Unreported Misconduct: Why People Choose Not to Tell
- Embarrassment
- Belief that the behavior will end if ignored
- Fear of losing one's status, social options, rank or job
- Fear of retaliation
- Fear of being blamed for inviting the misconduct
- Concern about not being believed
- Concern about being labeled a troublemaker
- Fear of harmful rumors
- Fear of the loss of privacy
- Conviction that nothing will be done about the problem
- Fear that the complaint process could be worse than the
misconduct
- Fear of ostracism by other people, both male and female
- Fear of losing friends
- Fear of being called weak, cold, uptight, or prudish
List adapted from "The Educator's Guide to Controlling Sexual Harassment,"
Thompson Publishing Group
