And another one bites the dust.
RadioShack Corp.’s embattled president and CEO, David Edmondson, resigned Monday following questions about his resume’s accuracy.
Leonard Roberts, RadioShack’s chairman and Edmondson’s predecessor as CEO, said the move was necessary to restore the company’s credibility.
“One of the most important things we have as a corporation is integrity and trust and we know we have to restore that back to the public,” he said.
Edmondson had claimed that he received degrees in theology and psychology from Pacific Coast Baptist College in California, which moved in 1998 to Oklahoma and renamed itself Heartland Baptist Bible College.
The school’s registrar told the Star-Telegram that records showed Edmondson completed only two semesters and that the school never offered degrees in psychology. The school official declined to comment to The Associated Press.
Edmondson said last Wednesday he believes that he received a theology diploma called a ThG, but not the four-year bachelor of science degree listed on his resume. He could not document the ThG diploma.
Roberts said company background checks did not include academic verification in 1994 as it does today.
If you’re one that thinks the diploma is just a piece of paper, think again.
Late last year when former FEMA Director Mike Brown had resume problems of his own, I looked into this widespread problem. It seems that a lot of people are ‘resume challenged’.
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