Borzou, that article you posted was not about "sex in corporate America," but about the CEO of a Swedish company who was apparently guilty of 1) sexual harassment, 2)profligate spending, and 3) financial fraud. In other words, he was out of control altogether.
I should also note that "sexual harassment" is not the same as "sex."
As for the inappopriateness of "sex with subordinate employees". Some old-fashioned firms do hold to that old rule about not "mixing business and pleasure." But in my day (which has been VERY long), I have seen plenty of office romances, many of which have concluded (one hopes, happily) in marriage. Very rarely are the two principals of the same "rank."
What about adulterous affairs with subordinates? Here again, I would guess that if found out, lower-level executives might get fired, or at least, demoted, or reprimanded. But not the Top Man -- the CEO himself. Who is going to fire him? The Board? Not unless his sexual activities have been so blatant and offensive that they have destroyed employee morale, lost the company customers (and money), etc.
If the President of the country is or should be held to a higher standard in these matters (as has been argued on this thread), then he may have cause to envy the CEO's of major corporations, who in fact are held to lower standards than their subordinates.
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