Secretive or Successful?

People have a right to privacy. This right has limits, but generally medical conditions fall into the "private" category. While the our culture has turned toward making health matters public for the president and vice president of the country, I'm skeptical that anyone should ever have to make their health records public for any job.

Does Steve Jobs have a responsibility to shareholders? Yes. Does this responsibility extend to disclosing every personal detail about his life? No. Shareholders are investing in a company, not in Steve Jobs, and any investor putting money in a company just because of a perceived mojo from the head of the company is taking on extra risk that no longer has to do just with the economy, markets, and company performance, but with the health and public image of the person of Steve Jobs himself.

Steve Jobs has a duty to no one to talk about his health, and he should be commended for setting personal boundaries.

Really do we need to know all leaders health or sexual preferences? I don't think so. I think the leadership text book needs some editing and updating, after all it wasn't so many years ago the guy who could crack the most heads was the leader.

Well said BLERT. Especially the part about shareholder investment.

Steve Jobs is just an Apple employee.

Those shares of stock say "Apple" on them, not "Steve Jobs".

Leave him alone and mind your own business.

Answer: it's nobody's business.

Answer: it's nobody's business.