The road from hero to villain can be short.  Mark Hurd, the highly successful CEO of the world’s biggest computer manufacturer, was forced to resign earlier this month following an internal investigation of his relationship with a Hewlett-Packard marketing consultant.  According to reports, H-P’s internal investigation found no evidence that Mr. Hurd harassed an actress the company hired to work at corporate marketing events.  It did, however, find that Mr. Hurd had filed inaccurate expense claims relating to meals with the woman, travel and, in one case, fees for a corporate appearance by the actress. (more…)