Why kiss goodbye to his career?

I'M SORRY, but I cannot for the life of me understand why Andy Byron - the guy caught bang to rights in that kiss-cam happy snap had to resign from his CEO job at an (ahem) thrusting AI startup company.

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All right. He went to a Coldplay concert with someone he shouldn’t, i.e. Kristin Cabot, his company's chief “people” officer. A roving audience camera caught them... well, caught them doing WHAT, exactly? Playing an enthusiastic game of tonsil tennis? Writhing naked on the floor in ecstasies?

Hardly. They were having a little cuddle. Not even face-to-face, so no prospect of even an illicit peck on the lips. No: he had his arms around her waist and she had her hands resting lightly on his. OK, it wasn’t exactly platonic, but it was hardly lust in the dust. They looked happy and cosy.