(UK) Fifth of UK research staff ‘bullied in past two years’ – Times Higher Education (Jack Grove | September 2023)
This opinion piece from the UK highlights a point of relevance to research institutions around the globe. An individual cannot be a research superstar if they are also a bully or a harasser. This is true irrespective of the amount of research dollars they bring in, their number of published outputs, or what they do for an institution’s reputation. The reluctance of institutions to act promptly and decisively on allegations of bullying and harassment is another demonstration of how their conflicts of interest compromise their ability to self-regulate in handling alleged breaches and misconduct.