Trump Is A Huge HR Risk

Donald Trump’s comments about sexually assaulting women would make him a hiring risk at America’s Fortune 500 companies, which have instituted policies regarding sexual harassment and other offensive behavior. “Hiring procedures at large companies, particularly for senior positions, include extensive background checks, which typically include interviewing former colleagues and combing through articles, court records, and, yes, social media,” writes Andrew Ross Sorkin in the New York Times. Given current policies across the country, Sorkin writes, “[I]t is not clear if Mr. Trump would qualify to be hired as a janitor, let alone a senior executive.” “It would be a significant risk for a Fortune 500 company to bring in someone like this,” Tom Spiggle, a former prosecutor who is now a discrimination lawyer, told the Times. “It could be a tremendous liability.”