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“I’m not blaming the intern but it’s completely their fault”. Is her basic response, pretty shocking behaviour for a professional. Also, would t NatGeo demand t

• mehrdadn 7y ago
  It's not a great one, but I think I can understand her response... I feel like she's between a rock and a hard place here. If you're accused of blatant dishonesty for someone else's work and demanded an explanation... would you make it appear as if you yourself were dishonest when you weren't, without mentioning someone else was involved? Wouldn't that itself be dishonest (and I'd argue unfair)? It's much easier when the company is the target, when you can just blame it on an error and move on, but I can't think of a much better response honestly when your name is the one personally on the hook, which it appears to have been here. What would you say instead?
  • CriticalCathed 7y ago
    I would apologize for putting my name on the work of an intern. Either they're lying and they were fully aware of the work being fabricated, or they were so uninvolved with the processing of the photographs that they had no idea they were faked.
    • mehrdadn 7y ago
      > I would apologize for putting my name on the work of an intern. How is that any better than what she already wrote? Or in fact how is that even an apology? It seems way worse and far more willing to blame the intern than what she has right now.