It’s rare for CEOs to be fired for their workplace relationships

By Jeff Green
Published 3 Min Read

It might seem like CEOs are always getting in trouble for dating subordinates. But it’s actually pretty rare for a company to explicitly fire them for it.

Thursday’s ouster of Alan Shaw as Chief Executive Officer of Norfolk Southern is just the seventh time since 2017 that a large U.S. company has said it pushed out its top boss for an office affair, according to data from exechange.com, which tracks CEO departures for businesses in the Russell 3000.

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