Norfolk Southern said Wednesday it has fired for having an inappropriate relationship with a subordinate.
His ouster comes after two difficult years in the top job and just days after the company’s board announced it was alleged ethical lapses.
The Atlanta-based railroad said Shaw had an inappropriate consensual relationship with the Norfolk Southern's chief legal officer, who was also terminated. Norfolk Southern promoted Chief Financial Officer Mark George to be the railroad's next CEO.
Shaw was leading Norfolk Southern in February 2023 when one of its trains , spilled toxic chemicals and caught fire in East Palestine, Ohio, the worst railroad disaster in the last decade. Then, activist investor Ancora Holdings tried to of the railroad earlier this year and fire Shaw.
Josh Funk, The Associated Press
