Steve’s got a hormone imbalance – happy now?

Posted on January 5th, 2009 by grinthock.
Categories: Apple, Department of "Things that make you go hmmm", Department of Morality.

So our friend Steve Jobs has finally let the world know about his health in an open letter to the Apple community.

Now that it has been said, is everyone happy? Are we finished?

But wait – are we?  This entire situation has brought up serious questions, Steve is known as a very hands on guy, slave driver, very ingrained in the company that is Apple, personally coming up with major ideas for the company as a whole.   So the question is, what would happen to Apple if it disappeared.

The bigger question is – as an officer in a company do executive officers, Sr Directors and other officers of the company have a duty to divulge personal medical problems if there is a chance that they may die or be unable to perform their duties?

Do the rewards associated with being CEO/President/what have you, along with the huge money they make and benefits not make them  duty bound to advise the shareholders if they are in trouble?    Personally this writer things YES – while it may be none of our business, when you chose to make YOU personally such an integral part of a company and take that kind of $$, you have a responsibility to do your job – and should you have knowledge that you will not be able to – than you should be required to divulge it.

Quote of letter below..

– BEGIN QUOTE

January 5, 2009

Letter from Apple CEO Steve Jobs

Dear Apple Community,

For the first time in a decade, I’m getting to spend the holiday season with my family, rather than intensely preparing for a Macworld keynote.

Unfortunately, my decision to have Phil deliver the Macworld keynote set off another flurry of rumors about my health, with some even publishing stories of me on my deathbed.

I’ve decided to share something very personal with the Apple community so that we can all relax and enjoy the show tomorrow.

As many of you know, I have been losing weight throughout 2008. The reason has been a mystery to me and my doctors. A few weeks ago, I decided that getting to the root cause of this and reversing it needed to become my #1 priority.

Fortunately, after further testing, my doctors think they have found the cause—a hormone imbalance that has been “robbing” me of the proteins my body needs to be healthy. Sophisticated blood tests have confirmed this diagnosis.

The remedy for this nutritional problem is relatively simple and straightforward, and I’ve already begun treatment. But, just like I didn’t lose this much weight and body mass in a week or a month, my doctors expect it will take me until late this Spring to regain it. I will continue as Apple’s CEO during my recovery.

I have given more than my all to Apple for the past 11 years now. I will be the first one to step up and tell our Board of Directors if I can no longer continue to fulfill my duties as Apple’s CEO. I hope the Apple community will support me in my recovery and know that I will always put what is best for Apple first.

So now I’ve said more than I wanted to say, and all that I am going to say, about this.

Steve

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— END Quote.

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