Article regarding Penn State scandal

[IT514]

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I came across this op-ed article regarding the Penn State scandal. Its the best piece of writing I have seen in terms of what allows this stuff to happen. If colleges, and everyone else, are really serious about prevention, they need to pay attention not only to their protocol, but also to the human factors that prevent the procedures from being followed through. I'm curious to see what others think.

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/15/opinion/brooks-lets-all-feel-superior.html?src=me&ref=general

 

[cara susanna]

Thanks, I'm glad someone brought it up. Although I agree that more should have been done, it's annoying to see people keep saying "I would have punched that guy had I been McQueary" and stuff.

 

[Quynh2007]

I came across this op-ed article regarding the Penn State scandal. Its the best piece of writing I have seen in terms of what allows this stuff to happen. If colleges, and everyone else, are really serious about prevention, they need to pay attention not only to their protocol, but also to the human factors that prevent the procedures from being followed through. I'm curious to see what others think.

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/15/opinion/brooks-lets-all-feel-superior.html?src=me&ref=general

I agree with the article. We all like to think we are better than we actually are. Very tangentally related, but I remember a study that asked if you were invisible what would you do, and more than half admitted they would commit (petty) crimes.

 

[wigflip]

I dunno. When people start waxing poetic about what's (allegedly) in our "human nature" I get a bit twitchy. And Brooks doesn't really address how it is, if that is so, that some people manage to overcome said nature and intervene/speak up. In the Penn State study (no cite given beyond year--1999) 16% of people protested the sexist remark. Perhaps the more interesting (unwritten) article is about that 16% and what they are doing right.