Harvard Editor Faces Revolt Over Handling of Welch Story [She Had Affair with Jack]

THE WALL STREET JOURNAL ^ | March 4, 2002 | JAMES BANDLER Staff Reporter of THE WALL STREET JOURNAL

[aculeus]

There's a staff mutiny afoot at the vaunted Harvard Business Review.

Four top Review editors have written letters to the editorial director of Harvard Business School's publishing operation, seeking the resignation of their boss, Editor Suzy Wetlaufer. Citing perceived ethical breaches by Ms. Wetlaufer, some of the letter writers said she had lost the confidence of a majority of the magazine's top editors.

[Rodney King]

I thought he just got divorced two years ago. Is this wife number two that he is cheating on?

[Congressman Billybob]

Gee. Didn't they teach that in Journalis, 101? Don't boink the subjects of your interviews? (That is, unless the subject of the interview is Clinton. Then if you don't boink, you don't get the story.)

Congressman Billybob

New column: "The Un-Music Man." Y'all will like this one.

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[mattdono]

That is really too bad. I guess I just lost a lot of respect for Mr. Welch. I just recently finished his book too. It's funny how he talked about honesty and integrity throughout his book. I am disappointed.

[aculeus]

Is this wife number two that he is cheating on?

It's the current wife.

[chemainus]

What the hell , it's just sex....and they are liberals....and love Clinton.... and Condit.... so what ???

[RushLake]

I am an old white male that retired from Ford Motor Company at the end of 2001. Even though the evil Jac Nasser was fired before I left, his legacy still lives on in many respects as regards diversity and performance evaluations. In spite of what Ford is feeding to the media, the performance ranking system that Jac established is still being implemented at least at the lower levels of the company. Jac Nasser is a disciple of Jack Welch and modeled many of his initiatives at Ford on what he learned from Jack Welch and a sycophant of Welch's named Noel Tichy. The point of all this is that I am glad to know of anything that causes Jack Welch discomfort. I hate him almost as much as I do Jac Nasser. Ford is still struggling to recover from the legacy of Jac and Jack.

[holyscroller]

"At the Review, she earned $276,964 including bonus in 2000, according to tax filings."

Wow! Pretty good loose change for an editor!

[LN2Campy]

WET-laufer

apparently so...

[Tacis]

Geez, if it was Fidel Castro or Teddy Kennedy or some other leftie who the subject of her story who was banging her, none of these other lefties would have blinked an eye. Got to admire Jack, getting a little on the side like that. And, of course, anything that causes Harvard some discomfort can't be all bad.

[Leisler]

I wonder who is going to get his new waterfront palace in Fairfield?

[Jimmy Valentine's brother]

It's funny how he talked about honesty and integrity throughout his book

No wonder Jack and Bill were great golfing buddies when they summered on the Vineyard. Guess he talked about the same things that Vernon did.

[mombonn]

Citing perceived ethical breaches by Ms. Wetlaufer, . . .

Sounds like she should have been more careful about her breeches.

[Redbob]

Looks as if she failed to have her ritual rhinoplasty performed upon coming of age.

[nickcarraway]

Harold Ross had a policy about that when he was in charge of the New Yorker, but I don't think I can repeat it here.