It has been almost almost 3 weeks since Moffat was arrested and in that time, as far as I can tell, IBM has made no comment on the case to the press or even to its own employees. Why IBM would be so foolish not to at least issue a press release on the arrest? After all, the company supposedly cooperated with the SEC investigation. They should have known the arrest was coming. Why weren’t they ready with at least some statement reaffirming corporate values or possibly distancing themselves from Moffat? Doesn’t IBM management owe that to its 398,000 employees? They removed Moffat’s bio from the IBM web site, but that’s all. Lack of comment suggests Big Blue doesn’t know what to say. Perhaps the company is paralyzed. Maybe there is disagreement in the executive ranks about how to handle the problem. Maybe Moffat, himself, was the guy who would have helped craft any response but now he’s unavailable. Beats me. But it doesn’t smell good.
- martin english