I'm looking for a story from the old ropejock.com called something like "The Arrogant VP", inspired by posting (original URL)
http://www.ropejock.com/wwwboard/messages/31825.html
It was likely written in the period of March to very early May of 2002, so it did not get picked up by archive.org...
Sounds like Bear Trouble
That sounds like Bear Trouble by Lilian Moore, illustrated by Kurt Werth.
Supposedly there's a short film based on it as well.