纽约 (CNN Business) 麦当劳与前首席执行官史蒂夫·伊斯特布鲁克达成和解，迫使这位名誉扫地的高管偿还超过 1 亿美元的遣散费。
Easterbrook 于 2019 年被解雇，因为这家快餐巨头的董事会认定他违反了公司政策，因为他的“判断力很差，涉及最近与一名员工的自愿关系”。 2020 年 8 月，麦当劳对伊斯特布鲁克提起诉讼，理由是他就其与员工的关系程度向董事会撒谎。
在周四提交给美国安全与交易委员会的一份文件中，麦当劳批评伊斯特布鲁克的“不当行为、谎言和阻碍对其行为进行调查的努力”，并且和解是最好的前进道路。
麦当劳董事会主席小恩里克·埃尔南德斯在文件中表示：“这项和解要求史蒂夫·伊斯特布鲁克对其明显的不当行为负责，包括他利用首席执行官职位的方式。” “该决议避免了漫长的法庭程序，让我们能够向前迈进。”
伊斯特布鲁克在提交给美国证券交易委员会的文件中承认，他“有时未能坚持麦当劳的价值观，也未能履行我作为公司领导者的某些职责”。他还向董事会、前同事以及公司的加盟商和供应商道歉。
他的遣散费总额为 1.05 亿美元现金和股票。但是，尚不清楚其中有多少是股票或现金。
麦当劳的诉讼称，该公司在 7 月份被告知 Easterbrook 与员工的其他关系，并展开了一项新的调查，发现了三种性关系的证据。
根据诉讼，这些关系的证据以“各种女性的数十张裸体、半裸或色情照片和视频”的形式出现，其中包括三名员工的照片。伊斯特布鲁克据称将这些图像附加到他从工作中发送到他个人帐户的电子邮件中。
McDonald's claws back $105 million from fired CEO Steve Easterbrook
New York (CNN Business)McDonald's has a settled a lawsuit with former CEO Steve Easterbrook, forcing the disgraced executive to repay his severance package of more than $100 million.
Easterbrook was fired in 2019 after the fast food giant's board determined that he violated company policy by demonstrating "poor judgment involving a recent consensual relationship with an employee." In August 2020, McDonald's filed a lawsuit against Easterbrook for lying to the board about the extent of his relationships with employees.
In a filing to the US Security and Exchange Commission Thursday, McDonald's criticized Easterbrook for his "misconduct, lies, and efforts to impede investigations into his actions" and that the settlement is the best path forward.
"This settlement holds Steve Easterbrook accountable for his clear misconduct, including the way in which he exploited his position as CEO," Enrique Hernandez, Jr., the chairman of McDonald's board of directors, said in the filing. "The resolution avoids a protracted court process and allows us to move forward."
Easterbrook admitted in the SEC filing that he "failed at times to uphold McDonald's values and fulfill certain of my responsibilities as a leader of the company." He also apologized to the board, former co-workers and the company's franchisees and suppliers.
The total amount of his severance package is $105 million in cash and stock. However, it's not clear how much of that is stock or cash.
McDonald's lawsuit states that the company was tipped off to Easterbrook's other relationships with employees in July, and opened a new investigation which found proof of three sexual relationships.
The evidence for those relationships, according to the suit, came in the form of "dozens of nude, partially nude, or sexually explicit photographs and videos of various women," including photographs of the three employees. Easterbrook allegedly attached the images to emails he sent from his work to his personal account.
