>> If Cain’s denial of any such occurrances of which he is accused is enough for you, then so should Bill Clinton’s and Anthony Weiner’s denials have been accepted at face value and no further questions should have been asked. >>
I’m sorry, but after reading your posts, I can’t get out of my mind that you are A: a prude and B: have zero experience being in charge of anything. And I say that because you equate all sexual situations as the same. You know, to you, sex with an intern = making a pass and putting your penis on the internet = making a pass. All Cain has been accused of is making a pass and accepting the no politely.
So even if it’s true - and I doubt it is - its not anywhere near the level of what Clinton and Weiner did.
And B, business people deal with so many BS lawsuits and such that they do become background noise after a while. You let your “legal department” handle them and they are doggoned easy to forget, at least, easy to forget the details. Ask anyone who’s been in the business world more than 15 years and you’ll get the same reaction.
My 25+ years in business saw any number of such situations, the only one of which I can recall the facts, was because I was directly involved. It was an employee of mine (a dept. manager), one whom I’d personally sought for the position, who (after being transferred to another location at his request) then used his “relationship” with one of his former employees to denigrate the woman who replaced him. It seems his ‘lover’ wanted the job and he worked behind the scenes to help her.
When I wound up firing the lover (my boss took care of firing the dept. manager), I was damned concerned she’d come back with some kind of harassment charge. I made sure to have witnesses throughout the process, as well as complete documentation. That’s the only way to handle these things.
“So even if it’s true - and I doubt it is - its not anywhere near the level of what Clinton and Weiner did.”
Comparing Cain’s offenses to that of other cads does NOT make him any less an offender or change the fact that he lied about it.
So, according to you, all business people wink at using one’s position to solicit sexual favors if they take “no” for an answer? Your principles are showing(or not).
Thank Heaven, some businesses still cling to that old, outdated, basic morality that you deem “prudish”. If they didn’t, there would be no such phrase as “sexual harrassment” and no remedy for it’s occurance.