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honestly- having to disclose cancer? WTF! - isn't that personal?
by redorb 19y ago
honestly- having to disclose cancer? WTF! - isn't that personal?
- pstuart 19y agoNot when it is material to the operations of a public company.
- projectileboy 19y agoWell, no, not when the price of your publicly-traded stock hinges on whether or not you're at the helm.
- Electro 19y agoIf you've got untreatable cancer then yeah you should be forced to disclose. However cancer invokes more fear than there is actual risk, if I get skin cancer its 100% treatable, some forms don't even need treating because its merely a skin growth with no health risk except maybe an infection if you cut it off with a blunt knife. Yet if a CEO announced they had 'skin cancer' the stock would drop, even if it is one of the benign forms that doctors treat with wart removers. I think saving the investors from themselves should be just as big a concern. He is predicted with survival past 10 years, which IIRC the average age of death with someone having that prognosis is in fact only a few years shorter than the average age of death. If Jobs getting cancer means he kicks it at 78 instead of 82, I don't see why it should be disclosed immediately or at all.
- robg 19y agoI agree. It IS personal. People can use whatever justification they want to pry into seamy details, but unless he was given a date of expiration, it's his information to do with what he wants.
- sps 19y agohttp://news-service.stanford.edu/news/2005/june15/jobs-061505.html http://news-service.stanford.edu/news/2005/june15/jobs-06150... Here is the text of the Commencement address by Steve Jobs in 2005 at Stanford where he announces that he had cancer. Edit: not agreeing or disagreeing with anyone's opinions on CNN mentioning his pancreatic cancer, I'm just linking this because I was reminded of it after reading the comment about his cancer and I recall it being an interesting read.