"Employees are starting to say, 'How can you enforce a policy on us without holding CEOs accountable?' The CEO's behavior has to be beyond reproach. Boards are aware of this and are really feeling pressure around that now."

-Bill George, a senior fellow at Harvard Business School and former chief executive of Medtronic, in an interview with NPR for its story, “Top Reason for CEO Departures Among Largest Companies Is Now Misconduct, Study Finds.” George has served on the boards of Goldman Sachs and Exxon Mobil.