alt Hacker NewsIt seems more common they get fired for either "with a subordinate" or "a relationship with a conflict of interest for the company".
There are many examples where the outed affair resulted in nothing material when neither of the above was true.
This case, seems to touch both.
Reminds me of the Coldplay concert couple, which happened to be a CEO and head of HR. Head of HR! And what's more interesting is that they only got removed when the affair became public. At the same time the company was small potatoes so presumably less interesting to state actors.