Star Tribune's Rayno adds her own story to Teague scandal

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CentralGopher said:
Thanks. I guess you are for tolerating and perpetuating that behavior too. Things like this won't change unless people quit putting up with it. Not bringing the allegation forward did a disservice to victims of sexual harassment everywhere.
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Another dumb post.

Amelia was the one being harassed. She should be given the choice of how to handle the matter........because she is the one being affected by it. You are not the one to be making decisions for her.

It's her freedom, not yours.
 


station19 said:
Another dumb post.

Amelia was the one being harassed. She should be given the choice of how to handle the matter........because she is the one being affected by it. You are not the one to be making decisions for her.

It's her freedom, not yours.
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Exactly!

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station19 said:
Another dumb post.

Amelia was the one being harassed. She should be given the choice of how to handle the matter........because she is the one being affected by it. You are not the one to be making decisions for her.

It's her freedom, not yours.
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It's also an issue for others that might be harrassed in the future. I already said I respect her decision to not come forward at the time if you re-read my post. I just think that when nobody says anything to behavior like this it is a disservice to others that have been or may be harrassed in the future by allowing it to be tolerated. How is that dumb?. You don't stop unacceptable behaviors by tolerating them and saying nothing.
 

She handled it in the best way possible given her circumstances and after consultation with several people inside the Strib, and a national media persona on how to best handle her situation. Damned if you do, damned if you don't.
 


What Amelia did was fine, what the Strib failed to do wasn't, now that the identity of the University employees is public it's easy to see, how much more power they had. I'm not excusing any sexual harassment, but to target two women, that have the ear of the president boggles the mind. It's illogical to the point of being suicidal.
 

CentralGopher said:
It's also an issue for others that might be harrassed in the future. I already said I respect her decision to not come forward at the time if you re-read my post. I just think that when nobody says anything to behavior like this it is a disservice to others that have been or may be harrassed in the future by allowing it to be tolerated. How is that dumb?. You don't stop unacceptable behaviors by tolerating them and saying nothing.
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Re-read your post.
 

nsmike said:
What Amelia did was fine, what the Strib failed to do wasn't, now that the identity of the University employees is public it's easy to see, how much more power they had. I'm not excusing any sexual harassment, but to target two women, that have the ear of the president boggles the mind. It's illogical to the point of being suicidal.
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Why?
 

per Letters to the Editor at the STrib:

NORWOOD TEAGUE

Further accounting is needed following harassment reports

I applaud Jim Lukaszewski’s Aug. 11 commentary (“Still in search of the perfect apology”). It’s been more than 40 years since the Harvard Business Review published its landmark article “Sexual harassment: some see it, others won’t,” yet we still see the kind of behavior demonstrated by former University of Minnesota athletic director Norwood Teague plus the explanation/excuses given by his superiors. If Board of Regents Chairman Dean Johnson is truly serious about the U investigation (“U seeks Teague inquiry help,” Aug. 12), then the only satisfactory outcome from my point of view is the immediate firing of any men who were aware of Teague’s propensity for harassment and did nothing to report and stop it. This kind of despicable behavior will stop only when those who know about it and do nothing face employment termination and a shameful exit.

The women who have courageously come forward to expose Mr. Teague’s actions should not have to stand alone. Others knew about Teague’s behavior. It’s time for the men to come forward, apologize for their silence and accept employment termination.

Howard W. Schwartz, Golden Valley

• • •

Amelia Rayno’s Aug. 10 article was well-written, heartfelt and heart-wrenching (“Their Teague story is my Teague story”). I wish her nothing but the best. The Star Tribune’s response, however, was terrible. It received a credible report of extremely inappropriate behavior by a very prominent University of Minnesota official. Did it file an immediate story? Did it assign investigative reporters to find out if that official’s bad actions were more widespread? Nope. It did exactly nothing. Maybe it was trying to protect Ms. Rayno. But maybe it also wanted to avoid antagonizing that prominent official or his employer and wanted to avoid potential messy and disruptive consequences.

I can easily visualize the critical editorial that the Star Tribune would write if any other prominent company buried its knowledge of sexual harassment. Why shouldn’t you be held to the same standard?

Tom Vollbrecht, Plymouth

http://www.startribune.com/readers-...d-teague-fallout-iran-nuclear-deal/321829781/

Go Gophers!!
 



BleedGopher said:
per Letters to the Editor at the STrib:

NORWOOD TEAGUE

Further accounting is needed following harassment reports

I applaud Jim Lukaszewski’s Aug. 11 commentary (“Still in search of the perfect apology”). It’s been more than 40 years since the Harvard Business Review published its landmark article “Sexual harassment: some see it, others won’t,” yet we still see the kind of behavior demonstrated by former University of Minnesota athletic director Norwood Teague plus the explanation/excuses given by his superiors. If Board of Regents Chairman Dean Johnson is truly serious about the U investigation (“U seeks Teague inquiry help,” Aug. 12), then the only satisfactory outcome from my point of view is the immediate firing of any men who were aware of Teague’s propensity for harassment and did nothing to report and stop it. This kind of despicable behavior will stop only when those who know about it and do nothing face employment termination and a shameful exit.

The women who have courageously come forward to expose Mr. Teague’s actions should not have to stand alone. Others knew about Teague’s behavior. It’s time for the men to come forward, apologize for their silence and accept employment termination.

Howard W. Schwartz, Golden Valley

• • •

Amelia Rayno’s Aug. 10 article was well-written, heartfelt and heart-wrenching (“Their Teague story is my Teague story”). I wish her nothing but the best. The Star Tribune’s response, however, was terrible. It received a credible report of extremely inappropriate behavior by a very prominent University of Minnesota official. Did it file an immediate story? Did it assign investigative reporters to find out if that official’s bad actions were more widespread? Nope. It did exactly nothing. Maybe it was trying to protect Ms. Rayno. But maybe it also wanted to avoid antagonizing that prominent official or his employer and wanted to avoid potential messy and disruptive consequences.

I can easily visualize the critical editorial that the Star Tribune would write if any other prominent company buried its knowledge of sexual harassment. Why shouldn’t you be held to the same standard?

Tom Vollbrecht, Plymouth

http://www.startribune.com/readers-...d-teague-fallout-iran-nuclear-deal/321829781/

Go Gophers!!
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A big hallelujah & amen to Tom Vollbrecht.

"I can easily visualize the critical editorial that the Star Tribune would write if any other prominent company buried its knowledge of sexual harassment. Why shouldn’t you be held to the same standard?"

Spot on, Mr. Vollbrecht. The Strib shouldn't be preaching to anyone after not acting on the information Amelia provided them. Self-righteous hypocrites.
 

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