Norfolk Southern CEO Alan Shaw Fired Over Office Relationship

Alan Shaw, president and CEO of Norfolk Southern Corporation, testifies before the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington on March 9, 2023. Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images

Norfolk Southern announced on Wednesday that CEO Alan Shaw had been dismissed over an inappropriate consensual relationship with the company’s chief legal officer, whose contract has also been terminated.

The decision follows a brief investigation by the company’s board into Shaw’s ethical conduct, which was initiated just days prior.