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There is almost no protection for whistle blowers in university. If you report fraud you get kicked out of the lab and blackballed and have to restart your phd
by nothercastle 3y ago
There is almost no protection for whistle blowers in university. If you report fraud you get kicked out of the lab and blackballed and have to restart your phd if someone even wants to take you in.
I would never recommend whistle blowing to anyone under those circumstances. It’s career suicide and may leave you personally devastated as well. The system is designed to protect bad actors.
- toast0 3y agoAdditionally, if you report outside the university, the univerisity is tainted because word of the investigation will spread farther than word of the results. So the choices are report internally and likely get retaliated against, report externally and suffer similar reputational damage, or keep quiet and hope someone with power notices and takes action.
- sgt101 3y agoFor sure you will be labelled as a trouble maker, the worst thing is that there is a lot to hide out there and people are very ruthless about hiding it!