chief executive
to resign after an investigation uncovered that he had an affair
with a female employee.


Boeing did exactly what the EEOC expects a company to do in this
situation. They investigated the complaint and terminated the employee
when they found wrong doing.