Corie Barry, chief govt officer of Finest Purchase Co., speaks throughout the Fortune's Most Highly effective Ladies Summit in Washington, D.C., U.
Corie Barry, chief govt officer of Finest Purchase Co., speaks throughout the Fortune’s Most Highly effective Ladies Summit in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Wednesday, Oct. 23, 2019.
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Best Buy stated Friday its board is probing allegations of misconduct by its CEO Corie Barry after receiving an nameless letter.
The corporate is wanting into whether or not Barry had an “inappropriate” relationship with one other firm govt, based on The Wall Road Journal, which first reported the probe.
The electronics retailer’s board retained outdoors counsel to analyze the allegations, the corporate stated.
“Finest Purchase takes allegations of misconduct very severely,” a Finest Purchase spokesperson stated. “We encourage the letter’s creator to return ahead and be a part of that confidential course of. We is not going to remark additional till the evaluate is concluded.”
In a written assertion, Barry stated, “The Board has my full cooperation and assist because it undertakes this evaluate, and I look ahead to its decision within the close to time period.”
It’s not the primary time Finest Purchase has handled such a difficulty. In 2012, its former CEO Brian Dunn resigned as the corporate investigated allegations of a relationship he had with an worker.
Earlier this yr, McDonald‘s fired CEO Steve Easterbrook for a relationship with an worker that violated firm coverage.
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