[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.

[SuzyQue]

Not in Texas. If you do not report directly to law enforcement, you are yourself guilty of a crime. I tend to believe that is also the case in Pennsylvania.

[Boogieman]

McQ might have assumed that Penn would do the right thing, for a few weeks or months, until it was blatantly apparent that Sandusky still had free reign in the football program and with young boys. At that point, he still failed to do anything.

Sandusky was bringing little boys to bowl games, staying in his hotel room, and taking them on the bus with the team. There’s no way McQ didn’t see that happening.