3M Fires Company Executive for Inappropriate Conduct Weeks After Promotion

3M Fires Company Executive for Inappropriate Conduct Weeks After Promotion
The logo for 3M appears on a screen above the trading floor of the New York Stock Exchange on Oct. 24, 2017. Richard Drew/AP Photo
The Associated Press
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WASHINGTON—3M has fired prominent company executive Michael Vale due to “inappropriate personal conduct and violation of company policy,” the maker of Post-it notes, industrial coatings and ceramics announced.

Vale was promoted to group president and chief business and country officer just last month. Vale worked at 3M for more than 30 years, according to an April 25 press release announcing his promotion, which said he would report to Chairman and CEO Mike Roman.