What is the role of trust in business? How does trust relate to stakeholder interests? How does trust engender ethical leadership? Evaluate Mark Hurd's actions in this case from an ethical and professional perspective?
When he was CEO, Hurd wrote in the "Standards of Business Conduct" at HP that "We want to be a company known for its ethical leadership...." His message in the preface continued: "Let us commit together, as individuals and as a company, to build trust in everything we do by living our values and conducting business consistent with the high ethical standards embodied within our SBC."