McDonald’s Ousts CEO Easterbrook After Relationship With Employee

McDonald’s removed CEO Steve Easterbrook from his post due to a consensual relationship with an employee that violated the company’s policies. In announcing the ouster, McDonald’s said Easterbrook “has separated from the company following the board’s determination that he violated company policy and demonstrated poor judgment involving a recent consensual relationship with an employee.”

Easterbrook acknowledged the relationship in an email to McDonald’s employees. “I engaged in a recent consensual relationship with an employee, which violated McDonald’s policy,” Easterbrook wrote. “This was a mistake. Given the values of the company,...