[SuzyQue]

“McQ did what he was legally required to.”

As in, he immediately went to the cops? I don’t know, I’m asking.

[waynesa98]

under pa law he did what was legally required.

BTW seems spanier is still possibly a prof and his wife is as well, all he lost was the presidency.

[11th Commandment]

I am sure when McQ went to his higher ups, he did not look up Pennsylvania law and then determine that he only had to report the incident to his superiors. The fact is, that most organizational HR and legal departments instruct the employees to report incidents to legal and HR. They do this to protect the company but always promise the employee they will do the right thing. In fact, we are supposed to do these things because the company is protecting us personal liability, legal action or other repercussion that may result reporting stuff directly to the authorities.

We as employees assume that the company will do the right thing while protecting the institution and other employees. I guess what this case tells us is that we can not trust the company line. In fact, Penn State is even telling its staff not to follow the company line. Furthermore, Pennsylvania prosecutors are telling citizens to protect themselves by going authorities despite what the LAW says.