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<blockquote data-quote="Copabanana" data-source="post: 745814" data-attributes="member: 18958"><p>This is what I think:</p><p></p><p>I think that it was a brilliant and ethical comment/question. I think he may have upset the apple cart, because, it demonstrated your son thinks for himself, has the confidence to assert his views, and stands up for what is right. I think this can scare people. So. It does not surprise me that they decided to enforce the rule, just exactly when he demonstrated he has a brain, a big heart, an independent voice, an ethical conscious and personal strength. Because somebody like this cannot be controlled. If he saw abuse. If he saw illegal behaviors. Somebody like this would speak up.</p><p></p><p>(He may learn to not be so up front, or maybe he will keep going in this direction. Life has a way of teaching us things we do not want to know, and then we need to make a choice about whether or not we continue.) </p><p></p><p>I was like your son, but I learned to temper it some, because I saw the consequences. To me. And I saw that speaking up in a situation where there can be retaliation is self-sacrificial and often ineffective. So what I learned to do is document everything...sending letters....narratives....in ways that I was protected. But I learned that workplaces do not want ethical people to learn their secrets. Or to be around where they can see potential liability.</p><p></p><p>I think your son is better off away from this place. If it were me I would not want him there.</p><p></p><p>But he did the right thing.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Copabanana, post: 745814, member: 18958"] This is what I think: I think that it was a brilliant and ethical comment/question. I think he may have upset the apple cart, because, it demonstrated your son thinks for himself, has the confidence to assert his views, and stands up for what is right. I think this can scare people. So. It does not surprise me that they decided to enforce the rule, just exactly when he demonstrated he has a brain, a big heart, an independent voice, an ethical conscious and personal strength. Because somebody like this cannot be controlled. If he saw abuse. If he saw illegal behaviors. Somebody like this would speak up. (He may learn to not be so up front, or maybe he will keep going in this direction. Life has a way of teaching us things we do not want to know, and then we need to make a choice about whether or not we continue.) I was like your son, but I learned to temper it some, because I saw the consequences. To me. And I saw that speaking up in a situation where there can be retaliation is self-sacrificial and often ineffective. So what I learned to do is document everything...sending letters....narratives....in ways that I was protected. But I learned that workplaces do not want ethical people to learn their secrets. Or to be around where they can see potential liability. I think your son is better off away from this place. If it were me I would not want him there. But he did the right thing. [/QUOTE]
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