Darkbeer
02-15-2003, 09:37 PM
Exiting Board Member Says Eisner Bullied Her (http://www.latimes.com/news/custom/showcase/la-fi-disney15feb15.story) - Los Angeles Times, 2/15/03
The subtitle of this article is "In a confidential memo, Andrea Van de Kamp says the CEO resorted to a personal attack to remove a critic. Disney says she distorted truth."
QuikQuote: A Walt Disney Co. director has accused Chairman and Chief Executive Michael Eisner of bullying and character assassination to force her off the company's board because she had been siding against him on key issues, according to a confidential memo obtained by The Times.
In the memo addressed to Disney's four-member governance and nominating committee and copied to other directors, Andrea L. Van de Kamp also said Eisner surprised her in a Jan. 20 meeting in his office by saying "that I should resign and leave quietly." She added that Eisner proposed she take a charitable role affiliated with the company so the two of them could save face.
The subtitle of this article is "In a confidential memo, Andrea Van de Kamp says the CEO resorted to a personal attack to remove a critic. Disney says she distorted truth."
QuikQuote: A Walt Disney Co. director has accused Chairman and Chief Executive Michael Eisner of bullying and character assassination to force her off the company's board because she had been siding against him on key issues, according to a confidential memo obtained by The Times.
In the memo addressed to Disney's four-member governance and nominating committee and copied to other directors, Andrea L. Van de Kamp also said Eisner surprised her in a Jan. 20 meeting in his office by saying "that I should resign and leave quietly." She added that Eisner proposed she take a charitable role affiliated with the company so the two of them could save face.