| Max Planck is not accountable in this respect simply because it so far hasn't needed to be. They are good at external scientific evaluations, and regularly ace them. Culturally, that's the only thing that matters to this institution. They do not have a non scientific supervisory board, they don't think they need that, because it's all about the science. What you call abuse, they call dedication to the cause of advancing human knowledge. However, this type of reporting is extremely dangerous to them. One of the most valuable resources to them is highly skilled, motivated and driven applicants for positions at all levels. The more this gets out into the light, the more they will need to build the organizational culture to actually do something real about it. That said, so far, these things are very easy for them to wait out. Very few victims speak out, because either that puts an end to their career, or they are happy to have put that time long behind themselves. |