Is it any surprise that a man who uses his power to keep employees from banding together for their own benefit, would use his power inappropriately with a female subordinate?
You assert (I think) that Levy has “used his power inappropriately with a female subordinate.” Any evidence on that? You could be right and you could be wrong, but to me this post smacks of an attempt at character assassination in support of your agenda.
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p>Presumably if the Board believed that the Hospital would be better off with Levy gone, he would be gone. Presumably if some employee believes she has been wronged, she can assert a claim against Levy or the Hospital, or both. Do you have any greater insight into these possibilities than the rest of us?
You assert (I think) that Levy has “used his power inappropriately with a female subordinate.” Any evidence on that? You could be right and you could be wrong, but to me this post smacks of an attempt at character assassination in support of your agenda.
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p>This from Boston.com
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The board of Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center today fined chief executive Paul Levy $50,000 for engaging in a personal relationship with an employee that over time “created an improper appearance and became a distraction within the hospital,” according to a statement by board Chairman Stephen Kay.
The Board of Directors of Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, with the assistance of outside counsel, has completed its review of allegations made involving President and CEO Paul Levy. The review focused on a personal relationship with a former employee of the Medical Center. The Board found that over time the situation created an improper appearance and became a distraction within the hospital.
The Board believes that Mr. Levy should have recognized this situation in a more timely fashion and should have conducted himself in keeping with business protocol appropriate for the office of the CEO.
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p>Levy appears to have one set of rules for himself and another for transparency on issues not involving him. Seems Fred hit it on the nose.
The post preceded the Boston.com story by a day. As I said in my comment on the post: “You could be right and you could be wrong.” My fundamental problem with the post was that it smeared Levy without giving any reason to think that the charge (that Levy “used his power inappropriately with a female subordinate”) was true, based on the information that was publicly available at the time of the post.
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p>And I should say that even in light of the Boston.com story, it still does not appear to me that the charge is true. Your quotes from the story the conclusion that the Board’s outside counsel reached: “Mr. Levy did not violate hospital policy.” This tells me that the Board determined that this was not a case of sexual harassment, since BIDMC has a policy against sexual harassment (though the webpage I found won’t let me display the policy for some reason).
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p>In short, I have no idea of what Levy was accused of, and neither, apparently, does the poster, but it seems in any case that the poster’s charge of sexual harassment is probably not correct.
You assert (I think) that Levy has “used his power inappropriately with a female subordinate.” Any evidence on that? You could be right and you could be wrong, but to me this post smacks of an attempt at character assassination in support of your agenda.
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p>Presumably if the Board believed that the Hospital would be better off with Levy gone, he would be gone. Presumably if some employee believes she has been wronged, she can assert a claim against Levy or the Hospital, or both. Do you have any greater insight into these possibilities than the rest of us?
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p>Levy appears to have one set of rules for himself and another for transparency on issues not involving him. Seems Fred hit it on the nose.
The post preceded the Boston.com story by a day. As I said in my comment on the post: “You could be right and you could be wrong.” My fundamental problem with the post was that it smeared Levy without giving any reason to think that the charge (that Levy “used his power inappropriately with a female subordinate”) was true, based on the information that was publicly available at the time of the post.
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p>And I should say that even in light of the Boston.com story, it still does not appear to me that the charge is true. Your quotes from the story the conclusion that the Board’s outside counsel reached: “Mr. Levy did not violate hospital policy.” This tells me that the Board determined that this was not a case of sexual harassment, since BIDMC has a policy against sexual harassment (though the webpage I found won’t let me display the policy for some reason).
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p>In short, I have no idea of what Levy was accused of, and neither, apparently, does the poster, but it seems in any case that the poster’s charge of sexual harassment is probably not correct.
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p>TedF