India, Sept. 3 -- The dismissal of Nestle's CEO Laurent Freixe this week over a secret relationship with a junior employee has reopened a perennial question for corporate boards and shareholders: What is it about office romances that they can easily turn into full-blown corporate crises? Nestle confirmed that Freixe was terminated after an internal probe found that he had violated the company's code of conduct by failing to disclose a consensual relationship. He will not receive an exit package. The timing is sensitive: The Swiss food giant is contending with strategic uncertainty in its bottled water business, softening demand in key markets, and a nearly 17 per cent decline in its stock over the past year. In this context, a corporate g...