Taxpayers Need Whistle-blowers

In college, anyone who takes courses in Management has reviewed the work of W. Edwards Demming and has studied how fear in the workplace is the most destructive force to productivity.

A system cannot understand itself. 

The transformation requires a view from outside.

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Fear invites wrong figures. Bearers of bad news fare badly. 

To keep his job, anyone may present to his boss only good news.

A committee appointed by the President of a company will report what the President wishes to hear. 

Would they dare report otherwise?

The developing story at Dickinson State University has confirmed one thing to those investigating the situation:  taxpayers need whistleblowers in government that do not let fear stop them from doing what is right.

Ever since we started looking into this situation in mid-July, the biggest stumbling block to uncovering the truth has been a distinct fear of retaliation against anyone who "spills the beans." From day one, the story was the same - "here's some great informa…