Originally Posted by
atpcliff
In the US, way less than 50% of the women who are raped ever go to the police, for various reasons, some of which we have read here on this thread.
I recommend all women, if raped/assaulted at their organization and/or by someone in their organization (school, employer, etc.), they should IMMEDIATELY call local law enforcement, and, after that, then inform whomever in their organization. Usually, HR at their organization will not help them at all.
HR people are hired by the company to look after the COMPANY's interest, including avoiding bad PR. Apparently someone in HR thought if the woman was given a six month vacation with pay everything would magically go away. My guess is that will be another person besides the Captain whose career is now over.
You guys learn nothing from Watergate? The coverup gets you in just as much trouble as the crime itself.
And where was the legal department on all this? She gave them a month's warning to do something or she would file this case and it would all go public. Was that the first they'd heard of it? Did they drop the ball? Did they think she was bluffing?
This makes the whole management seem to be either uncaring, incompetent, or both. Is this truly the best outcome the company could have expected from this once it happened?