Re:Harassment at Apple: A personal perspective
by FireBeyond on Friday December 16, 2016 @12:57PM
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"In the (very unlikely) event of the victim being untruthful, the matter should be dropped, not blow back on the reporter -- or nobody will report real problems for fear of being unfairly punished themselves."
What? Apparently, being untruthful about reporting harassment could result in the untruthful reporter being _unfairly_ punished?
Sounds like an all-win situation. Report harassment, true or not. If it helps your lot in life/work, great. If not, even if proven false, it gets dropped, non-consequentially. After all, it would be unfair to punish you...
Re:Harassment at Apple: A personal perspective
by Flenser on Tuesday December 20, 2016 @05:24AM
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I think kalleth was saying that _fairly_ punishing an untruthful reporter could discourage future _truthful_ reporters as they may fear being _unfairly_ punished.
What? Apparently, being untruthful about reporting harassment could result in the untruthful reporter being _unfairly_ punished?
Sounds like an all-win situation. Report harassment, true or not. If it helps your lot in life/work, great. If not, even if proven false, it gets dropped, non-consequentially. After all, it would be unfair to punish you...