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Re: Chairman's Submission Inconsistencies

Wow,

Four things struck me as I read the posts here, the foruth is probably the most important.

1) The notion that I need a community to tell me what to do in situations like this is completely foreign to me. Like the cliche says, "There are two kinds of people in the world, those that ... and those that don't."

2) People saying that it's not Graciously Professional to expose a fraud, if they are aware one has been perpetrated. My reply, "Poppycock!"

3) People saying that it's not their place to expose a fraud, if they are aware one has been committed. My reply, "Of course you have a duty to expose frauds. Do not turn a blind eye when something harmful occurs in your community."

4)
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My proposal would be that you ask the team how they accomplished X task that seems improbable. And if there's a reasonable explanation or crossed wires somewhere, that allows them to explain or uncross. I would say that 99 times out of 100, that's the whole problem.
The fourth and most important point is to be biased toward believing, to investigate with a positive attitude, to talk to people with different roles and responsibilities to check facts, and then if you are fully certain that a problem exists, bring it up discretely (especially if you are young, and perhaps have a hard time imagining just how little of the world you have experienced so far).

Blake
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