Marshall Brain died hours after alleging retaliation at NC State
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Marshall Brain died hours after alleging retaliation at NC State
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Re: Marshall Brain died hours after alleging retaliation at NC State
#2Related Marshall Brain has died (322 points, 2 days ago, 157 points) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42228759
Re: Marshall Brain died hours after alleging retaliation at NC State
#3Related Marshall Brain has died (322 points, 2 days ago, 157 points) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42228759
Yes - at that time, the ethics complaint and retaliation allegations weren't public yet. This new article adds a lot to the story.
Re: Marshall Brain died hours after alleging retaliation at NC State
#4Related Marshall Brain has died (322 points, 2 days ago, 157 points) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42228759
That's weird, the link to wral.com now redirects to 404 page.
Re: Marshall Brain died hours after alleging retaliation at NC State
#5> Brain’s complaint contained allegations of wrongdoing... regarding repurposing the Engineering Entrepreneurs Program meeting space to accommodate a new hire.. “What came back was a sickening nuclear bomb of retaliation the likes of which could not be believed”
"Academic politics is the most vicious and bitter form of politics, because the stakes are so low." - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sayre's_law
Re: Marshall Brain died hours after alleging retaliation at NC State
#6Related Marshall Brain has died (322 points, 2 days ago, 157 points) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42228759
Previous submission link is dead, too. After two days.
Re: Marshall Brain died hours after alleging retaliation at NC State
#7> “My career has been destroyed by multiple administrators at NCSU who united together and completely ignored the EthicsPoint System and its promises to employees,” Brain wrote.
Well, lesson learned. Take your ethical concerns to the public/press instead. The retaliation would be just as swift as it is with The Process. Or: abandon ship and leave the system to consume itself.
Re: Marshall Brain died hours after alleging retaliation at NC State
#8The website is geoblocked in the EU.
Mirror: https://archive.ph/R39hz
Re: Marshall Brain died hours after alleging retaliation at NC State
#9> Kashani said Brain submitted numerous complaints through the EthicsPoint system and said tensions arose because Brain didn’t “play the political game” through his questioning of higher-ranking administrators.
This right here is why I scoff at “anonymous reporting systems” or stuff like EthicsPoint, for the simple reason that the only ethics that ultimately matter in an organization are those of everyone above you, and those individuals have a vested interest in preserving their political capital over acting or behaving ethically.
It’s disgusting and reprehensible if true, but it’s sadly not surprising. Those of us who behave ethically are little more than prey to those whose moral compasses are fungible.