[RummyChick]

So you are saying that Carly should not be held accountable for activity that may have violated the law under her watch just because it started two years before she was the head of the COmpany???
Was she so stupid as to not know what was going on with her company or did she violate the law or are you saying HP is in the clear and did nothing wrong?

http://hoguenews.com/?p=3728

“If an HP executive had such direct knowledge, that would violate the trade embargo.

“It is illegal for American companies to do business in Iran,” the spokeswoman, Beth Miller, wrote. “To her knowledge, during her tenure, HP never did business in Iran and fully complied with all U.S. sanctions and laws.”

[Extremely Extreme Extremist]

So you are saying that Carly should not be held accountable for activity that may have violated the law under her watch just because it started two years before she was the head of the COmpany?

That's a higher priority for an incoming CEO than say, cutting costs and gaining greater share of the marketplace?