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A sexual violence report against a founder and the independence of the investigation

2026NowDeadline · 12 hours before the whistleblower's next shift begins

Realistic synthesis

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The question to decide

When a report of sexual violence against a founder is received, should the founder be suspended from duties immediately, have only their contact- and investigation-related authority restricted, or keep their current duties until the initial investigation?

Who decidesBoard members without conflicts of interest and the external investigation lead

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The options

The order shown is not a ranking of preference.

  1. Option 1

    Temporary suspension of duties and launch of an external investigation

    It reduces the possibility of interference in the investigation, but costs arise for the stakeholder's reputation and for operations before facts are established.

  2. Option 2

    External investigation while restricting contact, personnel, and evidence access authority

    It narrows the scope of measures, but informal influence and retaliation are hard to block completely.

  3. Option 3

    Preserve evidence and keep duties through the initial investigation

    It reduces immediate organizational disruption, but protection of the reporter and trust in the investigation may weaken.

The situation as it stands

The reporter is in the same reporting chain as the founder and fears disadvantage in evaluations. The scope of measures must be set within 12 hours before the reporter's next shift begins.

A fictional mid-sized research company. All people and report contents are fictional and do not refer to real persons.

  1. Premise 1The reporter is in the same reporting chain as the founder and fears disadvantage in evaluations.
  2. Premise 2Some board members have interests aligned with the founder. No report independently verifying the facts exists yet.
  3. Premise 3An external investigator can be brought in two days later, and until then evidence access and personnel authority must be managed.

Where it holdsDecide on interim measures to prevent retaliation and preserve evidence. A report alone does not establish facts or guilt.

What is still unknown

  1. Unknown 1What materials can be independently verified, and what are the statements of both sides?
  2. Unknown 2Can informal influence be blocked while the procedural rights of the reporter and the person reported are guaranteed?

Signals to decide again

  • What materials can be independently verified, and what are the statements of both sides? Reconsider when new evidence about this uncertainty arrives.
  • Can informal influence be blocked while the procedural rights of the reporter and the person reported are guaranteed? Reconsider when new evidence about this uncertainty arrives.
Where the paths partNot answers — paths that part from the same starting point
Independent branch 1 · synthetic event

It emerged that the investigator's advisory contract is connected to a company on the founder's side. Decide on replacing the investigator and on extending the interim measures.

Independent branch 2 · synthetic event

New materials contradict part of the original report, but separate circumstances of retaliation have been raised. Separate the fact-finding from retaliation protection and re-decide.

Material and rootsThe frame, the values and the background documents
symbolic and interpretive frame · Sabbath

How does the community justify time not worked?

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Values and norms

The benefits and costs of the options accrue to different stakeholders. Which loss to accept remains undecided.

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