Fundamentally as a leader of an organisation your personal public activity is related to your job. When the CEO of GoDaddy shot an elephant for fun or when the

Fundamentally as a leader of an organisation your personal public activity is related to your job. When the CEO of GoDaddy shot an elephant for fun or when the Chairman of the Co-Op was caught buying meth, these were personal activities but they nevertheless influenced how people perceived the companies they ran. A CEO needs to command the respect of those they lead, they need to attract the best talent and they need to build relationships. In all of these they will get judged based on their character which covers both their personal and professional behaviour. When the Mozilla CEO wants to meet a politician, they will take into account his personal political activity. When conferences (both tech but also political like the World Economic Forum) decide who to invite they'll consider the overall reputation of speakers, etc. It would be perfectly legitimate for Mozilla to decide that it's willing to accept the consequences of Eich's personal activity, it was crazy for them to think it wouldn't have any consequences though.