tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28080901.post7700224216298621817..comments2024-03-20T08:37:50.011+00:00Comments on Bullying of Academics in Higher Education: Whistleblowing: Legal Question & AnswerUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28080901.post-46386204498447164392007-05-24T09:04:00.000+00:002007-05-24T09:04:00.000+00:00Many different jobs require 'screening' of applica...Many different jobs require 'screening' of applicants. It is not unusual for this 'screening' not to happen and for the wrong person to end up in a job they should not have. <BR/><BR/>Once a colleague discovers that the wrong person was appointed, he/she have the option to say nothing - and watch the colleague make a mess - or to say something and live with the consequences. <BR/><BR/>The chances of any management admitting that they followed wrong procedures and did not complete a 'screening', are very slim. If they were to do so, they would be open to legal action... and so the Whistleblower pays the price.<BR/><BR/>This scenario is not unusual in higher education. Not unusual at all...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28080901.post-56844240410543426312007-05-24T08:08:00.000+00:002007-05-24T08:08:00.000+00:00In reply to the first comment about the particular...In reply to the first comment about the particular reason why the whistleblower actually had merit in her original accusation:<BR/><BR/>I assume that a community centre is required to screen employees and that a convicted sex offender should not have been employed. Exposing the failure to screen and the resultant inappropriate appointment of an offender in a post with access to vulnerable people would have merit.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28080901.post-7559510303145323302007-05-23T22:11:00.000+00:002007-05-23T22:11:00.000+00:00No, they have meetings to extract information and ...No, they have meetings to extract information and will then fix their stories around the evidence, then kick out the whistleblower.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28080901.post-1017786750978968902007-05-23T17:48:00.000+00:002007-05-23T17:48:00.000+00:00I have been in the UK for 10 years and after spend...I have been in the UK for 10 years and after spending nearly £50.000 for the privilege of attending UK universities, still cannot recall when the BBC or any other TV has sent a report or even just a 2 minutes ran on academic freedom or freedom of speech in the universities in the UK.<BR/><BR/>Seriuosly, I cannot remember to the point that, sceptic as I may be I start feeling that this is all part of a bigger project.<BR/><BR/>University professors can appear on the TV screen to comment upon any subject to show their competence. Then you can read on the Economist very bad comments and criticism on MR. Berlusconi.<BR/><BR/>But I am asking who really owns the TV in the UK?<BR/><BR/>I see the run of the best crap award on local news but did we get just a 2 minutes run on bulling, spying and oppressing foreign lectures?<BR/><BR/>Clearly we did not.<BR/><BR/>Salvatore FioreAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28080901.post-38708573929462327982007-05-23T15:25:00.000+00:002007-05-23T15:25:00.000+00:00I have read through your entire Q and A post, but ...I have read through your entire Q and A post, but I could not see the details of the particular reason why the whistleblower actually had merit in her original accusation. If the sex offended was lawfully employed, with no intent to commit another crime, then the reason for her to "blow the whistle" was, in my opinion, unfounded in the first place. The fact that she was herself victimized is irrelevant, to be honest, although she certainly has every right to act on it. But consider that the sex offender, having been "outed", and perhaps forced to quit, has just as much, if not more, right to legal recompense than the whistleblower (barring illegal activities subsequent to the whisleblower's initial action).<BR/><BR/>Perhaps a little background knowledge would be in order here, such as the offender's job type, her actual work ethic, etc.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com