Nobody expected that he did suicide. Last January a vice president of Samsung Electronics took his own life. The media informed people that he was not satisfied with personnel shake-up. But, the news was hard to believe cause he had the best academic background, and always got swiftly promoted in a company. There was still doubt.
When an executive does suicide, a company is related to a lot of issues and suspicion. Then, how could a company handle with this matter? It could be divided into two cases according to whether or not it is connected with a company.
1. Related to a personal problem
For instance, an executive killed himself while he was in investigation regarding embezzlement. The company might be in trouble with this matter to be publicized. At this time, a company should explain a big picture that is surrounded by media. It is supposed to be background of his action. It should not be the cause of his suicide. That is the job of prosecutor, police, and his family. It could be caught up with another disgraceful issue.
2. Related to the company
Like the case of the vice president of Samsung Electronics, this kind of rumor would be expanded widely through the Internet. In this situation a company needs to actively face with the issue. First, they have to concern about the internal communication. If the employees in the company believe the rumor, it will be more seriously widespread to the outside. When the emotional matter happens, a company would better announce its formal opinion through the media online and offline. If they try to get rid of negative posts on the company website, that would get worse.
Conversation could be the best bet for this sort of problem. They have to listen to family and employees around the victim, and strive to settle misunderstanding between two parties in advance.
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