[Goose]

IMO this is a horrible "look" for Stanford. Would TT have been fired if the stories about his misconduct had not become public? Events give the perception that Stanford's behavior is not guided by doing the "right thing" even when nobody is looking. It will be interesting to know if TT is getting paid his buyout or was "fired for cause" and will not. I am guessing the former. Stanford doesn't want to face a lawsuit, even if it one they would "win".

I still believe that the misconduct stories would not have leaked if there wasn't at least some serious consideration from admin to get rid of Taylor in the first place.

Not sure I agree. It indeed could be that there was "serious consideration" given but when it became clear TT was not going to be fired somebody who disagreed leaked the information. However, IMO it is at least equally probable that the information was leaked because no consideration was given to firing TT and that was unacceptable to the person who leaked the information. It is also possible (as others have conjectured) that there is a lawsuit against TT and Stanford in the works and the information was leaked to help that effort by making Stanford want to settle.

In any case, Stanford (probably Muir at the time) at a minimum made a big publicity error. They should have either fired TT right away or at a minimum put in place a plan to deal with the information becoming public. Relying on that never happening was clearly very stupid. It was bound to leak eventually. This is a "pragmatic" analysis. The question of "the right thing to do" can be separately debated.

[Goose]

IMO this is a horrible "look" for Stanford. Would TT have been fired if the stories about his misconduct had not become public? Events give the perception that Stanford's behavior is not guided by doing the "right thing" even when nobody is looking. It will be interesting to know if TT is getting paid his buyout or was "fired for cause" and will not. I am guessing the former. Stanford doesn't want to face a lawsuit, even if it one they would "win".

I still believe that the misconduct stories would not have leaked if there wasn't at least some serious consideration from admin to get rid of Taylor in the first place.

Not sure I agree. It indeed could be that there was "serious consideration" given but when it became clear TT was not going to be fired somebody who disagreed leaked the information. However, IMO it is at least equally probable that the information was leaked because no consideration was given to firing TT and that was unacceptable to the person who leaked the information. It is also possible (as others have conjectured) that there is a lawsuit against TT and Stanford in the works and the information was leaked to help that effort by making Stanford want to settle.

In any case, Stanford (probably Muir at the time) at a minimum made a big publicity error. They should have either fired TT right away or at a minimum put in place a plan to deal with the information becoming public. Relying on that never happening was clearly very stupid. It was bound to leak eventually. This is a "pragmatic" analysis. The question of "the right thing to do" can be separately debated.