In Episode 20, Gardner advises Barton that some of SMA's financial analysts believe the company has a legal obligation to disclose the likelihood of Linda Kohler's impending, and possibly damaging, lawsuit against Barton and SMA. They also argue that SMA has more of an obligation in Barton's case than Apple had in the case of Steve Jobs and his health issues. Why, according to these analysts, is SMA's obligation greater?
The assertion of a right to privacy in Jobs's case rested partly on the fact that getting sick was not his fault - it something that happened to him. But in Barton's case, his predicament arises, not because of something that happened to him, but because of something he chose to do.
Because Barton is a relatively new CEO.
Because SMA is a defense contractors that does work for the government.