You're confusing the idea that a demonstrated lack of integrity is viewed as a liability with prudishness.

Reconcile that error in thinking and things will start making more sense to you.

It's not about sex, it's about integrity and decision making, which directly impacts NVIDIA and through them, US national security. His board asked him questions and he lied to them, and they found out in the press.

A bunch of you on here think this is about sex, it's not, it's about signals that point to extremely poor leadership decisions and threats to the US economy and national security.

Tell us that next time your boss promotes your peer who's sleeping with them instead of you who actually deserves it.

Here's a definition from google:

A corporate conflict of interest occurs when an individual's or entity's personal, financial, or outside relationships interfere or appear to interfere with their ability to act in the best interests of the company or its stakeholders

That's your opinion but not the opinion of the federal government. They make the rules and you have to follow them, whether you like it or not.

That's not an issue at all. It's literally part of their job.

Even so, HR didn't do this.