# Professor Roy Smith is featured in an article about Barnes & Noble's lack of transparency around the termination of its CEO

1 Faculty News July 8, 2018 ![Directors & Boards logo](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/directorsandboards192x144.jpg?itok=EV6AxsWW)>

Excerpt from [Directors & Boards](https://www.directorsandboards.com/news/barnes-noble%E2%80%99s-fired-ceo-secret-unusual) -- "'I think they just tried to bury whatever it is he did,' he continues, 'and not have it be part of the public discussion about Barnes & Noble. But that doesn’t mean they can bury it forever.' Smith acknowledges it is unusual for a board not to disclose the reasons for a top executive’s termination, but he sees Barnes & Noble’s board as an outlier overall given the number of CEOs that the firm has gone through in recent years."

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