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Seems like he fell on his own sword.

• wizzwizz4 2y ago
  It's always the way. The people with honour tend to hold themselves to a high standard, and step back when they find they do not meet it. Their replacements are either the same in this regard, or they're not. Captains used to go down with their ships. In most organisations, this is no longer the case, because we lost all the captains willing to do so, without replacement. Resigning when you fail to prevent an incident rarely helps, directly. But it's not something the power-hungry do, unless forced (and if they expect to be forced, they will try to cover things up). It rarely fails to win my respect. As a move in a social game, I suspect that the general strategy "resign when an unacceptable failure has occurred" makes things better, overall, even if it doesn't directly benefit the organisation you're leaving. (I'm not sure whether this applies when you don't expect that your replacement feels the same way about duty.)