[wyldfire]

> “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.

[dmix]

He probably cared more about losing a job he loved, the startup community he was fostering in NC, and his https://ecoprt.com/ project than about publicly fighting a battle over a minor ethical complaint about a shady hire... at least in the early days before it snowballed.

[JumpCrisscross]

> Take your ethical concerns to the public/press instead

Or at least above the heads of the people who are fucking around. Press might be seen as vindictive. But a sharp letter to the trustees of the university, possibly even some political offices, would not be out of place.

[emmelaich]

> lesson learned

I get your (good) point but it could be better put considering he's dead.

[wyldfire]

This is a lesson that everyone at this university just learned. Maybe it's even a lesson for other workplaces with similar reporting programs too.