I read the retired prof’s statement. Awful. Anyone who’s labored in a corrupt workplace knows the drill. You think you’re doing your job okay. Then something tips you off that there are some secret rules you hadn’t known about. Discombobulation; vertigo. Fear. Keep your mouth shut. Think of your family. It’s not such a big deal. Play ball.
John–whistleblowing’s tough. See Web references to Harry Markopolos, the guy who tried to blow the whistle on the Madoff Ponzi scheme. The authorities, as he found out, are complicit, either as principals, or, more likely, as knowing enablers.
May 23rd, 2014 at 9:12AM
I wish that people with these experiences would speak up and name themselves and the universities where they occurred. we can’t win this anonymously.
May 23rd, 2014 at 12:16PM
I read the retired prof’s statement. Awful. Anyone who’s labored in a corrupt workplace knows the drill. You think you’re doing your job okay. Then something tips you off that there are some secret rules you hadn’t known about. Discombobulation; vertigo. Fear. Keep your mouth shut. Think of your family. It’s not such a big deal. Play ball.
May 25th, 2014 at 8:36AM
John–whistleblowing’s tough. See Web references to Harry Markopolos, the guy who tried to blow the whistle on the Madoff Ponzi scheme. The authorities, as he found out, are complicit, either as principals, or, more likely, as knowing enablers.